Affordable Housing (inclusionary zoning is back on the agenda)
Auckland has an affordable housing problem - will inclusionary zoning be Council's solution? ...read more
What's Auckland Council up to?
Every now and then I like to peruse the Council Planning Committee agendas to see what Council is up to. ...read more
New National Policy Statement on Urban Development
The Government has approved a new National Policy Statement (“NPS”) on Urban Development to replace the current NPS on Urban Development Capacity approved in 2016. ...read more
(More) Changes to the RMA
The Resource Management Amendment Act 2020 (“RMAA”) received royal assent on 30 June and will come into effect in stages from 1 July 2020. ...read more
Unitary Plan - Plan Change 4 (Correction of Errors)
Auckland Council has notified Plan Change 4 to the Auckland Unitary Plan. This plan change aims to correct “errors” and “anomalies” in the plan. ...read more
Resource Consent Changes - Marginal Infringements
Changes to the Resource Management Act (“RMA”) mean consent will no longer be required for some activities with marginal or temporary non-compliances. ...read more
Resource Consent Changes - Boundary Activities
In May 2016, we reported that changes were in store for the resource consent process. At that time, a bill was before parliament to introduce changes to the Resource Management Act (“RMA”). That bill become law in April 2017. ...read more
Unitary Plan - Private Plan Changes
Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has approved a number of criteria for assessing whether private plan changes to the Unitary Plan should be accepted for consideration by Council. ...read more
Unitary Plan - Upcoming Plan Changes
Auckland Council’s Planning Committee has approved further work on a number of changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan. ...read more
Unitary Plan - More Places of Significance to Mana Whenua to be added
Auckland Council is exploring a plan change to add sites to the Sites and Places of Significance to Mana Whenua schedule in the Auckland Unitary Plan. ...read more
