The hearing panel on the Auckland unitary plan issued interim guidance on Wednesday indicating it’s not convinced that special character is “historic heritage” requiring protection as a matter of national importance.
Zone review
More plan change 163 strikeout applications next week, substantive hearing off until October
Published 8 August 2012 The Environment Court hearing on appeals against the Auckland Council’s plan change 163 – which introduces demolition & removal controls on houses in the isthmus residential 2 zone – almost got started yesterday. Instead, the council’s counsel, Bill Loutit, produced what he said was rebuttal evidence after Judge Laurie Newhook last […]
Newhook strikes out demolition controls on 2 Remuera homes, lashes council (extended version)
Published 3 August 2012, additions & changes 4 August 2012 Environment Judge Laurie Newhook has struck out the Auckland Council’s proposal to subject 2 Remuera residential properties to demolition controls under plan change 163, intended to protect heritage properties in the residential 2 zone on the Auckland isthmus. In doing so, the judge gave the […]
Newhook strikes out demolition controls on 2 Remuera homes
Published 3 August 2012 Environment Judge Laurie Newhook has struck out the Auckland Council’s case for mapping demolition controls affecting 2 Remuera residential properties, with a tongue-lashing for council non-performance. The successful applicants for a partial strikeout of the council’s case were Carol Faull & Henry Hall, owners f properties on Ranui & Coombes Rds, […]
Council won’t notify every heritage demolition application, still working on guidelines
Published 25 June 2012 The Auckland Council held back last week from recommending that demolition & removal of all pre-1940s houses in the residential 1 & 2 heritage zones be notified, instead working towards a new set of more precise guidelines. The council will also look at extending heritage protection around the whole region, not […]
Council forum supports discretionary approach rather than heritage subzones of Shore plan change
Published 15 June 2011 Auckland Council staff have changed the approach to heritage protection in business zones in the North Shore’s residential 3 areas, which Cllr Sandra Coney said yesterday would dilute protection – the opposite of what staff said they were trying to achieve. Plan change 33 was before the new councils planning & […]
