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Resolution
number AE/2023/117
MOVED by Member C Robertson, seconded by
Deputy Chairperson K Smith:
That the Albert-Eden Local Board:
a)
recognise the
challenges of accommodating Auckland’s future growth in the context of
climate change, environmental degradation, and a constrained financial
environment.
b)
support the
approach of honouring Te Tiriti of Waitangi and enabling Te Tiriti outcomes.
c)
note the importance
of built and natural heritage to Albert-Eden's history and landscape and the
value placed by the community on special character in previous consultations;
however, the local board acknowledges that there is a range of views amongst
the local board members.
d)
note the need to
strike a balance that both enables housing and business capacity within the
urban area and protects existing heritage and character.
e)
note that of
Albert-Eden submissions to the consultation on the Future Development
Strategy, 63 per cent supported the approach to focus most of Auckland's
growth in existing urban areas, 73 per cent supported the approach to focus
development near local centres, 79 per cent supported the approach to avoid
further growth in areas exposed to significant risk of environmental hazards,
79 per cent supported the approach to prioritising nature-based
infrastructure that responds to the impacts of climate change.
f)
note the need for
future development to take into account both climate mitigation and climate
adaptation.
g)
note the need for
infrastructure provision to match population growth, and the need to maintain
and improve access to economic, social and educational opportunities.
h)
note the need to
protect agricultural and horticultural land, to avoid risks to our future
food security.
i)
note the need to
enable enough housing and business capacity to meet future needs.
j)
recognise that
upgrading brownfields infrastructure is generally more cost-effective than
building new greenfields infrastructure.
k)
request regular
reviews of the development and financial contributions policy to ensure that
they cover the cost of the increased infrastructure and green space needed in
urban areas alongside new development in these areas.
l)
support the
principle of quality compact growth within the existing urban area.
m)
note the need to
minimise dependence on transport by designing for the ’15 minute
walkable city’ where essential services are within a 15 minute (or
smaller) walkable radius of residential dwellings, and the consequent need to
plan for multi-purpose developments.
n)
support the
multi-nodal approach to focusing growth on centres and sub-centres across the
region.
o)
note the benefits
to the economy in local centres of having a larger population base in the
surrounding neighbourhood.
p)
support the
principle of quality design and support exploring potential mechanisms to
encourage following the Auckland Design Manual.
q)
support aligning
infrastructure investment with growth, in particular ensuring access to
frequent, reliable public transport.
r)
note that
population growth within the existing urban area will increase the need for
access to enough green space, and support including population growth as a
factor in the revised Open Space Provision Policy.
s)
note the increased
importance of the urban tree canopy in the context of climate change and
request the plan include mechanisms to encourage protecting existing trees
and planting new ones when land is developed.
t)
support the
approach to restoring and connecting ecosystems.
u)
support the
approach to avoiding further growth in areas exposed to significant risk of
environmental hazards.
v)
note the need for
water-sensitive design and a ‘sponge city’ approach to mitigate
the effects of increasingly frequent extreme weather events exacerbated by
climate change.
CARRIED
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