Council progresses towards Proposed Unitary Plan
30 August 2013
Council progresses towards Proposed
Unitary Plan
Councillors and local board
chairs have wrapped up the first three days of decisions on
changes to the draft Unitary Plan.
Key parts of the
plan, including residential zones, affordable housing,
business zones, parking, the Port and the City Centre were
covered at the meetings. Changes were discussed for each
topic and the majority of issues
resolved.
Residential zones were the major focus of
the discussions. Decisions were reached on all of the
residential changes except for one proposal regarding
greater flexibility for density on sites larger than 2,500
sqm in the Mixed Housing Suburban Zone, which will be
revisited next week.
Auckland Plan Committee Chair,
Penny Hulse says “We have had three days of robust debate,
discussions and decision making. The involvement of the
local board chairs has been extremely valuable in these
discussions and I am pleased with the progress we’ve
made.”
Some of the key changes decided at the
Auckland Plan Committee meetings included:
Further
reclamation for the Port to be a non-complying activity and
a stage 2 study to be undertaken
Require all residential development of 15 or more dwellings to include at least 10% of dwellings as retained affordable housing
On 1200 sqm (or more) sites in the Mixed Housing Suburban Zone, a maximum of one dwelling for every 200 sqm
Residential developments of five or more houses will require a six star Homestar energy rating
Primary and secondary schools will
now have a special purpose school zone
Additional
Auckland Plan Committee meetings will continue next week to
discuss the remaining issues on the
agenda.
ENDS