Auckland Council’s planning committee adopted 2 structure plans yesterday which provide for up to 34,500 new homes in the south of the region over the next 30 years.
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Industrial sites are selling as Drury South Crossing kicks into second gear
6 of the 11 industrial lots in block 1 of the Drury South Crossing development zone down the Southern Motorway out of Auckland have been sold.
Read more →Adding houses to a peninsula ought to take more thought, as Penlink hopefuls learn
When my wife & I moved to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula at the end of 1982 the district council had plans drawn up for 6 lanes along the early part of the peninsula, narrowing as you went on.
Read more →Local board identifies 10 city fringe economic actions to prioritise
The Waitemata Local Board will vote on Tuesday on a refreshed local economic development action plan for the city fringe, which has identified 18 actions, 10 of them prioritised.
Read more →Churton warns Orakei board of declining standards from relentless intensification
Orakei Local Board member Troy Churton has questioned residential intensification at several spots around the ward in his report to the board’s meeting on Thursday, chiefly for height infringements, being out of character & resultant commuter congestion.
Read more →4 intensive residential & development properties sell
A mix of 4 properties in the intensive living & residential development sectors were sold at Bayleys auctions this week.
Read more →Tracking ideas Sun27Sep16 – sprawl v compact, inclusionary housing, infrastructure funding, related pieces, Making NZ
Sprawl v compact research stops short – Inclusionary housing another debate that’s international – Infrastructure funding options – Related pieces – Making NZ a home for planning thinkpieces
Read more →Fairgray works through the question: Who’s really the house price villain?
An historical perspective shows Auckland house prices might not be quite as far out of whack as is commonly thought. Market Economics Ltd director Doug Fairgray presents that perspective in a column in his monthly newsletter.
Read more →Tracking ideas M20June16 – Sprawl & infrastructure, tiny house rules
Sprawl not the problem, infrastructure is – Affordability versus rules
Read more →Oteha Valley case demonstrates gap between allowing for infrastructure and reality
Auckland Transport was offered a solution to a suburban roading problem 3 years ago and didn’t pick it up. Instead, it was in the Environment Court last week seeking yet another extended lapse period for a designation blighting private land earmarked for over 500 apartments.
Read more →Urban boundary & zones under the spotlight
The rural:urban boundary – a red flag designed to torment those who would extend standalone suburban housing further afield.
Read more →Council development agency to decide initial shortlist by December
Auckland Council’s new development agency will cut a list of 9 large-site targets down to a shortlist of 2-3 when it reports back to the council’s Auckland development committee on 10 December.
Read more →First priority list proposed for new council development agency
Auckland Council staff will put 9 locations to a council committee on Thursday as priority areas for its new development arm to focus on.
Read more →Council proposes integrating housing project office & city transformation unit
Auckland Council proposed today combining its housing project office and the city transformation unit.
Read more →Propbd on Q Th13Aug15 – 8 apartments sell, council on Eden Park, Aotea Quarter & land for housing
7 apartments sell at Ray White auction – Council discusses unitary plan position on Eden Park – Consultation to start on Aotea Quarter framework despite much bristling – Land for housing report becomes opportunity to vent views
Read more →Council has forthright message for Government on land for housing
Auckland Council will send a forthright message to the Government on how to apply the 2 tiers’ powers if a draft submission to the Productivity Commission is approved on Thursday.
Read more →Another contortion on development capacity
A report on residential development capacity of the Auckland region, produced for the independent hearings panel on the unitary plan, raises the same questions as were raised in initial modelling 2 years ago, again without answering the primary question.
Read more →New measures to take migrants away from Auckland
The Government’s answer to immigrant pressure on Auckland is to offer incentives to go elsewhere in the country.
Read more →Council wants feedback on greenfield rezoning sequence
Auckland Council has put a draft strategy on rezoning 11,000ha of future urban land out for public feedback.
Read more →Tracking ideas M6Apr15 – exurbs return in US, suburban intensification starting in Auckland
Exurbs return in US, suburban intensification starting in Auckland
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