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Resolution
number RD/2023/120
MOVED by Deputy Chairperson L Johnston, seconded by
Member M Carmichael:
That
the Rodney Local Board:
a)
whakarite / provide the following
feedback on the draft Future Development Strategy:
General
i)
tautoko / support
the draft Future Development Strategy planning approach of focusing future
growth within Auckland’s existing urban area (with the exclusion of
Milldale and Warkworth for the reasons detailed in note x) therefore
achieving a more quality, compact city and avoiding further urban sprawl and
congestion
ii)
tautoko / support
the draft Future Development Strategy approach with increasing sustainability
of neighbourhoods by supporting intensification in centres and walkable
catchments within the urban boundary, by encouraging a broader range of services
to meet communities’ day-to-day needs locally, and by improving
accessibility to/within centres and neighbourhoods via walking, cycling and
public transport, however intensification must include green space, parks and
other community facilities
Development in areas of natural hazards
iii)
tautoko / support
the rezoning of future urban land in the Rodney Local Board area that is
subject to significant natural hazard risks to an appropriate rural zone to
ensure that growth in hazardous locations is avoided
iv)
express concern
that rural land recently urbanised in floodplain areas of Riverhead have
flooded four times in the first six months of 2023 and there has been no
accountability from planning or consents for having allowed urban development
to occur in this location
v)
express concern
that rural land in Kumeu has been urbanised within known flood-prone
areas - risks were identified in the Rodney District Council’s
Kaipara-Kumeū Catchment Management Plan 2009 - resulting in the loss of
permeable surfaces and filling of flood plain areas, subsequently diverting
flood waters into housing areas within this catchment that historically did
not flood
vi)
whakaae / agree
with the draft Future Development Strategy that for future urban areas,
growth in hazardous locations should be avoided, even if hazards can be
mitigated by engineering solutions, as these interventions can become
overwhelmed during extreme events as has been seen in 2023
vii)
whakaae / agree
that Auckland needs to ensure future greenfield development is climate
resilient and residents are not put in harm’s way as a result of poor
planning decisions
viii)
express concern
that the Countryside Living zone in the draft Future Development Strategy:
A)
should include
avoiding subdivision in areas that are subject to natural hazards as several
new houses within the Countryside Living zone subdivision in Rodney were
flooded in the recent flood events
B)
subdivision is
often ad hoc with no integrated catchment planning for these areas as a
whole, resulting in flood waters being diverted into neighbouring properties.
ix)
ohia / support a
Government Policy Statement to stop development in areas of natural hazards
Infrastructure challenges
x) do not
support the increased density of the existing urban areas of Milldale and
Warkworth through the medium density residential standards as this will not
achieve a quality compact city due to the lack of public transport, connected
safe cycling and walking networks, therefore leading to more traffic
congestion and higher emissions
xi)
express concern
that the Crown Infrastructure model of funding for Milldale is leading to
faster than anticipated housing growth with a lack of planning for community
facilities and services within the development and this is further
exasperated by the draft Future Development Strategy pushing out the timing
of the Rapid Transport Network for Milldale and Silverdale interchange
upgrades until a decade after the 4500 dwellings have been built
xii)
express concern
that continuing to rezone the future urban areas where flooding has
occurred or delaying the urban development of future urban areas until
infrastructure triggers are met, may not stop “out-of-sequence
development” being consented to via private plan changes or future
Central Government special housing areas
xiii)
ohia / support
strengthening the statutory decision-making framework (over and above the
draft Future Development Strategy) that applies to plan changes in future urban
areas
xiv)
whakaae / agree
that there are significant challenges in funding infrastructure investment to
support growth and there is a critical need to better align development
readiness with the ability to fund infrastructure
xv)
express concern, despite
what is articulated in point xi), that if the dates for the development of
the future urban land are pushed out to 2050 the following may occur:
A) greenfield
development could be consented to via private plan changes earlier than 2050
resulting in further urban sprawl without the integrated transport and other
infrastructure therefore failing to achieve the goals of compact city and
further contributing to congestion, emissions and lack of opportunities to
access employment, education, and community facilities
B)
Central Government
may seek to rezone future urban land as Special Housing Areas without
providing integrated transport networks including rapid transport networks
which has occurred in Special Housing Areas at Milldale and Huapai
C)
ongoing concerns
that landowners in future urban areas may apply for resource consent for
industrial activities prior to the area being ready for urban development,
resulting in unplanned, haphazard industrial zones occurring without any
planning, transport infrastructure or landscape design, such as illustrated
by activities on Dairy Flat Highway near the Silverdale interchange, Wilks
Road, and Postman’s Road
D)
that properties
within the future urban areas will continue to be land banked by absentee
landowners and that these derelict properties will continue to become
overgrown with gorse and kikuyu grass and this will create risks of wildfires
in extremely hot summers
xvi)
tono / request that
the unitary plan rules for industrial businesses in the mixed rural and
future urban areas are reviewed to ensure we limit the establishment of
unplanned and haphazard industrial activities within the rural zone
xvii)
express concern
that pushing out the timing of ‘development readiness’ of future
urban areas of Kumeū will delay the traffic infrastructure that is
currently needed to address congestion such as the State Highway 16 upgrades,
Kumeū bypass and rapid transport network from City to Westgate
xviii) acknowledge the draft Future Development
Strategy creates uncertainty for both landowners and developers in the future
urban areas of Rodney and request that further clarification is given around
areas that will be subject to further investigation in the final version of
the Future Development Strategy.
CARRIED
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