Summary

The Auckland Unitary Plan has identified land around Drury and Pukekohe-Paerata as areas for future urban development.

This means that:

• there will be significant urban growth in these two areas over the next 10-20 years
• Auckland Council is starting structure planning to guide the future urban development of these two areas.

A large number of new houses are proposed in the future urban zoned areas. New business areas are also likely.
This new urban growth needs to be planned comprehensively and in an integrated way.

Opportunities and constraints relevant to urban planning have been identified for Drury and Paerata-Pukekohe.

Structure planning process in Drury and Pukekohe

The Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in Part (AUPOP) sets out the requirements for a structure plan.

Structure plans:

• identify opportunities and constraints relating to the land including: infrastructure provision, heritage, natural values and natural hazards
• investigate and address the potential effects of urbanisation in the structure plan areas
• identify suitable urban land uses
• do not rezone land but they will guide future plan change processes to rezone future urban zoned land.

The council is carrying out investigations and preparing structure plans for these two areas.
The structure plans for Drury and Paerata-Pukekohe will become the basis for council’s initiated plan changes.

Have your say

You can read through the consultation documents in the tabs above, and submit your feedback by filling in the form:

• online
• at any of the drop-in sessions listed in the Events tab,
• at the Papakura or Pukekohe service centres or libraries.

Feedback is open from 25 September until Friday 20 October 2017.