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    <post_id>120</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Draft Intensification Plan Change Released]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council has published a draft version of a plan change to replace Plan Change 78. This will be the most consequential plan
change since the AUP was created.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/draft-intensification-plan-change-released/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2025-08-20 22:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>116</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD and MDRS in Disarray]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council's implementation of the NPS-UD and MDRS is in disarray following recent storm events, a belated decision to include the
light rail corridor, the resignation of two commissioners and the National Party's decision to withdraw support for the MDRS]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/nps-ud-and-mdrs-in-disarray/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2023-05-28 23:35:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>115</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[RMA Reform: the Resource Consent Process]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[How will the resource consent process change under the Natural and Built Environment Act? And will we see faster and cheaper resource
consents?]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/rma-reform-the-resource-consent-process/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2023-05-01 02:50:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>114</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[RMA Reform: Key Elements and Key Questions]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[This article provides an overview of the resource management framework proposed to replace the Resource Management Act.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/rma-reform-key-elements-and-key-questions/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2023-05-01 02:32:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>113</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD and MDRS: Further Update on Auckland Council's Response]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Auckland Council Planning Committee has met for the final time prior to notification of the Council's response to the RMA Amendment Act
2021 and NPS-UD.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/update-on-nps-ud-and-related-plan-changes/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-08-08 08:33:42</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>111</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[What's on Auckland's Planning Agenda]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Every now and then I like to peruse Auckland Council’s Planning Committee agendas to see what Council is up to. ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/whats-on-aucklands-planning-agenda/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-07-04 01:16:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>112</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPSUD: Update on Auckland Council's Response]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council’s Planning Committee completed a marathon 11 hour meeting on 30 June 2022 to consider its response to the NPS-UD.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/npsud-update-on-auckland-councils-response/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-07-01 01:41:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>110</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Upcoming Transport Plan Change]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council has released additional information regarding its upcoming transport plan change.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/upcoming-transport-plan-change/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-06-28 23:48:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>109</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Upcoming Changes to Auckland Unitary Plan]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[A recent report adopted by Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has provided additional detail on changes to the Unitary Plan under investigation]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/upcoming-changes-to-auckland-unitary-plan/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-04-06 20:28:31</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>108</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD: Updated Principles for Intensification]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has approved a new set of principles for addressing policy 3(d) of the National Policy Statement
	on Urban Development
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/nps-ud-updated-principles-for-intensification/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-03-07 19:28:52</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>107</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Bye Bye Parking Requirements (hello new rules and regulations...)]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Minimum parking requirements have now been removed from the Auckland Unitary Plan.  What are the implications of that?]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/bye-bye-parking-requirements-hello-new-rules-and-regulations/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-02-20 20:19:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>106</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Medium Density Residential Standards - Update]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Government has amended its Medium Density Residential Standards to alter the intensity of development able to be undertaken as a permitted activity ]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/medium-density-residential-standards-update/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2022-02-20 19:48:34</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>104</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Medium Density Residential Standards - FAQs]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Short answers to frequently asked questions on the Medium Density Residential Standards.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/medium-density-residential-standards-frequently-asked-questions/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-10 08:43:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>103</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Winners and Losers under the RMA Amendment Bill]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The RMA Amendment Bill will create winners and losers.  How will it impact you - will you be a winner or loser?]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/winners-and-losers-under-the-rma-amendment-bill/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-09 03:40:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>102</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Medium Density Residential Standards - what the?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Medium Density Residential Standards proposed in the RMA Amendment Bill will enable significant intensification in our main urban areas.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/medium-density-residential-standards-what-are-they-and-what-difference-will-they-make/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-08 03:06:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>101</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Changes to RMA to Enable and Accelerate Intensification]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill will supercharge the National Policy Statement on Urban
Development.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/changes-to-the-rma-proposed-to-accelerate-intensification/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-11-05 02:25:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>100</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Removal of Car Parking Minimums (how to make a simple task complicated)]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[After sitting on / studying the NPS-UD requirement to remove car parking minimums from its plans for more than a year, Auckland Council
	has given its first public hints at how it proposes to respond to this requirement.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/removal-of-carpark-minimums-aka-how-to-make-a-simple-task-complicated/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-09-06 22:15:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>99</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Auckland Development Contributions – Big Increases on the Way]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council is poised to propose significant increases in development contributions in parts of the region.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/auckland-development-contributions-big-increases-on-the-way/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-09-06 06:13:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>98</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD: Auckland Council's Timeline for Responding]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council has a number of workstreams underway in response to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.  In this blog, we give you an overview of the timelines for those workstreams.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/nps-ud-auckland-councils-timeline-for-responding/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-08-05 20:47:32</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>97</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD: Further Detail on Auckland Council's Response]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council has expanded on how it proposes to respond to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development in "all other
locations".]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/nps-ud-further-detail-on-auckland-councils-response/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-08-04 08:30:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>96</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[NPS-UD: Auckland Council's Initial Response]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Government’s National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (“<strong>NPS-UD</strong>”) is arguably the most consequential statement of government policy on urban development in New Zealand’s recent history.  And it’s about to start “hitting home”.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/auckland-councils-initial-response-to-the-nps-ud/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-06-29 00:54:36</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>95</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[GPS-HUD: More Waffle than Breakfast at Denny's]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The Government has released a discussion document for its upcoming Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (“<strong>GPS-HUD</strong>”)]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/gps-hud-more-waffle-than-breakfast-at-dennys/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-06-27 20:43:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>92</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Auckland Council adopts NorthWest Spatial Strategy]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland Council has updated and adopted the NorthWest Spatial Land Use Strategy following public feedback over the Christmas period.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon></post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/northwest-spatial-strategy/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-05-24 02:11:45</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>58</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Affordable Housing (inclusionary zoning is back on the agenda)]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Auckland has an affordable housing problem - will inclusionary zoning be Council's solution?]]></post_content_short>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/affordable-housing-inclusionary-zoning-is-back-on-the-agenda/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-09-25 09:11:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>57</post_id>
    <post_category_id>12</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[What's Auckland Council up to?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Every now and then I like to peruse the Council Planning Committee agendas to see what Council is up to.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.civitas.co.nz/news/whats-auckland-council-up-to/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-09-25 08:45:00</post_date>
  </posts>
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