1

4

• rolling pasture interspersed with mostly pine shelter-belts & 4 ha. lot development

• facing Lucas Creek

• relatively self-contained-isolated but for contact with North Shore Cemetery

2

3

• extensive manuka/kanuka scrub with a pine canopy following a large natural water-course and gully system

• facing Lucas Creek

3

4

• low lying area presently dominated by strawberry growing & other horticulture

• abutting Lucas Creek but not over-looking it

• next to the old Albany Highway

4

5

• pockets of pasture on rolling land framed by scrub and pines emerging from Unit 2

• some pockets of totara & kahikatea evident

• significant 'subdivision' of unit by both vegetation & the natural topography

5

6

• open pasture on 'headland' next to North Shore Cemetery

• expansive views up and down the Lucas Creek valley & towards Greenhithe, Hobosonville & the north Waitakeres

• significant exposure to Greenhithe & other part of the Lucas Creek valley - reinforced by the convex landform and lack of vegetation cover

6

5

• unit lies on the floor of the Greenhithe Valley on gently rolling land

• noticeably 'subdivided & patterned' by bands of manuka/kanuka following natural water courses, plus exotic amenity planting, shelter belts & stands of mature trees - generating contrast with pockets of pasture & high level of aesthetic appeal

• significant number of 'small holdings'

• comfortable sense of containment & enclosure

7

4

• rolling succession of ridges & gullies extending down to Lucas Creek 

• mostly open pasture, partly broken up (and in places dominated by) 4 ha. Units and associated housing

• fringe vegetation emerging from the edge of the Greenhithe escarpment, higher slopes and the edge of Lucas Creek 

• facing Lucas Creek

8

5

• river flats mostly in pasture, with sports fields & a pony club

• with physical and visual access to Lucas Creek 

• partly broken up by shelter-belts & vegetation following water courses through the unit

9

5

• mid-slopes on the south side of the Greenhithe valley

• mixture of open paddocks & extensive vegetation - manuka & revegetation with higher cover provided by pines; some significant pockets of regenerating kauri

• views down valley & to the Lucas Creek escarpment

10

4

• pocket of recent suburban development on mid slopes near Greenhithe turn-off

• dominated by remnant pine cover and scrub fringe

11

• residential fringe at the edge of Upper Harbour Drive

• the mixed nature of housing, sporadic vegetation & poor spatial definition result in low value ratings

• good outlook and high insolation