Category: urban design
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The term ahead for the Waitakere Ranges Local Board
I have the privilege of being re elected as chair of the Waitakere Ranges Local Board and Michelle Clayton is the deputy chair. This is an excerpt from my speech to this term’s inaugural local board meeting.
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The decision in the Nola Development application
The application for development of the Nola site in Oratia has been approved by the hearings panel. The application involves 236 residential terraced units, 98 of which are KiwiBuild, on a 4.3 hectare site. Individual lot sizes will be 150 square metres or so. The application was revised after initial responses were filed and ten…
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The Glen Eden Cycleway
This is my personal take on local interest in the Glen Eden Cycleway recently created on part of Captain Scott Road. Cycleways have been in the news lately. They seem to provoke considerable dissent wherever they are implemented. If they are stand alone new infrastructure then opposition is muted. But Auckland in particular is so…
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The Nola development
One of the roles of the local board is to advocate for the interests and preferences of local people. As part of this we get notification of various resource consent applications and we get our chance to respond. It is an important part of the job. Often we are the only locals who will hear…
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The end of petrol driven cars
The Government has set us a strong challenge, for our country to become carbon neutral by 2050. The rationale is simple. Increasing levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses are cooking the planet. And we are beyond the theory stage. We are now seeing in real time the effects as predicted by the overwhelming majority…