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Great Barrier
Local Board
18 April 2017
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Local board feedback
on Government’s Urban Development Authorities Discussion Document
File No.: CP2017/06325
Purpose
1. To provide an opportunity for local boards to formally provide
feedback on the government’s Urban Development Authorities Discussion Document.
Executive
summary
2. The
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Urban Development
Authorities Discussion Document released in February 2017 proposes new
legislation for urban development authorities.
3. The
potential legislation is the government’s direct response to
recommendations made by the Productivity Commission during the Using Land for
Housing inquiry (2015). The government signaled the proposal in August
2016.
4. The
discussion document notes that the urban development authority proposal is one
of a number of initiatives to improve the urban development system overall,
others being the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill and the Productivity
Commission inquiry into Better Urban Planning.
5. The
proposed legislation is intended to complement the government’s recent
introduction of a National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity and
the Housing Infrastructure Fund.
6. The purpose of the proposed legislation is to
enable better urban development at scale, where projects are complex or
strategically important.
7. The legislation would enable local and central
government:
· to empower nationally or
locally significant urban development projects to access more enabling
development powers and land use rules; and
· to establish new urban
development authorities to support those projects where required.
8. The
intention is to overcome barriers to large scale urban development identified
by the Productivity Commission’s Using Land for Housing inquiry.
9. The
proposed legislation would enable publicly-controlled urban development
authorities to plan and oversee the necessary development. Urban development
authorities would be granted access powers to overcome these barriers, where
applicable and strategically appropriate. This may include:
· powers to acquire parcels of land,
· powers to plan and fund infrastructure
· powers to buy, sell or lease land and
buildings and fund infrastructure, and
· override existing and proposed district
plans.
10. Developments
could include housing, commercial premises, associated infrastructure, and
amenities including parks, community spaces or shopping centres. Projects could
also be greenfield and part of city expansion. Projects would not be limited to
solely housing related projects. Development powers will not be available for
stand-alone infrastructure projects.
11. The
planning and consenting system as a whole; and any ability for urban
development authorities to access powers under the Building Act 2004 and the
Building Code will not be considered in this discussion document or during the
further development of the urban development authority proposal.
12. In
its submission to the Productivity Commission Using Land for Housing draft
report in June 2015, the council raised the following points regarding urban
development authorities. These are that the council:
· agrees that there can be high value in
urban development agency models
· does not support the establishment of a
government urban development agency in Auckland
· supports and believes there is scope for
government to undertake complementary development activities and work alongside
Development Auckland (now Panuku)
· does not support the removal of planning
powers from local government to an urban development agency as local government
is better placed to undertake local planning.
· recommends government undertakes an
evaluation of existing development initiatives it has been involved in in
Auckland, e.g. Tamaki Redevelopment Company Limited, and Hobsonville Point
Company Limited.
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Recommendation
That the Great Barrier Local
Board:
a) endorse
the attached feedback on the Urban Development Authorities discussion document.
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Consideration
Local
board views and implications
13. Local board
chairpersons were invited to make an Expression of Interest to be a member of
the Political Reference Group providing direction to staff on the submission.
14. The purpose of this
report is to seek local board feedback which will be attached to the Auckland
Council submission at the Planning Committee.
15. A
committee report with the draft Political Reference group submission points
will be reported to the 2 May meeting of the Planning Committee, with delegated
sign off for the final submission for the 19 May deadline. The submission
closing date is very tight and local board feedback will be tabled at the 2 May
Planning Committee meeting. We would be grateful for any specific comments you
wish to be considered for council submission to be:
· in a word document, regarding the overall proposal to enact
new legislation as well as the specific proposals which are included within the
overall proposal (see Appendix 1), provided by 28 April 2017. Any
feedback received after 28 April and before 15 May 2017 will be attached to the
final submission.
· sent to Christina Kaiser christina.kaiser@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz
If you have any questions please contact
Christina Kaiser.
Māori
impact statement
16. The proposals in
the discussion document will have an impact Māori. The discussion document
proposes a process to identify potential Urban Development Authorities and
develop related plans that may impact on agreed to planning decisions which
were made with Māori engagement and input.
17. The Independent
Māori Statutory Board (IMSB) are providing input into the
submission. The Political Reference Group set up to work with staff on Auckland
Council’s submission includes a member of the IMSB Secretariat.
Implementation
18. There are no
implementation issues as a result of this report.
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩ 
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Urban Development Authorities Discussion Document
February 2017
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9
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b⇩
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Appendix 1 Questions for Consideration
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135
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c⇩
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Appendix 2 Summary diagram of the processes being
proposed under the new legislation
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137
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Signatories
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Author
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Christina Kaiser - Principal Strategic Advisor
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Authoriser
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Karen Lyons - General Manager Local Board Services
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