Plan Change 78 – 1-year extension

EPNA — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 05:59:00 +0000

Last week Minister Chris Bishop, in a speech to the property Council, announced that he has granted a 1-year extension for plan change 78.
“I can announce today that I spoke with Mayor Brown on Tuesday and confirmed that his Council may have a further one-year extension for their process, to 31 March 2026.
Auckland is in a unique situation at the moment for two reasons: one is the impact that the Anniversary Weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle had on the city in areas that were tagged for intensification. The other is that our Government has scrapped Labour’s failed Auckland Light Rail project meaning Auckland no longer has to take theoretical future light rail stations into account for upzoning decisions, and are therefore having to do some rethinking.”

Council will now need to undertake the additional zoning work around the previous LR corridor, and alter the hearing schedules as needed.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/housing-minister-chris-bishop-grants-auckland-council-one-year-extension-to-work-on-new-intensification-rules/ITBUOXY4NZF25JIAEHUWQ4QDKY/

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Auckland Unitary Plan – Plan Change 78

EPNA — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:04:57 +0000

The government has indicated the city-wide intensification 3 storey zones ie MDRS (Medium Density Residential Standards), will not be compulsory for councils if they have adequate growth zoned already.
However, there is confusion, as this legislation has not been finalised, while the hearing Panel for Plan Change 78 is currently continuing. Council has urgently requested the ability to put the hearing process on hold.
More information here: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-calls-on-housing-minister-chris-bishop-to-stop-dopey-mandate-on-intensification-hearings/MHLCMHEVZ5HYLPT6WHONSWRV4M/

For this area, this is extremely important as there was no proposed specific zoning for people to submit on, as the area along the Light Rail corridor was excluded by Council.
With the government now canceling that project, it’s unclear what zoning may be applied around here, and whether changes can be snuck through under the current plan change, as many submissions wanting greater intensification ignored the fact the light rail corridor was out of the scope of the plan change, and requested much greater intensification be provided.
Another media summary of the issue: https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/03/13/unfair-and-prejudicial-council-and-residents-want-housing-hearings-postponed/

We will update as soon as we have further information.

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