National Policy Statement on Urban
Development –
Auckland Council Preliminary Response -
Endorsement For Public Engagement
Planning Committee
31 March 2022
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Purpose of the Report
Endorsement of the preliminary response to the
National Policy Statement on Urban Development
2020 and the Resource Management (Enabling
Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act
2022
Endorsement of the approach to rural and coastal
settlements and Special Character Areas
(Residential and Business)
Updates on Precincts analysis, Auckland Light Rail,
NZ Coastal Policy Statement and Infrastructure
constraints
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Preliminary
response
Council’s Preliminary Response
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This wil be illustrated in a series of maps in a Geographic Information
System (GIS) viewer on the council’s Auckland Have Your Say website
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The GIS viewer wil be supported by website text and information sheets that
describe :
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the process for the consultation
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the preliminary policy response to walkable catchments
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the preliminary policy response to qualifying matters
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the preliminary policy response to intensification (policy 3 of the NPS-
UD)
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Some location-specific information sheets (such as for the city centre) wil be
prepared
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The text of the new zone provisions will not be available for feedback, as this
is stil being developed and tested
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Mandatory Matters not being consulted on
The NPSUD and the RMA Amendment have identified several
matters that must be implemented, as fol ows:
• Walkable catchments around the city centre, metropolitan centres
and Rapid Transport Network stops, with at least six storey
development enabled
• Intensification around town, local and neighbourhood centres
• Nine qualifying matters that may reduce building height and the
Medium Density Residential Standards
Council is not seeking feedback on these, and are requesting
feedback on matters the Council has determined (for example, the
size of walkable catchments and intensification around our centres,
and Auckland specific qualifying matters
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Approach to
Special
Character
Council’s Preliminary Response to SCA residential
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July 2021 resolution stated that SCA of a ‘high quality’ be identified as a qualifying
matter
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Survey undertaken of over 2 100 SCA residential properties
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Methodology developed by Council experts recommends that ‘high quality’ be those
areas that over 75% of properties score a 5 or a 6
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A score of 5 or 6 means that the individual property contributes strongly to the
special character values of an area, while a 75% threshold ensures the area is
cohesive and consistently conveys its values
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This results in 71% of properties within current SCA residential overlay being within
an area of high quality, and 62% of the current land area
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Identified areas of ‘high quality’ are il ustrated in a series of maps on the GIS viewer
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The feedback from the public on the 75% scenario wil assist the committee in
confirming its approach to SCA residential as a qualifying matter prior to the plan
change
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Council’s Preliminary Response to SCA residential
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At a regional level, SCA residential has very little impact on Auckland’s
capacity for housing
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Within the isthmus this impact is higher, particularly within the walkable
catchments of the city centre, Mount Eden and Kingsland train stations
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Localised capacity issues are yet to be discussed with this committee
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Other scenarios are covered in Attachment C
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Council’s Preliminary Response to SCA Business
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Survey undertaken of over 1 600 SCA business properties
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Of the 18 SCA business areas, 16 are considered by Council experts to be ‘high
quality’ and are recommended to be identified as a qualifying matter
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Of the 16:
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Three have no change recommend to their extent:
Being Balmoral Shopping Centre, Helensvil e and Sandringham
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13 are recommended to be subject to a reduction in their extent
Being Devonport, Eden Valley, Grey Lynn, Kingsland, Lower Hinemoa Street, Mount Eden
Vil age, Newmarket, Parnel , Ponsonby Road, Onehunga, Ōtāhuhu, West Lynn and Upper
Symonds Street
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Two SCA Business areas are not ‘high quality’:
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El erslie is recommended to not be identified as a qualifying matter
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Howick is recommended to be identified as a qualifying matter as it has been the subject
of extensive community input & was the subject of a recent council plan change
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The SCA business areas and recommended extents are illustrated in a series of
maps on the GIS viewer
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Updates:
Precincts
Auckland Light Rail
NZ Coastal Policy
Statement
Infrastructure
Precincts
Precincts in AUP created to
Work is underway but
recognise values in specific areas
not sufficiently
Precincts modify Auckland-wide
rules, overlays and zone controls
advanced for inclusion
Enable a place-based approach
in the Preliminary
Qualifying matters can be expressed
Response for
through precinct controls, not just
overlays e.g. natural hazards
consultation
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Auckland Light Rail
Recommend that the
Council’s Preliminary
Light rail from the city centre to
Māngere/Auckland Airport
Response show land
The specific light rail route (and stops on the
within the light rail study
route) are still being investigated
corridor with its current
The route and stops wil not be confirmed until
after 20 August 2022
zoning and highlight the
area as “under
investigation”
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NZ Coast Policy Statement
NZCPS is a Qualifying matter, as identified by
the government
Work is underway but not
Work underway to align the NZCPS and the
Regional Coastal Policy Statement with the
sufficiently advanced for
NPSUD
inclusion in the
Initial assessments are that the NZCPS wil not
have significant effects on the implementation
Preliminary Response for
of the NPS-UD
consultation
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Infrastructure – Transport, Water Supply,
Wastewater, Stormwater
Intensification within the urban
environment wil pose chal enges for
existing infrastructure and its
Work is underway but not
renewal
sufficiently advanced for
Work underway to identify any areas
inclusion in the
of Auckland where intensification
should not be enabled, or its extent
Preliminary Response for
reduced as a result of infrastructure
consultation
constraints
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Next steps
Dates for progressing this work
• Public engagement on the preliminary response to the NPS-
UD and RM Amendment Act 19 April to 09 May
• Ongoing engagement with Mana Whenua (including feedback
on draft plan change)
• Planning Committee workshop late May - review feedback and
consider any changes to proposals towards draft plan change
• Local board reporting June - draft plan change for formal
feedback from al boards
• Planning Committee meeting 4 August – proposed plan
change for notification
• Proposed plan change notified for submissions by 20 August
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Questions?
Information
slides
(not for
presentation)
Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS)
Qualifying matters
Qualifying matters recognise the values, characteristics and risks that are
important and relevant to Auckland:
a. national importance under section 6 of the RMA
b. give effect to any other National Policy Statement (including NZ Coastal
Policy Statement)
c. safe or efficient operation of national y significant infrastructure
d. open space provided for public use,
e. designation or heritage order,
f. implement, or ensure consistency with, iwi participation legislation
g. provide sufficient business land suitable for low density uses to meet
expected demand
h. any other matter that can be justified on a site by site basis when
weighed against the importance placed on enabling more housing.
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Qualifying matters
• Where a qualifying matter exists, Council may modify
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the Policy 3 building heights and densities as set out in the NPS UD
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MDRS
• Areas where a qualifying matter applies may stil be subject to
some level of intensification
• Some QMs create either
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specific limitations for sites or neighbourhoods (control ing height or
intensity of activity) or
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prevent reverse sensitivity effects by limiting the development of sites
close to a QM
• We are stil assessing the best mapping techniques to provide for
QMs (zones, overlays, new mapping techniques or a
combination)
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Qualifying matters – Council identified
• Planning Committee resolved a number of QMs in July 2021
• Analysis revealed some QMs do not affect intensification
(density and height)
• Spatial extent of QMs is now mapped
• Council identified QMs require site by site analysis to meet a
high evidential standard
• Analysis is continuing on the possibility of areas with
significant long-term infrastructure constraints (Transport,
Wastewater, Storm Water) being mapped as a QM
• Engagement with Mana Whenua has identified additional
potential QMs that wil be brought to the Planning
Committee when further defined with Mana Whenua
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Analysis of QMs in Precincts – wil need to be shown as ‘area
under investigation’ during April/May consultation
There are 192 Precincts
Analysing
Where a QM
in the AUP
Precincts to
applies,
A smal er number of
determine
amend
these are in the
Urban Environment and
what QMs
precinct to
relate to residential
apply
implement it
development
Analysis shows that
It is not possible to treat
Staff to analyse each
significant change is
each precinct as an entire
site, so individual analysis
precinct and then
required to some Precincts
of each precinct is required
determine approach
to implement the NPS-UD
to see what QMs apply
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Light rail
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Decisions on the location of RTN stations
along the proposed light rail corridor wil
not be made in time for the 20 August
deadline for the intensification plan change
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It may be better to apply the NPS UD and
Enabling Housing Supply Act to the light
rail corridor once there is greater certainty
about the route and station locations
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The council does not have this option at
present
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Discussions underway with central
government officials and Light Rail
sponsors
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