Chapter 27 - Subdivision d) To allow Limited Discretion - allotment and access minima; e) For Integrated Residential Developments; or f) For utilities that do not comply with the standards of permitted subdivision activities. 27.3.3.1.1 Protection of Significant Environmental Feature(s) The Council may consent to a subdivision of land to create lots which will protect any significant environmental feature or features from development and adverse effects of land use activities. As compensation for the creation of such a lot or lots, smaller sized lots for residential purposes may be created in accordance with Rule 27.3.1 above. Consent shall only be granted where a dwelling can be erected on any proposed lot without detracting from the feature to be protected subject to the following conditions: a) The subdivision proposal must achieve the protection in perpetuity of all of the significant environmental features contained within the parent title upon which the application is based; b) That a sufficient clear margin of land be provided around any significant environmental feature. A dwelling site which can meet the net site area standards for a Permitted Activity shall be identified and be available on any proposed lot. Accompanying information shall prove that there is no potential for disturbance to the feature protected by the Plan or by legislation from such a dwelling, or its associated effluent disposal system or ancillary buildings or any other activity; c) The maximum number of smaller sized lots for residential purposes which may be created by such a proposal shall be no more than 1.5 times the number which could be achieved as a result of a subdivision which meets the minimum area requirements of Rule 27.2.1; d) Natural topographical, drainage or other environmental features shall determine lot boundaries where practicable; and e) A consent notice in accordance with the provisions of section 221 of the Act shall be issued specifying any significant environmental features which are to be protected in perpetuity. Such a notice shall specify the means by which the feature or features are to be protected from the effects of any land use activity. (This rule does not preclude the use of other additional and relevant protection mechanisms eg; Queen Elizabeth II Trust). 27.3.3.1.2 Special Purpose Lots Notwithstanding anything in this part of the Plan (Rule 27.3.3 Special Subdivisions), a lot appropriate for a special purpose as specified below, may be approved by the Council: a) To be owned in common for access or similar other special purposes; b) As an access denial strip; c) For access from one public place to another public place; d) For waahi tapu land and other sites significant to iwi; e) For heritage sites; and f) For reserves or land similarly protected in perpetuity. 27 - 11