New proposed large tower risks debunking proposed provisions of the Unitary Plan Metropolitan Centres already I was reading the Herald this morning and its top leading story is this: New … Continue reading Rebirth of the Mall: Are Council Planners Selling Us Short via the Unitary Plan? #AKLPols
Mixed Thoughts on the Daley Presentation On Tuesday John Daley of The Grattan Institute of Victoria gave a presentation to the Auckland Conservation Series on “City Limits – The Urbanisation … Continue reading #AklConversations: John Daley on Urbanisation Challenges – Storify
A question raised by Council and one I am going to raise with the Unitary Plan Panel next week The question I have for fellow readers is: Should the Auckland … Continue reading Should the Auckland Regional Policy Statement – Urban Growth factor in the rise of Waikato Satellites and them commuting into Auckland?
Bit of a loss here folks Yesterday in my Question: Should the Unitary Plan Take Into Account Inter-Regional Matters? #AKLPols I asked: Do we via the Unitary Plan ignore all those commuters from … Continue reading Council Rebuttal Evidence for Centres Zones In. Case of Inter-Regional Planning Needed? #nzpols
Savings once made now gone I have known for a while that people and money were following out of the prohibitive Isthmus and into South and Southern Auckland as people … Continue reading South Auckland House Prices Running Away #AKLPols #NZPols
ACPL and Auckland Transport told to pull finger Quite literally as well-looking at the Minutes of the recent Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board meeting held on Monday 17th August. You can read … Continue reading Otara-Papatoetoe Local Board Fighting the Good Fight #AKLPols #BetterAuckland
Positions taken up on where the Centres Zones of the Unitary Plan should go In about three weeks (September 7 to 11) the Unitary Plan Hearings for the Centres and … Continue reading The Centre Zones. Evidence Heading into the Unitary Plan #AKLPols
Productivity Commission and me giving public input in this month’s Committee meeting On Thursday the Auckland Development Committee will meet for its monthly meeting. Below are the agenda and attachment … Continue reading Auckland Development Committee Agenda
Evidence suggests yes significantly We have all heard about housing crisis and probably getting sick of it no matter where we are in New Zealand. The Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan … Continue reading Are We Bottling Our Intensification Targets in the Unitary Plan
Let’s hope they perform better than their ACPL predecessor Yesterday the Mayor announced the appointment of the board members to the new Development Auckland Council Controlled Organisation that takes over … Continue reading Development Auckland CCO Board Appointed
