Beachfront property owners who have helped themselves to additional beachfront land are being told to give it back.
Lawns, gardens, paved terraces, landscaping features and even the second storey of a house have all been found to have been built on conservation estate land.

The view from a Karewa Parade beach access.

The results of the survey of coastal reserve properties were presented to the Tauranga City Council's monitoring committee this week.
There are 357 properties bordering the coastal reserve, with 30 encroaching properties to be targeted by coastal rangers this summer.
Coastal rangers Stephanie Brackstone and Warren Aitken say they are beginning from the eastern end of Papamoa. The 30 properties to have their coastal encroachments replanted during the 2009/2010 planting season are all in the Karewa Parade area.
The target properties will be sent letters detailing their encroachments, and requesting their removal so the dune area can be replanted with native dune species.
A slideshow accompanying the report showed some properties with decking built over the reserve, and others with varying amounts of concrete on public reserve land. Some properties have extended their beach front boundary by four to five metres according to the report.
Many of the structures will be costly to remove. Some of them have been there for decades and are believed to have been built when Papamoa was part of the Tauranga County.
Legally the council can compel compliance, but councillors agreed in discussion on the report that properties will have to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Property owners who dispute the boundary will have to pay for the services of a registered surveyor.