Minutes of Planning Committee

Planning Committee

03 September 2020

Note: a roll-call was conducted that ascertained the following councillors were in attendance by electronic link at the commencement of the meeting:

Mayor P Goff	ü	Cr R Hills	ü
Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore	ü	Cr T Mulholland	ü
Cr J Bartley	ü	IMSB Member L Ngamane	ü
Cr C Casey	ü	Cr G Sayers	ü
Cr E Collins	ü	Cr D Simpson	ü
Cr P Coom	ü	Cr S Stewart	ü
Cr L Cooper	ü	Cr W Walker	ü
Cr A Dalton	ü	Cr J Watson	ü
Cr A Filipaina	ü	Cr P Young	ü
Cr S Henderson	ü

1 Apologies

Resolution number PLA/2020/57

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr L Cooper:

That the Planning Committee:

a) accept the apology from Cr C Fletcher and Cr D Newman, IMSB Member T Henare, for absence.

CARRIED

2 Declaration of Interest

Cr P Coom declared an interest in Item 5.3 – Public Input: Thom Gill – Alternative housing policy initiatives in Auckland.

3 Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number PLA/2020/58

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr J Bartley:

That the Planning Committee:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 13 August 2020, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

4 Petitions

There were no petitions.

5 Public Input

5.1	Public Input: Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust - Affordable Housing and Inclusionary Zoning
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/59 MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff: That the Planning Committee: a) receive the public input from Julie Scott of Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust regarding affordable housing and inclusionary zoning and thank her for attending. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 5.1 - Public Input: Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust - Affordable Housing and Inclusionary Zoning, Presentation

5.2	Public Input: Brennan Rigby – Affordable Housing and Inclusionary Zoning
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/60 MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff: That the Planning Committee: a) receive the public input from Brennan Rigby regarding affordable housing and inclusionary zoning and thank him for attending. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 5.2 - Public Input: Brennan Rigby – Affordable Housing and Inclusionary Zoning, Presentation

5.3	Public Input: Thom Gill - Alternative housing policy initiatives in Auckland
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/61 MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff: That the Planning Committee: a) receive the public input from Thom Gill regarding alternative housing policy initiatives in Auckland and thank him for attending. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 5.3 - Public Input: Thom Gill - Alternative housing policy initiatives in Auckland, Presentation

5.4

Public Input: Samuel Johnston - Community Land Trusts for affordable housing

Resolution number PLA/2020/62

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff:

That the Planning Committee:

a) receive the public input from Samuel Johnston regarding community land trusts for affordable housing and thank him for attending.

CARRIED

5.5

Public Input: Imogen Schoots - Society for Alternative Housing Development - Affordable community focused housing developments

Resolution number PLA/2020/63

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff:

That the Planning Committee:

a) receive the public input from Imogen Schoots regarding affordable community focused housing developments and thank her for attending.

CARRIED

5.6

Public Input: Ellie Croft - Women in Urbanism – Community focused housing

Resolution number PLA/2020/64

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff:

That the Planning Committee:

a) receive the public input from Ellie Croft regarding community focused housing and thank her for attending.

CARRIED

6 Local Board Input

There was no local board input.

7 Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

8	Affordable housing report back: Approval for forward work programme
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Note: changes to the original recommendation, adding new clauses b) and c), were made with the agreement of the meeting.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/65 MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Mayor P Goff: That the Planning Committee: a) approve the affordable housing forward work programme in Attachment A of the agenda report. b) form a political working group to provide advice to progress affordable housing in Auckland chaired by the Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, with Cr C Casey, Cr L Cooper and a member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board. c) request through our briefing to incoming ministers, a call for the incoming Minister of Housing to promote: i) legislative change to facilitate inclusionary zoning for affordable housing ii) increase the building programme for social housing in Auckland iii) facilitate investment in build to rent construction iv) make changes in the Building Code and Building Act, as outlined in the Mayoral Taskforce on Housing, to lower the cost of building construction. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 8 - Affordable housing report back: Approval for forward work programme, Presentation

The meeting adjourned at 12.33pm and reconvened at 12.42pm.

Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Request to make operative Private Plan Change 32 (Avondale Jockey Club)

Resolution number PLA/2020/66

MOVED by Cr T Mulholland, seconded by Cr S Henderson:

That the Planning Committee:

a) approve Private Plan Change 32, Avondale Jockey Club to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) under clause 17(2) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991

b) authorise staff to complete the necessary statutory processes to publicly notify the date on which the plan change becomes operative as soon as practicable, in accordance with the requirements in clause 20(2) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

CARRIED

10	Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Request to make operative Plan Change 34 (Special Character Statement for Special Character Areas Overlay – Howick Business)
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/67 MOVED by Cr S Stewart, seconded by Cr P Young: That the Planning Committee: a) approve Plan Change 34 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) that adds four additional sites and a special character statement for the Special Character Areas Overlay in the Howick town centre, as identified in Attachment A of the agenda report b) request staff to complete the necessary statutory processes to publicly notify the date on which Plan Change 34 will become operative as soon as practicable. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 10 - Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Request to make operative Plan Change 34 (Special Character Statement for Special Character Areas Overlay – Howick Business), Presentation

11	Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Proposed Plan Change – Temporary Activities
	A PowerPoint presentation was given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
	Resolution number PLA/2020/68 MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Cr C Darby: That the Planning Committee: a) approve the notification of the proposed plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) to amend the temporary activity standards and the Pukekohe Park precinct in accordance with the changes in Attachment A. These changes involve: i) amending rows A5 and A6 in the Temporary Activities “Activity Table” to refer to “temporary activities in public places or on private land” ii) requiring a traffic management plan (as a permitted activity standard) for an event in a rural or Future Urban zone where more than 500 vehicle movements per day on adjacent roads are generated iii) increasing the duration of those temporary activities that are defined as noise events (i.e. they exceed the noise standards for the zone) from six to eight hours iv) adding a noise standard for temporary activities that generate noise but are not defined as “noise events” in the noise chapter of the Auckland – wide provisions v) aligning Anzac Day in the Pukekohe Park precinct to the definition under the Anzac Day Act 1966 b) endorse the section 32 evaluation report contained as Attachment B to the agenda report c) delegate to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, and a member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board, the authority to make minor amendments to the proposed plan change prior to public notification. CARRIED
	Attachments a 3 September 2020, Planning Committee: Item 11 - Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Proposed Plan Change – Temporary Activities, Presentation

Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings (including the Forward Work Programme) - 3 September 2020

Resolution number PLA/2020/69

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Cr C Darby:

That the Planning Committee:

a) note the progress on the forward work programme appended as Attachment A of the agenda report

b) receive the Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings – 3 September 2020.

CARRIED

13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

14 Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number PLA/2020/70

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr J Bartley:

That the Planning Committee:

a) exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

C1 CONFIDENTIAL: Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Proposed Plan Change 41 – Ōkura Precinct – Update

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(g) - The withholding of the information is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege.

In particular, the report discusses current proceedings in the Environment Court and High Court.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

1.08pm The public was excluded.

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

1.29pm The public was re-admitted.

restatementS

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

CONFIDENTIAL: Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) – Proposed Plan Change 41 – Ōkura Precinct – Update

Resolution number PLA/2020/71

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Cr J Bartley:

c) agree that the decisions and report remain confidential until a decision is made on the public notification of proposed Plan Change 41 - Ōkura Precinct and the declaration and judicial review proceedings initiated by Ōkura Holdings Limited in the Environment Court and High Court respectively have been resolved.

1.29pm The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Planning Committee HELD ON

DATE:.........................................................................

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................

Chairperson	Cr Chris Darby	Physically present
Deputy Chairperson	Cr Josephine Bartley	Physically present
Members	Cr Dr Cathy Casey
	Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore
	Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins
	Cr Pippa Coom	Physically present
	Cr Linda Cooper, JP	Physically present
	Cr Angela Dalton
	Cr Alf Filipaina
	Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP	Physically present
	Cr Shane Henderson	Physically present
	Cr Richard Hills
	Cr Tracy Mulholland
	IMSB Member Liane Ngamane
	Cr Greg Sayers
	Cr Desley Simpson, JP
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM
	Cr Wayne Walker
	Cr John Watson
	Cr Paul Young

	Cr Christine Fletcher
	IMSB Member Hon Tau Henare
	Cr Daniel Newman