UPDATED: What the unitary plan means for your neighbourhood
Auckland Council has published the Independent Hearings Panel's recommendations on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.
You can search your property address to find out what the recommendations may mean for your neighbourhood.
You will also be able to read the full set of recommendations for the Auckland region. This will include information from zoning through to heritage and more.
The unitary plan: A very simple guide
It is important to remember that these are recommendations only. This is not the final unitary plan.
Growth focused on town centres
Penny Pirrit, Auckland Council’s Director of Regulatory Services, says: “Overall, the panel recommends that growth within Auckland’s urban areas be focused around town centres, transport hubs and corridors, along with an expansion of the Rural Urban Boundary to open up more new land for development as the city grows.”
Among the many issues covered, the panel’s report includes recommendations that the panel says aim to:
- focus urban growth on centres, transport nodes and corridors to achieve a quality, compact urban form
- retain the Rural Urban Boundary but expand it to include 30 per cent more land and enable it to be changed by private plan changes
- enable a development pattern to meet demand for the next 30 years and double the feasible enabled residential capacity to exceed 400,000 dwellings
- ensure sufficient capacity for the next seven years
- enable the growth and development of new or existing rural towns and villages
- provide live residential and business zonings for some developments on the edge of existing urban areas.
The panel has also provided the council with maps which represent its recommendations in relation to rezoning, precincts, the location of the Rural Urban Boundary and the extent of the overlays. These maps are available through the council’s GIS viewer.
Find out more
Penny Pirrit, Director of Regulatory Services, and John Duguid, General Manager, Plans and Places at Auckland Council explain more.
