Blueprints shape the future of main centres
Auckland's completed but unpublished annual plan should provide for better coordination and investment rather than just being a land use plan.
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Auckland’s completed but unpublished annual plan should provide for better coordination and investment rather than just being a land use plan.
Colliers’ Alan McMahon said it preceded and would influence the new district plan, scheduled for completion at the end of 2012.
The projects would have major implications for residents, businesses, landowners, and investors, he said.
Mr McMahon said he had expected last year’s amalgamation of eight councils would bring better decision-making and certainty. It would be a relief for property industry players to only have to familiarise themselves with one district plan that would focus on “liveability.”
Another less publicised but potentially important Auckland Council policy in preparation is the Earthquake-prone, Dangerous and Insanitary Buildings policy. It will be adopted in December and reviewed every five years.
Mr McMahon said businesses and investors in Wellington had already experienced how much market activity had been reduced by requirements to lift buildings to standards capable of withstanding earthquakes.
Auckland was now following suit with consequent costs to owners and tenants and also improved safety
The Christchurch draft city plan is designed to create a more intensive central city with a smaller retail area.
Chris Hutching
Mon, 05 Sep 2011
Mon, 05 Sep 2011
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Blueprints shape the future of main centres
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