Auckland’s land use future: directions and challenges Regan Solomon

1. Auckland’s land use future: directions and challenges Regan Solomon

2. Auckland planning requirements • identify the existing and future location and mix of— • (i) residential, business, rural production, and industrial activities within specific geographic areas within Auckland; and • (ii) critical infrastructure, services, and investment within Auckland (including, for example, services relating to social infrastructure, transport etc… and services managed by network utility operators); and • identify nationally and regionally significant— • (i) recreational areas and open-space areas within Auckland; and • (ii) ecological areas within Auckland that should be protected from development; and • (iii) environmental constraints on development within Auckland (for example, flood-prone or unstable land); and • (iv) landscapes, areas of historic heritage value, and natural features within Auckland; and • identify policies, priorities, land allocations, and programmes and investments to implement the strategic direction and specify how resources will be provided to implement the strategic direction

4. Spatial plan expectations • … to enable the type of urban growth required to make Auckland more competitive, productive and prosperous. • … provide a coordination and information-sharing tool. • To work, the AP will need to acknowledge and reinforce central government's objectives for New Zealand, and complement central government interventions, funding and decision-making processes. • … govt will need to consider changes to current policy settings or funding scenarios if the Auckland Plan demonstrates that there are better ways of achieving things. Source: National Infrastructure Plan 2011

5. Spatial plan alignment Source: Urban TAG report, 2010, p. 43

6. Directions and challenges Directions • Density • Land • Places • 2011 Challenges • Contingency • Space/ Relationality • Detail/ Scale • 2041