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RMLA Conference 2011 Spatial Planning and Infrastructure. Lindsay Gow Friday 7 October 2011. Spatial Planning: What is it?. Strategic direction Integrate social, economic, environmental and cultural objectives High level development strategy
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RMLA Conference 2011Spatial Planning and Infrastructure Lindsay Gow Friday 7 October 2011
Spatial Planning: What is it? • Strategic direction • Integrate social, economic, environmental and cultural objectives • High level development strategy • Enable locationand timing of critical infrastructure, services and investment • Growth/development direction, type, mix and sequence • Protection and development of recreation, ecology, landscape, heritage • Environmental constraints • Policies, priorities, land allocations, programmes and investments and how resources will be provided
Spatial Planning: Scale and Locus • Upper North Island development plan(Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga)? • Economic development and infrastructure, (especially transport nodes/corridors), community needs and environmental assets/protection • Competition or cooperation? • Just planning, or planning for investment • Urban scale development and spatial planning
LTA / LTMA GPS LGA RMA Regional Land Transport Strategies and Programs Regional Growth Strategies Regional LTCCP Regional Policy Statement and Plans Transport Action Plans Sub-regional growth Strategies TA’s LTCCPs / Annual Plans District Plans Structure plans The Crowded Planning Landscape National Regional Local National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) (NZTA’s Investment Programme) Investing
What’s needed and who plays • Uber multi regional plan, with government involvement and commitment, especially for big, lumpy infrastructure • Regional/urban spatial plans with binding, legal force on central and local government • A formal, structured and transparent process • Business, iwi and community involvement and redress (via independent review) • Firm, clear direction, but not fine grained prescription • Flexibility and review: multiple pathways/options • Build from existing strategies: Auckland Regional Growth; Future Proof (Hamilton); Smart Growth (BoP) • Meaningful, structured conversations leading to commitments