Public Space and Future Urban Zones
Information Link to some not often thought about zones While people are busy talking about residential zones and the centres (town and local (have not seen much on Metropolitan yet)) two particular areas not getting much of mention at the moment is our civic spaces and future urban spaces. Civic spaces other wise … Read more
Alternative City Planning/Building
What I Do in my Downtime From time to time in my downtime I go an embark on some “alternative” city planning and building. That being off to play a round of Cities XL 2012 for a couple of hours busy planning, building, rebuilding and managing the city/town/village. Currently on the “planet” I have … Read more
Housing, Housing, Housing
Is The Housing Situation in Auckland That Hard to “Solve?” I see the Main Stream Media and Central Government have got on the bandwagon about Auckland’s housing affordability situation. Much as I hate to say it, the MSM I am having no issues with reporting the news (when they do) but I am having … Read more
Tauranga and Urban Development
Council Considering Some Flexibility in Tauranga Urban Development Tauranga like Auckland has Urban Limits drawn into its planning documents which usually dictate what urban development goes where, and what stays rural. These pencil drawings on the map (the urban limit) has been of much debate in both pro and against for as long as … Read more
2013 – YOUR CITY – YOUR CALL! #4
2013 – YOUR CITY – YOUR CALL! It Starts NOW (Well as far as I am concerned it does) WHO AM I AND WHAT ON HECK DO I BELIEVE IN – COME TRANSPORT OVER THE NEXT 80 YEARS IN AUCKLAND? From the 2013 Local Election page here at VOAKL: View of Auckland will … Read more
Where to Build Those Houses
Auckland Council Deciding Where to Place New Greenfield Development From Stuff.co.nz Farmland in plan to aid Auckland sprawl TREVOR QUINN Last updated 17:10 07/08/2012 More farmland is to be snapped up to make way for the continuing sprawl of Auckland‘s suburbs. The Auckland Plan Committee today approved a programme to investigate key green field areas … Read more
Auckland Council – We Need to Have a Wee Chat
(Planning) Less is More (Productivity) An article came up from The NBR today on Housing Prices – or more to the point ‘Housing Affordability.’ From The NBR: House pricing: Heatly agrees on need for land reform – but vague on answers NBR staff | Sunday July 29, 2012 Housing Minister Phil Heatley says land reform is … Read more
Auckland Planning
Unitary Plan in Plain English & A Building Slump Two articles have been brought to my attention over the last two days. Both are on planning in Auckland and the situation we are in. The first article is on the Unitary Plan being simplified and made available online, the second article on … Read more
Why am I Sceptical?
Auckland Council has a Plan to Fix Housing (Shortage) From Stuff.co.nz Plan to fix city housing crisis TREVOR QUINN Auckland Council will today unveil an action-plan to combat the city’s housing crisis as officials warn home ownership among Aucklanders could fall to 50 per cent in the next five to 10 years. The … Read more
