Fletcher is allowed to remove 139 generally protected trees, work within the drip line of 36 trees it is retaining and create about 223,600 cubic metres of earthworks across 47ha.
The company will fill within a flood hazard area.
Traffic problems were ruled out, with the council saying the huge subdivision would have no more than minor adverse effects on the surrounding roading environment.
Only minor adverse effects on the water quality and ecology of the Papakura Stream were cited and the effects on coastal bird roosting sites was considered less than minor, subject to a management plan and mitigation measures including the creation of an esplanade reserve along the coastline and restriction of building work to outside the migrant peak coastal bird season.
Fletcher will re-contour the land and create internal roads, level sections, stormwater wetland devices and re-shape the flood plain, although it must maintain its generally flat profile.
Neighbour Max Byrnes last year expressed fears for the Conifer Grove area when the hundreds of houses rise.
As the owner of a Keywella Drive house overlooking the course, which the club sold for $42 million, he said he was worried about the effects of a growing population on the roads, schools, the extensive native shore bird population and residents' quality of life.
The consents allow Fletcher to create the stages one and two nearest the Southern Motorway, then work towards the other side of its land, by Glenross Drive, before returning to the motorway side to finish stages six and seven nearest the motor-way.
The golf club faced an uncertain future if it stayed on the site, with interest costs and maintenance requirements higher than what it was earning.
