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Auckland Council Planning Committee chairman Chris Darby says the Government’s policy to protect prime land could clash with its National Policy Statement on Urban Development.
Auckland councillor Chris Darby says a Government proposal to help protect prime horticultural land in areas like Pukekohe from urban sprawl could clash with its plans to increase the supply of housing and urban development. The Auckland Council Planning Committee chairman outlined his thoughts in a recent letter to the Minister for the Environment, David Parker. It follows the release of an Environment Court decision in December which found the supercity was expected to lose up to 31,270 hectares of its most productive land over the next 35 years to urban sprawl.
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Source: Auckland Council
The revitalisation of the city centre’s downtown precinct is set to continue with Panuku Development Auckland and Auckland Transport working together to find a development partner for the Downtown Car Park.
The property, on the corner of Lower Hobson Street and Customs St West, is a significant site in the city centre. Its redevelopment will continue the transformation following the work already completed by the Auckland Council group and private investment.
Following unsolicited interest last year, Auckland Council’s Finance and Performance Committee gave approval to take the property to market for redevelopment in late December 2020 with agreed urban regeneration outcomes.
Stupid and inconsistent : Urban sprawl set to swallow 31,000 hectares of prime land
9 Feb, 2021 06:09 AM
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The Environment Court last month rejected a proposal to re-zone part of the Pūkaki Peninsula near Auckland International Airport. Photo / Auckland Council
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By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter
Urban sprawl looks set to eat up to 31,270ha of Auckland s most productive land over the next 35 years.
And, according to figures included in a recent Environment Court decision, the irreversible, cumulative loss of Auckland s prime horticultural land is accelerating.
A group of farmers and landowners had sought to overturn an Auckland Council decision rejecting their proposal to expand the Rural Urban Boundary and the Future Urban Zone across more than 83ha of land near Auckland Airport. But last month the Environment Court rejected the landowners plans to rezone the land.