Development due diligence

Development due diligence records
Acquisition and feasibility

A site can look viable in a spreadsheet and still fail on title, access, interests or boundary context. This workflow supports earlier document-led due diligence.

Document ordering support — not professional advice.

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Order records around the real risk

The expensive mistake is not ordering a document. It is progressing a site before discovering the ownership structure, registered interests, access issue or plan constraint that should have been checked first.

The pain point

The expensive mistake is not ordering a document. It is progressing a site before discovering the ownership structure, registered interests, access issue or plan constraint that should have been checked first.

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Title first

Record of Title with Diagram

Screen the title early. Check current title details before acquisition assumptions, feasibility or consultant briefs move forward.

  • Current title details
  • Ownership and interests
  • Diagram included
$42.90
Delivered in ~47 min
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Plan context

Survey Plans

Understand the parcel. Use survey plans for parcel shape, boundary and cadastral context during early feasibility.

  • Cadastral survey plan
  • Boundary and parcel context
  • Useful for planning checks
$49.90
Delivered in ~47 min
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Guardrail

Use these records to support decisions before the file depends on assumptions. For legal, planning, lending, surveying, building or engineering conclusions, use the appropriate professional adviser.

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What this page helps with

CertNZ document ordering workflow for Developers & site acquisition teams, focused on title records, plans and registered documents that support due diligence.

What records are useful for developers & site acquisition teams?

The most common starting point is a current Record of Title. Depending on the file, a survey plan, instrument document, owner search, guaranteed search or pre-purchase package may also be useful.

Is this professional advice?

No. CertNZ helps order property records. Legal, planning, lending, surveying, building and engineering conclusions should come from the appropriate professional adviser.

When should these records be ordered?

Order records before the decision depends on assumptions — for example before an offer, file review, planning check, site acquisition, quote, finance conversation or settlement step.