Category: unitary plan
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The Waitakere Ranges Local Board’s position on the Watercare Plant
In the interests of public transparency I thought I should set out what the Local Board submitted on the resource consent application for the Waima water treatment plant. Here it is. The submission is subject to final approval which will be considered at our board meeting on September 26. ___________________________________________________________________________ The Waitākere Ranges Local Board…
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ACT wants to subdivide the Waitakere Ranges (or at least the foothills)
There was a great deal of attention on the policy announcements of the major parties this weekend. One announcement was forward looking and a firm statement that business as usual was not working. The other was somewhat ho hum and involved an extension to Auckland’s electrified rail network that Labour started as well as the…
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The Unitary Plan is heading to the High Court
Auckland Council has passed the Unitary Plan. But now the appeal and review processes kick in. As at the end of the statutory mandated timeline there were 105 appeals or applications for review filed. One of them has been filed by the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society. It relates to the decision of the Hearings Panel…
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This is why Auckland Council should have kept affordable housing provisions in Unitary Plan
I blogged earlier on why I believe Auckland Council made a bad decision in excluding affordable housing provisions from the Unitary Plan. Council had originally proposed that all residential developments of more than 15 dwellings should include provision for “retained affordable housing” of at least 10 per cent of the units. Qualifying units were dwellings…
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Staff recommendations on the Unitary Plan and the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area
The staff recommendations to Auckland Council concerning the proposed Unitary Plan are now publicly available in advance of the Auckland Development Committee meeting that starts tomorrow. Mostly the terms of the draft plan provided by the Independent Panel are accepted. There are however 63 proposals which staff are recommending changes to. One involves retention of regional…