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Resolution
number OR/2023/79
MOVED by Member T Churton, seconded by Member D Wong:
That the Ōrākei
Local Board:
a)
whakarite / provide the following feedback
on the draft Future Development Strategy.
i)
suggest Auckland Council
defers the Future Development Strategy until mid-2024 because:
A)
note Future Development
capability is at the heart of planning matters currently being considered by
the Independent Hearings Panel in relation to the National Policy Statement
on Urban Development (NPS-UD), and half of those planning considerations have
been adjourned to enable Auckland Council to offer more investigation;
B)
note the upcoming election
may see a change in government with a distinct change of direction towards
growth planning including a review of the NPS-UD;
C)
note the Future
Development Strategy (FDS) has been constructed on the premise of a Resource
Management Act (RMA) framework and there are 3 new acts being rushed through
to replace the RMA which need to be considered and understood before agreeing
to a FDS. There is significant risk the FDS will be unable to be implemented
under those new laws.
ii)
note the Auckland Unitary
Plan (AUP) already includes policies and strategic outcomes for regional
Auckland’s future built urban environment. Subject to any new laws that
repeal the RMA, the unitary plan will be subject to a formal statutory review
around 2025 and it is better governance to formulate a strategy later, circa
2024/2025, when there is more analysis of the unitary plan’s success.
iii)
identify that there
is inadequate emphasis in the FDS on providing infrastructure in advance of development rather than as a
response to development, or as a developer contribution requirement alone,
regardless of where the development is to be prioritised.
iv)
identify that Principle 3
of the draft strategy - making efficient and equitable infrastructure
investments – needs improving so that infrastructure decisions are
based primarily on built outcomes rather than on multiple outcomes or
non-built outcomes.
v)
note the FDS does not
provide for the need to take notice of communities or respect the character
distinctions of areas across the city. The FDS needs to articulate that we do
not want a one size fits all solution for development across the region.
b)
request to speak to this
submission to the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee.
CARRIED
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