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Resolution
number PLA/2021/80
MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr J Bartley:
That
the Planning Committee:
a) endorse
the following approaches in response to the intensification provisions of the
National Policy Statement on Urban Development:
Walkable
catchments
i) define
‘walkable catchments’ as:
A) around
1200m from the city centre, subject to modifying factors such as topography
and physical barriers such as motorways
B) around
800m from metropolitan centres, subject to modifying factors such as
topography, the nature of existing land uses in the area, the availability of
existing or planned public transport (e.g. Westgate compared to Newmarket)
and physical barriers such as motorways
C) around
800m from existing and planned Rapid Transit Network stops, subject to
modifying factors such as topography, the nature of existing land uses in the
area (e.g. Swanson compared to Mount Eden) and physical barriers such as
motorways.
Qualifying matters
ii) identify qualifying matters in the
Auckland context as the matters set out in Attachment A to the agenda report
iii) note that under the National Policy
Statement on Urban Development the council is required to assess the impact
that limiting development capacity, building height or density due to
qualifying matters will have on the provision of development capacity, and to
assess the costs and broader impacts of imposing those limits.
Special Character Areas
Overlay
iv) in places where the Special Character Areas Overlay
– Business applies within a ‘walkable catchment’ and the
special character values are of high quality, enable building heights of up
to six storeys or more in a way that will ensure special character values are
retained (e.g. by introducing setback controls above three storeys)
v) in places where the Special Character Areas
Overlay – Residential applies within a ‘walkable
catchment’, and the special character values are of high quality,
retain the current zoning in the Auckland Unitary Plan (which in most cases
is the Single House zone with a building height control of generally two
storeys)
vi) as an exception to subclause viii) below, where
retaining the current zoning would have a significant impact on the
development capacity that would otherwise be enabled under the National
Policy Statement on Urban Development, use a combination of a planning
assessment and special character values assessment to rezone some properties
within the Special Character Areas Overlay – Residential and enable
building heights of up to six storeys or more
vii) in places where the Special Character Areas Overlay –
Residential applies within a ‘walkable catchment’, and the
special character values are of medium or low quality, unless this would
compromise another qualifying matter, enable building heights of up to six
storeys or more
viii) where significant historic heritage values are identified within
the Special Character Areas Overlay, develop a plan change for places or
areas to be added to the Auckland Unitary Plan historic heritage schedule.
b) note
that the spatial implications of these approaches will be worked through with
the Planning Committee over the coming months, and that this may result in a
refinement of the approaches in clause a).
c) note a plan
for involving local boards and mana whenua and engaging with Aucklanders on
the required Auckland Unitary Plan changes resulting from the National Policy
Statement on Urban Development will be presented to the Planning Committee in
August 2021.
d) note that the
intensification policies in the National Policy Statement on Urban
Development also require the council to review the building height and
density controls outside ‘walkable catchments’, and that
approaches for these areas will be recommended to the Planning Committee in
August 2021.
A division was called for, voting on which was as
follows:
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For
Cr J Bartley
Cr C Casey
Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore
Cr P Coom
Cr L Cooper
Cr A Dalton
Cr C Darby
Cr A Filipaina
Cr C Fletcher
Mayor P Goff
Cr S Henderson
Cr R Hills
Cr T Mulholland
Cr D Newman
Cr G Sayers
Cr D Simpson
Cr W Walker
Cr J Watson
Cr P Young
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Against
Cr S Stewart
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Abstained
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The motion was declared carried by 19 votes to 1.
CARRIED
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