Agenda of Planning Committee - Thursday, 4 February 2021

Terms of Reference

Responsibilities

This committee guides the physical development and growth of Auckland through a focus on land use, transport and infrastructure strategies and policies relating to planning, growth, housing and the appropriate provision of enabling infrastructure, as well as programmes and strategic projects associated with these activities. The committee will establish an annual work programme outlining key focus areas in line with its key responsibilities, which include:

· relevant regional strategy and policy

· transportation

· infrastructure strategy and policy

· Unitary Plan, including plan changes (but not any wholesale review of the Plan)

· Resource Management Act and relevant urban planning legislation framework

· oversight of Council’s involvement in central government strategies, plans or initiatives that impact on Auckland’s future land use and infrastructure

· Auckland Plan implementation reporting on priorities and performance measures

· structure plans and spatial plans

· housing policy and projects

· city centre and waterfront development

· regeneration and redevelopment programmes

· built and cultural heritage, including public art

· urban design

· acquisition of property relating to the committee’s responsibilities and in accordance with the LTP

· working with and receiving advice from the Heritage Advisory Panel, the Rural Advisory Panel and the Auckland City Centre Advisory Board to give visibility to the issues important to the communities they represent and to help effect change.

Powers

(i) All powers necessary to perform the committee’s responsibilities, including:

(a) approval of a submission to an external body

(b) establishment of working parties or steering groups.

(ii) The committee has the powers to perform the responsibilities of another committee, where it is necessary to make a decision prior to the next meeting of that other committee.

(iii) If a policy or project relates primarily to the responsibilities of the Planning Committee, but aspects require additional decisions by the Environment and Climate Change Committee and/or the Parks, Arts, Community and Events Committee, then the Planning Committee has the powers to make associated decisions on behalf of those other committee(s). For the avoidance of doubt, this means that matters do not need to be taken to more than one of those committees for decisions.

(iii) The committee does not have:

(a) the power to establish subcommittees

(b) powers that the Governing Body cannot delegate or has retained to itself (section 2).

Auckland Plan Values

The Auckland Plan 2050 outlines a future that all Aucklanders can aspire to. The values of the Auckland Plan 2050 help us to understand what is important in that future:

Exclusion of the public – who needs to leave the meeting

Members of the public

All members of the public must leave the meeting when the public are excluded unless a resolution is passed permitting a person to remain because their knowledge will assist the meeting.

Those who are not members of the public

General principles

· Access to confidential information is managed on a “need to know” basis where access to the information is required in order for a person to perform their role.

· Those who are not members of the meeting (see list below) must leave unless it is necessary for them to remain and hear the debate in order to perform their role.

· Those who need to be present for one confidential item can remain only for that item and must leave the room for any other confidential items.

· In any case of doubt, the ruling of the chairperson is final.

Members of the meeting

· The members of the meeting remain (all Governing Body members if the meeting is a Governing Body meeting; all members of the committee if the meeting is a committee meeting).

· However, standing orders require that a councillor who has a pecuniary conflict of interest leave the room.

· All councillors have the right to attend any meeting of a committee and councillors who are not members of a committee may remain, subject to any limitations in standing orders.

Independent Māori Statutory Board

· Members of the Independent Māori Statutory Board who are appointed members of the committee remain.

· Independent Māori Statutory Board members and staff remain if this is necessary in order for them to perform their role.

Staff

· All staff supporting the meeting (administrative, senior management) remain.

· Other staff who need to because of their role may remain.

Local Board members

· Local Board members who need to hear the matter being discussed in order to perform their role may remain. This will usually be if the matter affects, or is relevant to, a particular Local Board area.

Council Controlled Organisations

· Representatives of a Council Controlled Organisation can remain only if required to for discussion of a matter relevant to the Council Controlled Organisation.

1 Apologies

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

2 Declaration of Interest

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

3 Confirmation of Minutes

That the Planning Committee:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 3 December 2020, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

4 Petitions

At the close of the agenda no requests to present petitions had been received.

5 Public Input

Standing Order 7.7 provides for Public Input. Applications to speak must be made to the Governance Advisor, in writing, no later than one (1) clear working day prior to the meeting and must include the subject matter. The meeting Chairperson has the discretion to decline any application that does not meet the requirements of Standing Orders. A maximum of thirty (30) minutes is allocated to the period for public input with five (5) minutes speaking time for each speaker.

5.1 Public Input: All Aboard - Decarbonise Transport by 2030 in Auckland

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. Nicholas Lee, David Robertson and Jenny Cooper will address the committee on behalf of All Aboard. All Aboard is a joint campaign by Generation Zero, Bike Auckland, Greater Auckland, Lawyers for Climate Action, 1point5C Project, and others, with a goal to Decarbonise Transport by 2030 in Auckland.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Planning Committee:

a) receive the public input from Nicholas Lee, David Robertson and Jenny Cooper regarding the All Aboard campaign to decarbonise transport by 2030 in Auckland and thank them for attending.

6 Local Board Input

Standing Order 6.2 provides for Local Board Input. The Chairperson (or nominee of that Chairperson) is entitled to speak for up to five (5) minutes during this time. The Chairperson of the Local Board (or nominee of that Chairperson) shall wherever practical, give one (1) day’s notice of their wish to speak. The meeting Chairperson has the discretion to decline any application that does not meet the requirements of Standing Orders.

This right is in addition to the right under Standing Order 6.1 to speak to matters on the agenda.

At the close of the agenda no requests for local board input had been received.

7 Extraordinary Business

Section 46A(7) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“An item that is not on the agenda for a meeting may be dealt with at that meeting if-

(a) The local authority by resolution so decides; and

(b) The presiding member explains at the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public,-

(i) The reason why the item is not on the agenda; and

(ii) The reason why the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.”

Section 46A(7A) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (as amended) states:

“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,-

(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting if-

(i) That item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and

(ii) the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but

(b) no resolution, decision or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

Planning Committee

04 February 2021

Auckland Unitary Plan and Auckland District Plan (Hauraki Gulf Islands Section) – Request to make operative Plan Change 22 and Plan Modification 12 (Sites and Places of Significance to Mana Whenua)

File No.: CP2021/00229

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To approve and set an operative date of 12 March 2021 for Plan Change 22 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part), and Plan Modification 12 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Hauraki and Gulf Islands Section).

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. Plan Change 22 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) (PC22) and Plan Modification 12 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Hauraki and Gulf Islands Section) (PM12) are council-initiated plan changes that recognise and protect the cultural values of 33 sites and places within the Auckland Region nominated by Auckland’s mana whenua. This is achieved by including the nominated sites in relevant schedules of both plans which engage planning policies, rules and assessment criteria specific to the protection of cultural values when undertaking development or subdivision.

3. These plan changes were approved for public notification by the Planning Committee on 6 March 2019 and were publicly notified on 21 March 2019. In response to submissions, two partial withdrawals were made to PC22. One removed an annotation error in one of the schedules. The second withdrawal removed a complex site from PC22. This site is being progressed by way of a separate plan change process (Te Wairoa). A subsequent limited notification process occurred on 26 March 2020. In total, there were 13 primary submissions and five further submissions on the plan change.

4. The plan changes were heard by three independent hearing commissioners at public hearings held within the city centre and on Waiheke Island. Two of the commissioners had an understanding of tikanga Māori and of the perspectives of local iwi or hapū. Following two days of hearings on 4 and 7 September 2020, the commissioners released their decision approving the notified plan changes with all the changes recommended by the council’s plan change reporting team through the hearing. The decision report and plan changes are included as Attachment A of the agenda report.

5. This decision was publicly notified on 19 November 2020 and the period for the lodging of appeals on the decision closed on 21 January 2021. No appeals were received.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Planning Committee:

a) approve Plan Change 22 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) and Plan Modification 12 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Hauraki and Gulf Islands Section)

b) request staff to complete the necessary statutory processes to publicly notify the date on which Plan Change 22 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) and Plan Modification 12 to the Auckland Council District Plan (Hauraki and Gulf Islands Section) will become operative as soon as practicable, in accordance with the requirements of clause 20(2) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Horopaki

Context

6. PC22 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) 2016 (AUP) and PM12 to the Auckland District Council Plan – Hauraki and Gulf Islands Section – Operative 2018 (HGI) are council-initiated plan changes. They represent the first tranche of what is intended to be multiple tranches of plan changes seeking to progressively identify, evaluate and protect sites and places significance to Mana Whenua. They seek to address an under-representation of such sites.

7. PC22 recognises the nominated sites in three schedules of the AUP. These are the Sites of Significance to Mana Whenua Overlay Schedule, the Outstanding Natural Features Overlay Schedule and the Schedule of Historic Heritage. PC22 applies to the regional coastal plan and district plan level provisions of the AUP.

8. PM12 recognises four sites in the Schedule of Māori Heritage Sites – Inner Islands. It also inserts text into other sections of the HGI so that future Māori Heritage Sites can be identified and evaluated using criteria listed in the Auckland Regional Policy Statement. PM12 applies to district plan level provisions.

9. The plan changes were publicly notified on 21 March 2019. As a result of submissions received, two partial withdrawals were made to PC22. One was to remove an incorrect annotation, while a second withdrawal was to remove a nominated site due to technical and procedural issues. This site is now being addressed through a separate plan change process.

10. Submissions received on the plan changes were generally in support. These included submissions from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and from mana whenua themselves. Some submissions were received in opposition to the plan changes. Some submissions sought relief beyond the scope of the plan changes. Notably, one submission and further submissions raised matters concerning the practicality of operating and developing the Onetangi Sports Park on Waiheke Island with the proposed overlay applied. This submission was addressed through the application of a site-specific rule to allow for the ongoing operation and maintenance of the facility, whilst also requiring the consideration of cultural values for the future development of the park.

11. A hearing on the plan changes was held on 4 and 7 September 2020 with three independent commissioners. Their decision to accept the plan changes with all recommended amendments was publicly notified on 19 November 2020. The appeal period for the decision closed on 21 January 2021 with no appeals being received.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

12. Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 sets out the statutory process for plan changes.

13. Clause 17(2) of Schedule 1 states that “a local authority may approve part of a policy statement or plan, if all submissions or appeals relating to that part have been disposed of”. There were no appeals received and the council can now approve the plan changes.

14. Clause 20 of Schedule 1 sets out the process that is required to be undertaken for the notification of the operative date. Council staff will notify the operative date as soon as possible following the Planning Committee’s resolution.

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

15. As this is a procedural request, climate change impacts are not relevant to the recommendations made in this report.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

16. Several of the nominated sites and places of significance are on land owned by Auckland Transport and Watercare Services Ltd. The sites also cover assets owned and operated by these two CCOs.

17. As part of the development of these plan changes, both AT and Watercare were consulted and their comments formed part of the recommended plan changes. Neither organisation is opposed to the plan changes and they did not submit on during the statutory process.

18. A significant number of the sites are on open space land used as council reserves. As such, the Customer and Community Services Directorate and Community Facilities Department were engaged during the plan change process. Leaseholders on these sites were identified and notified of the plan changes. Discussions were held with parks staff to understand the operational requirements of the sites and the effect scheduling the parks would have on existing processes. Through these discussions, bespoke rules around the operation and management of Onetangi Sports Park were developed (in consultation with the Resource Consents Department).

19. The application of the overlays will increase the regulatory threshold of some activities in these open space areas and will place a greater onus on engagement with mana whenua when proposing subdivision or development. This approach is consistent with many of the reserve management plans applying to parks.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

20. In total, the sites nominated through PC22 and PM12 are located within 14 local board areas. Engagement took place with all local boards and their views were included in the planning reports for the consideration of the hearing commissioners.

21. The local boards were supportive of the scheduling, however they also voiced site specific concerns regarding existing uses (such as cattle grazing, effects on local roads, effects on sporting facilities). These matters were addressed through the planning analysis. Four local board representatives chose to speak in support of their board resolutions which were in support of the plan changes.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

22. The purpose of these plan changes is to recognise and protect sites and places of significance to mana whenua within the AUP and HGI. The plan changes directly address an under-representation of such sites in the region and seek to reverse the cumulative degradation of culturally significant places.

23. The nomination and analysis of the sites was done using a partnership approach with mana whenua and 10 out of 19 iwi authorities chose to participate in this tranche of plan changes. Some of the mana whenua groups also chose to submit in support of the sites. No mataawaka were engaged with as part of these plan changes due to the criteria for the sites being those of significance to mana whenua within Tāmaki Makaurau.

24. The plan changes represent a positive impact on Māori generally and mana whenua in particular and are consistent with the policy direction of the Auckland Plan 2050.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

25. The cost associated with making plan changes operative is minimal and able to be covered within the Plans and Places department budget.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

26. There are no risks associated with making these plan changes operative.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

27. The final step to making PC22 and PM12 operative is to publicly notify the date on which they will become operative and to the update the AUP and HGI. The next available public notification date is 5 March 2021. The operative date must be at least five working days after the public notification date, which is 12 March 2021.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Decision Report and Plan Changes	17

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Matthew Gouge - Senior Policy Planner

Authorisers

John Duguid - General Manager - Plans and Places

Megan Tyler - Chief of Strategy

Planning Committee

04 February 2021

Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case Review - Establishment of Political Reference Group

File No.: CP2020/19324

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To invite the Planning Committee to nominate up to three members to join a Political Reference Group for the review of the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi are reviewing the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case. As part of the review the project team is seeking to establish an advisory Political Reference Group. Therefore, Auckland Transport invites the Planning Committee to nominate up to three members to participate in the Political Reference Group.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Planning Committee:

a) nominate up to three representatives to participate in the Political Reference Group for the review of the 2017 Cycling Programme Business Case.

Horopaki

Context

3. Auckland Transport and Waka Kotahi are reviewing the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case, which sets the investment direction for cycling for transport purposes.

4. The scope of the review includes:

a) A re-validation of the problems/benefits statements and long-listing process from the initial 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case. As part of this process an evaluation of strategies from other cities will be considered.

b) An update of the Economic Assessment, including modelling, new Investment Decision-Making Framework criteria and any other supporting material associated with the Financial Assessment. This update will assess current costs for delivering cycleways as well as consideration of lower cost options.

c) Evaluation of the development and implementation of the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case investment programme to date.

d) Subject to the outcome of the re-validation of the long-listing process, a re-evaluation of criteria used to determine the priority order of the investment areas.

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

5. As part of the current project setup phase, a Terms of Reference document (see Attachment A) proposes four main groups, including a Political Reference Group, to support the review of the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case. The four groups are shown below.

6. The Terms of Reference, which remains in draft, proposes that the Political Reference Group provides the opportunity for elected members to remain informed and offer feedback on elements of the Programme Business Case review as they are developed. The Political Reference Group is proposed as an advisory group with any recommendations from the group being managed through the Project Working Group. Oversight will be provided through the Project Control Group.

7. The review of the 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case is anticipated to be completed in September / October 2021. It is anticipated that there will be approximately three meetings of the Political Reference Group throughout the review.

8. The Terms of Reference anticipants that the Political Reference Group will consist of nominees from Auckland Council’s Planning Committee and potentially one central government member (likely non-elected).

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

9. The investment programme for cycling seeks to increase the uptake of cycling in Auckland by reducing the barriers which currently exist. This in turn will help meet Auckland’s climate change targets.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

10. Investment in cycling has a high degree of political and public interest. Establishing a Political Reference Group will help to ensure the review of the Programme Business Case has a greater level of awareness of both political and public views.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

11. The 2017 Auckland Cycling Programme Business Case has a region wide cycling investment strategy as opposed to specific local projects. Therefore, it is not envisaged to have Local Board members on the Political Reference Group.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

12. Engagement with Mana whenua will be undertaken through Auckland Transport’s existing transport hui structure or via another agreed format.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

13. There are no financial implications directly associated with this paper. However, Auckland Transport has funding for the review and has gained Waka Kotahi subsidy.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

14. Auckland’s investment in cycling generates significant interest. Having a degree of political involvement throughout the review will help to mitigate this risk.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

15. Formation of the Political Reference Group and the establishment of meetings (administered by Auckland Transport).

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇩	Draft Terms of Reference - Cycling PBC Review	165

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Jon Kearins - Senior Transport Planner – Auckland Transport

Authorisers

Chris Morgan - Group Manager Strategic Projects – Auckland Transport

Megan Tyler - Chief of Strategy

Planning Committee

04 February 2021

National Policy Statement on Urban Development proposed work programme

File No.: CP2021/00155

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To endorse the proposed work programme and upcoming Planning Committee workshops and meetings in response to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS UD).

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. Planning Committee received an introductory memorandum on the NPS UD on 10 August 2020 and a related workshop was held on 30 September 2020.

3. This report sets out a proposed work programme for council to respond to the requirements of the NPS UD. It also sets out timeframes for elected member involvement through Planning Committee workshops and meetings during phase one.

4. The first phase of work, through to July 2021, is to establish the strategic approach and direction of the council’s response. A series of Planning Committee workshops and meetings will enable elected members to provide direction on the complex issues in the NPS UD in areas where there is discretion (in some areas there is no discretion e.g. minimum car parking requirements).

5. The second phase of work, beyond July 2021, shifts the focus to plan changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan and preparation of a future development strategy. This will align with the approach agreed in the first phase of work.

6. The NPS UD specifies many of the timeframes for this second phase and staff intend to update the committee in August 2021 to set out that work programme and elected member involvement beyond July 2021. It will also address the involvement of partners, stakeholders and communities during that phase.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Planning Committee:

a) endorse the work programme and series of upcoming workshops and meetings to establish the council’s approach to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development.

Horopaki

Context

7. The NPS UD came into force on 20 August 2020. It is part of the urban planning pillar of the government’s Urban Growth Agenda.

8. National Policy Statements allow the government to prescribe objectives and policies for matters of national significance that are relevant to sustainable management under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The NPS UD relates to spatial strategy and land use planning, and the intended purpose is to require councils to plan well for growth and ensure the delivery of a ‘well-functioning urban environment’ for all people, communities and future generations.

9. To support productive and well-functioning cities, the government considers it important to improve the responsiveness and competitiveness of land and development markets. In particular, the NPS UD requires local authorities to provide sufficient infrastructure-ready development capacity so that more homes can be built in response to demand.

10. The NPS UD categorises urban local authorities into three tiers based on population size and growth rates. This allows the most directive policies to be targeted towards the largest and fastest growing urban centres, where the greatest benefits will be realised. Auckland Council is identified in tier 1, along with Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch, and is subject to a suite of directive policies related to planning for growth.

11. The NPS UD specifies that the council must involve hapū and iwi in the preparation of RMA planning documents and future development strategies. It also states that the council must provide opportunities for Māori involvement in decision making on resource consents, designations, heritage orders and water conservation orders.

12. The NPS UD also specifies that, for certain aspects such as the Future Development Strategy, council must engage with others such as central government agencies, infrastructure providers and the development sector.

13. All NPS UD objectives apply from 20 August 2020. These will need to be incorporated into all decision making relating to urban development, including future updates of the Auckland Plan, the Long-term Plan, Annual Plans, the Auckland Unitary Plan and resource consents.

14. The NPS UD presents a complex and interrelated work programme with significant strategy and policy implications. The NPS UD may also have financial implications in terms of strategy and planning work as well as infrastructure and service provision. Plans & Places and Auckland Plan Strategy & Research departments have developed a work programme to address and meet the requirements of the NPS UD. This report gives an overview of the work programme structure and timeframes.

15. This report follows an introductory Planning Committee memorandum on the NPS UD (10 August 2020) and workshop (30 September 2020).

Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu

Analysis and advice

16. The complex nature of the NPS UD means the proposed work programme is structured in two phases. Phase one focuses on research/data gathering and establishing the policy direction and the council’s approach. Phase two uses the policy direction and approach to inform the development of plan changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan and preparation of the Future Development Strategy and how this informs the 2024 Long-term Plan and beyond.

17. This report focuses on the work programme for phase one. This includes workstreams established and timeframes for bringing topics to Planning Committee workshops and meetings.

18. The NPS UD requirement to remove minimum carparking standards from the Auckland Unitary Plan is also included in phase one as it requires this work to be completed by 20 January 2022 at the latest.

Auckland Council’s workstreams in response to the NPS UD

19. The table below sets out the seven initial workstreams, based on the most strategically important areas of work in the first phase. In some instances, related aspects have been combined into one workstream. This is to ensure integrated decision making.

Table 1: Auckland Council workstreams for the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (Phase one, January - July 2021)

Workstream 1: Well-functioning urban environment

Determine what is included in Auckland Council’s definition of a well-functioning urban environment.

Workstream 2: Housing and Business Development Capacity Assessment (HBA)

Produce the housing part of the HBA by July 2021.

Workstream 3: Significant Development Capacity Criteria

Determine what is included in Auckland Council’s criteria for significant development capacity.

Workstream 4: Intensification workstream

Determine which areas of Auckland will be intensified, based on walkable catchments, rapid transit stops and qualifying matters.

Workstream 5: Infrastructure requirements

Determine which areas of Auckland are ‘infrastructure ready’.

Workstream 6: Responsiveness

Determine the council’s approach to out-of-sequence or unanticipated plan changes and resource consents.

Workstream 7: Removal of carparking minimums

Deletion of car parking minimums from the Auckland Unitary Plan.

Timeframes

20. The table below sets out the expected timeframes for the seven workstreams in the first phase of work, through to July 2021. This initial period focuses on research/data gathering and establishing the policy direction and approach.

21. A series of committee workshops is planned from February to June 2021 with a report consolidating the interrelated workstreams planned for the June 2021 Planning Committee meeting. As at the date of writing this report, these workshops are yet to be confirmed. A separate report in relation to the removal of car parking minimums will be considered at either the July or August Planning Committee meeting. The first Housing and Business Development Capacity Assessment (HBA) report (housing component only) is planned for the 1 July 2021 Planning Committee meeting, ahead of its publication to meet the NPS UD deadline of 31 July 2021.

Table 2: Indicative timeframes for Planning Committee workshops and meetings on the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (Phase one, January – July 2021)

Topics	Committee Workshop	Committee Meeting
Workstream 1: Well-functioning urban environment Workstream 4: Intensification – walkable catchments and rapid transit aspects only	17 February 2021	3 June 2021
Workstream 3: Significant development capacity Workstream 6: Responsiveness	March 2021	3 June 2021
Workstream 4: Intensification - entire workstream	April 2021	3 June 2021
Workstream 5: Infrastructure readiness Workstream 2: HBA (housing component) – high level indication	May 2021	3 June 2021
Workstream 7: Carparking	n/a	July / August 2021
Any consequential changes post 3 June Committee meeting	June 2021	July / August 2021
Workstream 2: HBA (housing component) – full report Any remaining or consequential decisions	n/a	1 July 2021

22. Beyond July 2021, once the policy direction and approach have been established, the work programme will shift to its second phase. This will focus on plan changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan and preparation of the Future Development Strategy and how this informs the 2024 Long-term Plan and beyond. Timeframes are based on those specified in the NPS UD.

23. Staff intend to update the Committee in August 2021 to set out a more detailed work programme for phase two (see Table 3). This will include an update on proposed elected member involvement beyond July 2021. It will also address the involvement of partners, stakeholders and communities during phase two, including some form of engagement prior to plan change notification.

Table 3: Broad timeframes for National Policy Statement on Urban Development (Phase two, beyond July 2021)

Timeframe	Milestone
July 2021 - July 2022	- Preparation of plan changes to Auckland Unitary Plan, including pre-notification engagement
August 2021	- Report to Planning Committee with a more detailed work programme for phase two
August 2022	- Notify plan changes to Auckland Unitary Plan
July 2021 - 2024	- Preparation and publication of the second HBA relating to both housing and business (in time to inform the 2024 Long-term Plan) - Preparation and publication of the Future Development Strategy (in time to inform the 2024 Long-term Plan)
Ongoing requirements	- Monitoring of key housing and business demand and supply indicators - Housing and Business Development Capacity Assessment (every 3-years, informing future Long-term Plans) - Future Development Strategy (every 6-years, informing future Long-term Plans)

Tauākī whakaaweawe āhuarangi

Climate impact statement

24. Land use and planning decisions, particularly those around urban form, development and infrastructure, are fundamental to climate action. These decisions influence and lock in our emissions trajectory and our ability to deal with the risks and impacts of a changing climate for decades to come.

25. The NPS UD contains objectives and policies aimed at ensuring New Zealand’s urban environments support reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and are resilient to the current and future effects of climate change. The NPS UD also directs local authorities to intensify various areas and be responsive to unanticipated or out-of-sequence developments. This could potentially present a challenge for the council, particularly in relation to urban form and infrastructure provision on the one hand and reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the other.

26. The work programme outlined in this report will not directly impact on climate change or emissions. However, the council’s approach to implementation has the potential for long-term implications and needs to be thoroughly considered in phase one work.

Ngā whakaaweawe me ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera

Council group impacts and views

27. The strategic and policy implications for Auckland arising from the NPS UD will influence approaches and investment decisions across the council group.

28. The first phase of the work programme requires information and support from across the council group. Each of the seven workstreams includes a range of relevant staff from across the organisation. This includes the Council Controlled Organisations in relation to infrastructure capacity, Watercare and Auckland Transport in particular.

Ngā whakaaweawe ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe

Local impacts and local board views

29. The policy approaches determined in response to the NPS UD are largely strategic and apply across Auckland’s urban and future urban areas. Some aspects, such as the intensification policies, are likely to have significant local impacts. Further detail of local board engagement, particularly in relation to the intensification policies during phase two, will be included in the phase two work programme report to Committee in August 2021.

30. To date, local boards have received a memorandum outlining the seven workstreams, key milestones and opportunities for providing feedback (15 December 2020). Local board chairs were also invited to the 30 September 2020 Planning Committee workshop with material from this workshop circulated to all local board members on 5 October 2020.

31. Local board chairs will be invited to the 17 February 2021 Planning Committee workshop. There will also be a local board workshop on 5 March 2021 where local board members can provide informal feedback. The intention is for on-going engagement with local boards on workstreams of interest prior to the 3 June 2021 Planning Committee meeting.

32. Staff will continue to work with local board services to explore options to involve local boards in the work programme.

Tauākī whakaaweawe Māori

Māori impact statement

33. The NPS UD states that Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles must be taken into account in planning decisions relating to the urban environment and in future development strategies. It provides further direction on involving hapū and iwi in the preparation of RMA planning documents and future development strategies, and the council must provide opportunities for Māori involvement in decision making on resource consents, designations, heritage orders and water conservation orders.

34. The NPS UD also includes direction on housing for Māori. The policy on well-functioning urban environments includes having, or enabling, “a variety of homes that enable Māori to express their cultural traditions and norms”. In relation to the HBA, the analysis must include an assessment of how well demand for housing by Māori is met, including the demand for different types and forms of housing such as papakāinga.

35. Council staff intend to send a memorandum to the next Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum. The purpose is to introduce the NPS UD and the council’s work programme. It is envisaged further engagement, starting in phase one, would follow for aspects that are of most interest to the Forum.

36. Staff will similarly contact individual iwi to introduce the NPS UD and invite engagement on aspects of particular interest to them.

Ngā ritenga ā-pūtea

Financial implications

37. The work programme outlined in this paper does not have any direct immediate financial impact as the resources for the development of the council’s response will be drawn from existing budgets. It is noted that the draft Long-term Plan provides for additional resources for phase two (post July 2021).

38. The council’s response to the NPS UD may have implications for financial decision-making, depending on the approach taken, the result of capacity assessments and response to any capacity shortfalls. These implications will be considered and elaborated on in any options provided to elected members at the proposed workshops. Financial decisions will be made by the Finance and Performance Committee.

Ngā raru tūpono me ngā whakamaurutanga

Risks and mitigations

39. The council faces significant risks (achieving desired development outcomes, financial and reputational) in the absence of a clear, cohesive and strategic approach responding to the requirements of the NPS UD. The work programme proposed in this report seeks to establish a process to address those risks.

Ngā koringa ā-muri

Next steps

40. Staff will prepare and send a memo to the Mana Whenua Kaitiaki Forum in February 2021, and similarly to individual iwi.

41. Staff will continue working on each of the seven workstreams to meet the timetable for Planning Committee workshops and reporting.

42. Staff will report to Committee in August 2021 with a more detailed work programme for phase two.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

Claire Gray - Principal Advisor Growth and Spatial Strategy

Authorisers

Jacques Victor - GM Auckland Plan Strategy and Research

Megan Tyler - Chief of Strategy

Planning Committee

04 February 2021

Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings - 4 February 2021

File No.: CP2021/00063

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1. To receive a summary and provide a public record of memos or briefing papers that have been held or been distributed to committee members.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2. This is a regular information-only report which aims to provide greater visibility of information circulated to committee members via memo/briefing or other means, where no decisions are required.

3. The following memoranda and information items have been sent:

Date	Memorandum
17/12/2020	Te Tupu Ngātahi Supporting Growth – new train stations for Drury and Paerata
17/12/2020	Update on recent decisions on plan changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan and the status of the remaining Auckland Unitary Plan appeals
18/12/2020	Waihorotiu Queen Street Valley Pilot - December 2020 update
22/1/2021	Environment Court decision – Self Family Trust v Auckland Council [2020] NZEnvC 214

4. These documents can be found on the Auckland Council website, at the following link:

http://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/

o at the top left of the page, select meeting/Te hui “Planning Committee” from the drop-down tab and click “View”;

o under ‘Attachments’, select either the HTML or PDF version of the document entitled ‘Extra Attachments’.

5. Note that, unlike an agenda report, staff will not be present to answer questions about the items referred to in this summary. Planning Committee members should direct any questions to the authors.

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Planning Committee:

a) receive the Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings – 4 February 2021.

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

No.	Title	Page
a ⇨	Te Tupu Ngātahi Supporting Growth – new train stations for Drury and Paerata (Under Separate Cover)
b ⇨	Update on recent decisions on plan changes to the Auckland Unitary Plan and the status of the remaining Auckland Unitary Plan appeals (Under Separate Cover)
c ⇨	Waihorotiu Queen Street Valley Pilot - December 2020 update (Under Separate Cover)
d ⇨	Environment Court decision – Self Family Trust v Auckland Council [2020] NZEnvC 214 (Under Separate Cover)

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author	Duncan Glasgow - Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere / Governance Advisor
Authoriser	Megan Tyler - Chief of Strategy

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