Tools and resources

Peacockes Residential Urban Design Guide

HCC - Peacocke Urban Design Guidelines - Version 1 - July 2024

Outlines best practice urban design approaches needed to support and enable livable communities in Peacocke. 

Apartment Design Guide

HCC - Apartment Design Guide - 2018

Outlines best practices for developing apartments that achieve the outcomes sought by the District Plan. It ensures that these are designed in a manner that addresses the context of their location and provide a high-quality living environment for residents. 

Duplex Design Guide

HCC - Duplex Design Guide - 2018

Outlines design expectations for new duplex developments in Hamilton. These guidelines encourage good quality urban design outcomes that help ensure new units are compatible with their setting and that they make a positive contribution to the streetscape.  

Integrated Residential Development Design Guide

HCC - IRD Design Guide - 2018

Outlines design expectations for the development of an IRD, encouraging good quality urban design outcomes that help ensure any development is compatible with the neighbourhood in which it is located and contributes positively to the streetscape.  

Heritage Design Guide

HCC - Heritage Design Guide - August 2017

Demonstrates how well-considered works can achieve levels of comfort and amenity to satisfy contemporary lifestyle expectations while maintaining the integrity of heritage items. This also highlights the types of works that would be supported by Hamilton City Council and works that would be discouraged. 

Hayes Paddock Design Guide 

HCC - Hayes Paddock Design Guide - 2006

Provides useful reference material to assist in the design of new development in Hayes Paddock, balancing development needs and heritage values.  

VISTA Hamilton City Design Guide

HCC - Vista Design Guide - 2007

Outlines key urban design principles considered fundamental to Hamilton’s development as a dynamic, prosperous, memorable, and sustainable city.