Category: Urban Planning and Design

Looking at Urban Planning and Design

City Planning – Vancouver Styles

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Pause the Unitary Plan Process says Visiting Vancouver Planner Dr Ann McAfee

 

Another video from All About Auckland, this time in regards to the Unitary Plan. Check the interview with Dr McAfee on “Vancouver City Plan Done By Lunchtime – Dr Ann McAfee.” Note the governance differences between Vancouver and Auckland as well as the maturity from Vancouver politicians to pause their planning discussions during an election cycle. Something I don’t think we can count on here much with Auckland and the Unitary Plan?

While again I did take notes myself I did notice Dr McAfee’s reference to those aged between 20-29 need to have a near if not critical importance in the role, discussion, and formation of the Unitary Plan. Something I have been doing very extensively with the Unitary Plan thus far as seen in these two examples:

 

But check the video out none the less as it is really informative

 

BEN ROSS : AUCKLAND

BR:AKL: Bring Well Managed Progress

The Unitary Plan: Bringing Change

Auckland: 2013 – OUR CITY, OUR CALL

 

What Your Town Or Metropolitan Centre Might Look Like

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3D Mock Ups of Potential Maximum Development

Apologies for not getting this particular post up earlier as I have been busy focusing on my new company of recent.

Auckland Council via Shape Auckland have released 19 You Tube videos showing potential growth in 19 of our Metropolitan and Town Centres per the draft Unitary Plan. Unfortunately You Tube and WordPress don’t like embedding each other which somewhat makes it a pain so it has to be the links.

 

3D VIDEO MODELS OF POSSIBLE GROWTH ACROSS AUCKLAND

Unitary Plan 3D modelling videos

Auckland Council has developed a 3D model of Auckland to help develop the draft Auckland Unitary Plan.

This included modelling possible growth in 19 metropolitan and town centres around Auckland.

While largely an internal tool to help inform planning decisions, the resulting videos give a useful indication of how centres might grow over 10, 20 and 30+ years.

The model has this week come runner-up at the ALGIM GIS Project of the Year Award (Note: the winner was also from Auckland Council, its Capacity for Growth Study).

It’s important to remember that these are indicative only: clearly actual growth is down to what landowners decide to build and will of course be subject to design assessments. The videos demonstrate the protection of heritage buildings and show that high-rise buildings (9 or more storeys) will be restricted to metropolitan centres.

The videos can be viewed on youtube.com/aklcouncil and the 19 centres are:

Albany Botany Browns Bay Glen Eden Henderson
Highbury Manukau Manurewa New Lynn Newmarket
Otahuhu Papakura Point Chevalier Pukekohe Remuera
Sylvia Park Takapuna Three Kings Warkworth

 

You should be able click each of the individual centres above and see the video.

 

Of course as a reminder this shows the maximum development that could occur if economic conditions are right. Note the English carefully I have used as it is rather specific.

 

BEN ROSS : AUCKLAND

BR:AKL: Bring Well Managed Progress

The Unitary Plan: Bringing Change

Auckland: 2013 – OUR CITY, OUR CALL

Karaka Unitary Plan Meeting

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From Karaka On The Unitary Plan

 

Monday night I trundled over to the Karaka Unitary Plan community meeting to listen up on what was in store for the folk over to the west of me. Karaka is only 15 minutes away from where I live and is also affected by the Southern Rural Urban Boundary decisions. So for me it was of particular interest to hear what the residents had to say. Of note most that were there do oppose the Karaka-Weymouth bridge, a point I will cover on Friday.

 

The Karaka meeting was a bit different to most that I have been to. This was their second meeting on the Unitary Plan and this time round they had pre-written questions and answers gathered from the first meeting. Thus the presentation and any subsequent questions from the floor were framed around the written material. Of note that the Karaka Residents Association has invited the Karaka Collective to speak on their submission to Karaka North and West being developed, and the building of the multi million dollar bridge. As of now, no word has been received from the Collective on that invitation although I do have their submission over in my KARAKA COLLECTIVE SHARES post.

 

Below is the combined written questions and answers as well as the presentation given to the Karaka Residents;

 

A reminder that there is consultation in May on the Rural Urban Boundary. BR:AKL will keep tabs on that specific consultation as it happens.

 

BEN ROSS : AUCKLAND

BR:AKL: Bring Well Managed Progress

The Unitary Plan: Bringing Change

Auckland: 2013 – OUR CITY, OUR CALL