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Post by Brent George on Mar 2, 2023 2:49:07 GMT
Plans for housing intensification in Christchurch scaled backStuff - The Press: 10-Feb-2023Plans to intensify housing across Christchurch have been radically scaled back as the city council attempts to find a more palatable approach. In September last year, the council controversially decided not to adopt the Government’s new density rules, which would have allowed up to three homes of three storeys each on most sections across the city. The decision, made a month before the local government election, was a direct response to strong public pressure not to support the new rules. Council staff have since come up with an alternative plan and the council will vote on it on March 1.
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Post by Brent George on May 31, 2023 5:25:28 GMT
Intensive social housing proposal may be withdrawn after residents oppositionStuff - National: 31-May-2023A group of residents appears to have won their campaign against an intensive housing development in their suburb, with indications that a resource consent application may be withdrawn. The residents were opposed to a proposal to build 10 dwellings including four two-storey units in place of two houses on Ada Street in Hastings. A resource consent application for the proposal was lodged with Hastings District Council by NZ Housing Group Ada Ltd, one of numerous development companies created by Napier developers Simon Tremain and Cam Ward. The company bought the properties for $900,000 and $750,000 in June 2022.
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Post by Brent George on Jun 11, 2023 21:01:10 GMT
Christopher Luxon's properties affected by density laws he plans to scrapStuff - Business: 12-June-2023Five of Christopher Luxon’s seven properties can have more townhouses or apartments built next door under the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) –a law which was passed with bipartisan support, but which National has now said it will repeal if elected in October. [Must be an election year...]
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Post by Brent George on Oct 10, 2023 2:23:48 GMT
Residents take housing density fight to the Ombudsman as hearings beginThe Press - Chch: 10-Oct-2023A hearing on proposed plans to intensify housing in Christchurch will get under way on Tuesday, despite repeated calls from 19 residents’ associations to halt the process. The Christchurch City Council says it legally can not stop or slow process, and those that can - the Government and the independent hearings panel - have either not responded or dismissed the residents’ call entirely. The associations have now taken their fight to the Ombudsman.
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Post by Brent George on Mar 17, 2024 19:30:04 GMT
Wellington Councillors vote for ‘generational’ change and housing intensificationStuff - Wellington: 16-March-2024Wellington City Council has voted to slash the city’s character zones by more than half. That’s just one of several changes to the city’s proposed District Plan decided on Thursday with the intention of increasing housing supply in the city. What was decided? - To shrink the city’s ‘character areas’ from 206 to 85 hectares.
- To remove heritage listing from many buildings.
- To extend the Central City Zone (CCZ) south on Adelaide Road towards Newtown.
- To make the central city walking catchment bigger - 15 minutes from the boundary of the CCZ rather than 10 minutes.
- To classify Johnsonville railway line as ‘rapid transit’ to enable housing developments up to six storeys (22m) within a 10-minuite walk to rail stations along the route.
- Along the Kapiti Line, to enable buildings with a maximum height of 22 metres within 10-minute walkable catchments from Kenepuru, Linden, Tawa, Redwood and Takapu Road stations.
- To make intensification of the Kilbirnie suburban centre subject to community consultation.
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