Zone review

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 & […]

Published 15 September 2010 North Shore City Council’s strategy & finance committee has approved heritage plan change 21 after the family of John Spencer negotiated specific provisions for its large block covering 16 sections at Stanley Pt. The Spencers, through family company Clime Asset Management Ltd, fought the plan change through its 2007 hearing by […]

Published 13 June 2010 Auckland City Council has put out for consultation the maps indicating the properties in the residential 2 zone which require resource consent for demolition or removal of buildings built before 1940. Submissions close on Friday 9 July.   The council sent letters & maps to about 10,000 owners & occupiers of […]

Published 5 April 2010 7 years on from when Auckland City Council began writing rules to protect heritage suburbs from change, the city’s mayor, John Banks, declared the almost-complete new district plan rules “a victory for common sense”.   The words of plan change 163 have been written, approved by the council for notification and […]

Published 16 September 2008 Auckland City Council’s heritage residential property plan change debate isn’t resolved yet, but it’s heading that way.   In addition, criticism of the way the mayor interceded in the issue may be turned round to a proposal for improving how the council deals with opposed plan changes.   Plan change 163’s […]

Published 14 August 2008 Auckland City Council continued its debate today on heritage property protection and will take the issue up again in 3 ways.   First, mayor John Banks has decided to conduct a workshop on Monday 18 August with parties to Environment Court proceedings opposing the council’s proposed plan change to stop demolition […]

Published 10 August 2008 More than 750 people have given their feedback on Auckland City Council’s proposed changes to demolition controls on properties in the residential 2 zone.   City development committee chairman Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said staff were analysing the feedback and would report to the committee on Thursday.   The committee released maps […]

Published 15 July 2008 Auckland City Council’s city development committee agreed in a confidential session last Thursday to remove from the residential 2 zone proposed under plan change 163 “streets & properties that display little or no remaining characteristics of the zone”.   Maps issued by the council at the weekend, and available on the […]

Published 11 July 2008 Auckland City Council’s city development committee yesterday approved the release of maps designating where old houses around the city will be safeguarded from demolition and where they won’t, and conditions for either course to be followed.   The maps & process will go out to public consultation for 3 weeks, closing […]

Published 11 April 2008 Auckland City Council will stick to its guns on a plan change affecting houses in the residential 1 zone, but has decided to modify some aspects affecting resident 2 (mostly across the eastern suburbs).   The council’s city development committee voted yesterday to tell the Environment Court it wouldn’t be able […]

Auckland City Council’s finance & corporate business committee has approved the allocation of $180,000 for the review of the residential 1 & 2b zones. The council’s money-minding committee approved the unbudgeted allocation on Thursday in response to a call last week from the council’s city development committee. The city development committee had been petitioned by […]