What’s at stake: Auckland Council has to continue with hearings about intensification and Light Rail even though the government has dumped the policies.
Background: The National-led coalition has said it will let councils opt out of the new density rules, but hasn't passed the necessary law yet, leaving the council taking part in ‘zombie’ hearings.
Key players: Auckland Council, Housing Minister Chris Bishop, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds, The Character Coalition.
Auckland Council is spending half a million dollars a month on “zombie” planning hearings that are likely to go nowhere because of the National-led Government’s change in planning policies.
Faced with what it calls an “incoherent set of planning processes”, the council has written to
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What’s at stake: Auckland Council has to continue with hearings about intensification and Light Rail even though the government has dumped the policies.
Background: The National-led coalition has said it will let councils opt out of the new density rules, but hasn't passed the necessary law yet, leaving the council taking part in ‘zombie’ hearings.
Key players: Auckland Council, Housing Minister Chris Bishop, Environment Minister Penny Simmonds, The Character Coalition.
