Driveway dimensions

Auckland's, Wellington's and Christchurch's sizes for a driveway, from the crossing at the road to turning on the site. Millimetres unless marked.

AUP E27
WCC TR
CCC Ch 7

		Council
		E27	WCC TR	CCC Ch 7
Auckland: residential zones
A	Crossing width
	up to 2 spaces	2750–3000
	3 to 9 spaces	3000–3500
	10 spaces or more	5500–6000
B	Formed width
	up to 2 spaces	≥2500
	3 to 9 spaces	≥3000
	10 spaces or more	≥5500
	narrowed, two-way	≥2750
C	Clear corridor
	up to 2 spaces	≥3000
	3 to 9 spaces	≥3500
Auckland: centres, mixed use and other zones
	Crossing width
	up to 9 spaces	3000–3500
	10 spaces or more	5500–6000
	Formed width
	up to 9 spaces	≥3000
	10 spaces or more	≥5500
	Clear corridor, up to 9	≥3500
	Path beside, rear sites	≥1500
Auckland: business and industrial zones
	Crossing width
	up to 9 spaces	3700–4000
	10 spaces or more	6000–7000
	Formed width
	up to 9 spaces	≥3000
	10 spaces or more	≥6000
	Clear corridor, up to 9	≥3500
Auckland: rural zones
	Crossing width	3000–6000
	for large heavy vehicles	≤9000
Wellington: levels by traffic
	Movements a day, a home
	2 bedrooms or fewer		7
	3 bedrooms or more		10
	Level, movements a day
	level 1, up to		≤30
	level 2, up to		≤60
	level 3, up to		≤200
	Vehicle lane
	level 1		≥3000
	level 2, two, first 6 m		≥3000
	level 2, after that		≥3000
	level 3, two lanes		≥3000
	Legal width
	level 1, plus bays		≥3000
	level 2, plus bays		≥4000
	level 3		≥8500
	Footpath
	level 2		≥1000
	level 3		≥1500
	Crossing, along the road
	level 1		≤3000
	levels 2 and 3		≤6000
Christchurch: widths by spaces or homes
	Legal width
	up to 3			≥3000
	in a Policy 3 area			≥4000
	4 to 8			≥3600
	in a Policy 3 area			≥4600
	9 to 15			≥5000
	in a Policy 3 area			≥6000
	not homes, up to 15			≥5000
	more than 15			≥6500
	Formed width
	up to 3			2700–4500
	in a Policy 3 area			3000–4500
	4 to 8			3000–6000
	9 to 15			5000–6000
	in a Policy 3 area			4000–6000
	not homes, up to 15			4000–7000
	more than 15			5500–9000
	Clearance, Central City			≥4000
	Room to walk beside
	from 9			≥1500
	Policy 3 area, 4 to 15			≥1500
	own path, from 16			≥3000
	its formed path			≥1500
Passing bays
	Passing bays past	>50 m		>50 m
	rural	>100 m
	Passing bays, every	≤50 m	≤50 m	≤50 m
	rural	≤100 m
	Width at a passing bay	≥5500		≥5500
	Passing bay length	≥7 m
	rural	≥15 m
Gradients and the platform
D	Gradient, homes	≤1:5
	one rear site	≤1:4
	other activities	≤1:6
	heavy vehicles	≤1:8
	level 1 driveway		≤1:4
	level 2 driveway		≤1:5
	level 3 driveway		≤1:6.25
	homes, up to 20 m long			≤1:4
	homes, over 20 m long			≤1:5
	up to 2 spaces, any length			≤1:4
	other, up to 20 m long			≤1:5
	other, over 20 m long			≤1:6
	Change at a summit	≤12.5%
	at a sag	≤15%
	any change, no transition		≤12.5%	≤12.5%
	transition length	≥2 m	≥2 m	≥2 m
E	Platform at road, homes	≥4 m
	other activities	≥6 m
	its gradient	≤1:20
	rising to the road, length		≥6 m
	its gradient		≤1:20
	over 6 spaces, footpath, length			≥4.5 m
	its gradient			≤1:10
Speed measures
	Speed measures from	≥4
	on an access longer than	>30 m
	the first, from the road	≤10 m
	then every	≤30 m
Turning on the site
	Turn on site, spaces	≥4		≥6
	from a collector road			≥3
	or further from the road	>30 m
	Reversing out, spaces up to		≤3
	reversing at most		≤30 m
	Heavy vehicle, homes	8 m
	reversing at most	≤12 m
Fire appliance access
	Building further than		>70 m	>75 m
	formed width		≥3500	≥3500
	clear width		≥4000
	height clearance		≥4000	≥4000
	gradient TBC			≤1:5
	transition, steep change			≥4 m
Where the crossing goes
	From an intersection		≥10 m	≥10 m
	local road, to a collector			≥15 m
	local road, to an arterial			≥20 m
	From a level crossing		≥30 m	≥30 m
	Turn radius, rural road		≥9 m
	Footpath across it, crossfall		≤1:40
Kept clear for visibility
	Clear above the ground		≥1000	≥1000
	either side of the access			≥1500
	in from the boundary			≥2000
	in a Policy 3 area			≥1500