Auckland Plan Committee UP - July 2

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I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Auckland Plan Committee will be held on:

Date:Time:

Meeting Room:Venue:

Tuesday, 2 July 201310.00am

Reception Lounge Level 2Auckland Town Hall301-305 Queen StreetAuckland

Auckland Plan Committee

OPEN ADDENDUM AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

Deputy Chairperson Cr George Wood, CNZMCouncillors Cr Anae Arthur Anae Cr Des Morrison

Cr Cameron Brewer Cr Richard Northey, ONZMMayor Len Brown, JP Cr Calum PenroseCr Dr Cathy Casey Cr Dick QuaxCr Sandra Coney, QSO Cr Noelene Raffills, JPCr Alf Filipaina Cr Sharon Stewart, QSMCr Hon Chris Fletcher, QSO Member Glen Tupuhi

Cr Michael Goudie Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBECr Ann Hartley, JP Cr Wayne WalkerCr Mike Lee Cr Penny WebsterMember Anahera Morehu

Independent MaoriStatutory Board

Chairperson IMSB Member David Taipari


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Auckland Plan Commit tee

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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE

9 Unitary Plan Update and Workshop Issues 5

12 Strategy and Policy Forward Programme: timelines and criti cal issues13


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Unitary Plan Update and Workshop Issues

File No.: CP2013/15379

Purpose1. The Committee is requested to consider the discussions at Auckland Plan Committee

workshops held on 19 June and 26 June 2013, and agree interim directions to officerstowards the development of the notified version of the Unitary Plan.

Execut ive Summary2. Unitary Plan workshops are being held with all members of the Auckland Plan Committee,

including Independent Maori Statutory Board representatives and Local Board Chairs.

3. Any interim directions discussed at the workshops will be reported to a formal meeting of theAuckland Plan Committee to provide for further discussion and more formal direction forofficers. This is the first such report.

4. These are not final decisions, they are interim directions to assist officers in developing anotified version of the Unitary Plan. Final decisions will be made by the Auckland PlanCommittee and Governing Body.

5. This report relates to the workshops held on 19 June 2013 and 26 June 2013 that dealt withthe following issues:

Principles for building heights in the centre zones

Principles for building heights around centres in the Terrace Housing and Apartment

Buildings (THAB) zone

Principles for notification for height infringements in centres and Terrace Housing andApartment Building zone

Principles for volcanic viewshafts and blanket height sensitive areas

Approach to design quality

Provisions in the Mixed Housing zone

Provisions in the Terrace House and Apartment Building zone

Minimum dwelling size

Notification of development control infringements.

6. The intended discussion on rural issues will be held at a later date.


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vii) Provisions in the Terrace House and Apartment Building zone

viii) Minimum dwelling size controls

ix) Notification of development control infringements.b) Forward this report and resolutions to all local boards for their information.

Discussion7. Informal public engagement on the draft Unitary Plan was completed on 31 May 2013 and

almost 23,000 pieces of feedback have been received. Officers are analysing the feedbackand considering any changes that could be made to develop a proposed Unitary Plan fornotification.

8. In order to inform the Auckland Plan Committee of the feedback and officersconsiderations, workshops have been set up to discuss key issues and areas whereinterim directions are needed. The workshop consists of all members of the AucklandPlan Committee including Independent Maori Statutory Board representatives and LocalBoard Chairs.

9. The interim directions provided at these workshops will be reported to a formal meeting ofthe Auckland Plan Committee.

10. A workshop and meeting work programme was discussed and agreed at the 14 and 19 June2013 Auckland Plan Committee workshops.

19 June 2013 workshop heights in centres, heights around centres, notifi cation of height

infringements in centres and the Terrace Housing and Apartment Building zone, volcanicviewshafts and blanket height sensitive areas

Principles for bui lding height in centres and Principles for Build ing Height aroundCentres in the Terrace House and Apartment Bui lding zone

11. The following issues have been identified in the feedback to date:

Concerns about overshadowing, visual dominance, shading, loss of character andpoor design

Both support and opposition for an increase to existing height limits

Opposition to heights where the draft Unitary Plan introduced a maximum buildingheight where none previously existed (e.g. parts of Takapuna, New Lynn,


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(iii) the size and depth of the centre;

(iv) the interface between zones;

(v) current building heights;(vi) topography;

(vii) landscape features;

(viii) historic heritage; and

(ix) existing design controls/guidelines previously developed for a centre through aprecinct or master planning exercise.

(b) Centres with similar characteristics should have similar controls (rules).

(c) Heights should decrease from centres out to surrounding residential areas.

(d) Heights should enable flexibility to achieve good design outcomes

(e) Heights should enable buildings to adapt to different uses over time (e.g. generousfloor to ceiling heights at ground floor level).

(f) Apply a more refined approach to larger town centres, (i.e. heights may vary within the

centre). [This was revised to include all town centres not just larger ones].(g) Heights in centres should not be reduced from existing operative plan heights except

where a centre has an unlimited height control.

13. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 19 June 2013 workshop inrelation to principles for considering building heights around centres in the Terrace Housingand Apartment Building (THAB) zone:

(a) Apply the THAB zone generally within 250 metres of rail stations and Metropolitan,

Town and Local Centre zones.(b) Heights should range from four to six storeys depending on the scale of the adjacentcentre

(c) Where five and six storey heights are permitted, this should step down to four storeysat the edge of the THAB zone.

(d) Heights should enable flexibility to achieve good design outcomes.(e) Only apply a six storey height limit in the THAB zone in appropriate locations that are

immediately next to the ten Metropolitan Centres(f) In all other cases apply a four or five storey height limit using the principles that

informed the Draft Unitary Plan.(g) Consider topography and geography of a place.

Principles for Notification of Height Infringements in centres and Terrace Housing andApartment Bui ld ing zone


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Principles for Volcanic Viewshafts and Blanket Height Sensitive Areas (BHSA)


Some feedback has been received that the volcanic viewshafts and blanket heightsensitive areas should be more strongly protected. The feedback argues that it wasunclear:(a) which height limit takes precedence

(b) what the actual volcanic viewshaft and BHSA heights are

(c) whether the volcanic viewshaft will be adequately protected.

Other feedback seeks greater flexibility to exceed the viewshafts and questions blanketheight sensitive areas.

18. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 19 June 2013 workshop inrelation to considering heights for centres within volcanic viewshafts and BHSAs:

The volcanic viewshaft heights should clearly override zone heights.

The Terrace House and Apartment Building zone should not be applied within BHSAs.

19. Work on a more fine grained analysis of height within BHSA areas was requested for thefollowing centres: Panmure, Devonport, Mangere Bridge, Stonefields/Mt Wellington, MtEden, Market Road.

20. Officers are required to come back to a future workshop with further advice.

26 June 2013 workshop residential provisions

Approach to Design Quali ty


Strong support for clear objectives, policies and rules in the Unitary Plan to achievequality design

Some concerns expressed that quality design is not provided for in the Unitary Plan andis only contained in non-statutory design guidelines

22. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 26 June 2013 workshop in relationto the provision for design and quality:

Continue with the current approach of including specific objectives, policies,development controls and assessment criteria in the Unitary Plan.

Continue with the current approach of requiring a design statement for all developments


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Support for restricted discretionary activity status for five or more dwellings with cleardesign assessment criteria

Concerns over no density rule for five or more dwellings on sites over 1200m2

Concerns over the scale of development, particularly adjoining lower density/historiccharacter areas

Concerns over the extent of the zone

Concerns over the quality of new development and loss of character, amenity and openspace

Concerns over the loss of sunlight and privacy

Concerns over the capacity of infrastructure

Concerns over non-notification of development control infringements

24. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 26 June 2013 workshop in relationto the Mixed Housing zone:

a. Investigate splitting the mixed housing zone into two sub-zones and investigate optionsas follows:

(i) A mixed housing sub-zone, generally located next to the Terrace House and

Apartment Building zone and centres; up to 3 storeys (10m) in height, restricted discretionary consent with design

assessment, nonnotified; Undertake further work on a possible 11m heightconsidering practical and architectural merits.

over 10m in height fully discretionary consent, silent on notification

(ii) A mixed housing sub-zone, generally between the above zone and the singlehouse zone;

2 storeys (8m) permitted height limit; over 8m height fully discretionary consent with design assessment, silent

on notification.(iii) Officers to develop a full package of controls for both mixed housing sub-zones

including:- density- landscaping- height to boundary- set backs- site coverage (different between both sub zones)- neighbourhood character- infrastructure availability (including community facilities)- topography

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Support for but also concerns over non-notification of development, particularlyadjoining lower density/historic character zones.

The need to allow for single dwellings, alterations and additions to existing dwellings.

Different views on the spatial extent of the zone. Concerns over the scale of development, particularly adjoining lower density/historic

character zones.

Concerns over the quality of new development and loss of character, amenity and openspace.

Concerns over the loss of sunlight and privacy.

Concerns over the minimum floor to floor and floor to ceiling heights.

26. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 26 June 2013 workshop in relationto the Terrace House and Apartment Building zone:

i. Review the spatial extent of the zone to ensure logical edges prior to mappingworkshops.

ii. Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling be a permitted activity.iii.Investigate overseas models such as Sydney and Melbourne in terms of the approach to

replacing existing single dwellings in this type of zone.

iv.Improve the outlook and privacy controls.v. Amend the minimum floor to floor height at ground floor (4 metres) in the Terrace House

and Apartment Building zone so it only applies to arterial routes and review whether thiscontrol should apply to all or some arterial routes. Investigate implications of a reducedground floor stud height on overall height limits e g. possible 13.5m height on non-arterialroutes.

vi.Investigate changes to the provisions to better enable terrace housing in the zone.vii As a principle, apply the more restrictive height in relation to boundary control at the

residential zone interface. Investigate what this principle would mean at the boundary ofan open space zone.

Minimum Dwelling Size Controls

27.The following issues have been identified in the feedback to date:

Support for a minimum dwelling size

Support for the minimum dwelling size of 30m2 but also concern the minimum dwellingsize of 30m2 is too small and will not provide an adequate standard of amenity

The floor to ceiling height requirements are too onerous.

28. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 26 June 2013 workshop inrelation to minimum dwelling size:


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Strong desire for input where neighbours are affected.

Support for non-notification of complying 5+ dwelling developments in the TerraceHouse and Apartment Building zone and Mixed House zone, particularly because of

the requirement to comply with strict design criteria. There is also some opposition tothis proposal.

30. The following interim direction was generally agreed at the 26 June 2013 workshop inrelation to notification of development control infringements:

Restricted discretionary activity consent to infringe(i) Any height infringement in all residential zones;(ii) Yards, setbacks and height in relation to boundary

(iii) Building coverage The Unitary Plan to be silent on notification, requiring a case by case assessment, for

the above restricted discretionary activities

Restricted discretionary activity consent, non-notified, to infringe remainingdevelopment controls

Officers are required to come back to a future workshop with further advice aroundnon-notification of complying 5+ dwelling developments in the Terrace House andApartment Building zone and Mixed House zone.

Consideration

Local Board Views

31. Local board chairs participate in all Auckland Plan Committee Unitary Plan workshops. AllLocal Board members are invited to participate in the mapping workshop to be held on 12 July2013, providing their views on these matters as part of the preparation of the proposed UnitaryPlan. In addition, Local Boards will present their formal resolutions to the Auckland Plan

Committee in late July.32. It is intended that this report be circulated to all local boards to update them on the Auckland

Unitary Plan development process to date.

Maori Impact Statement

33. Consultation requirements with Mana Whenua are being met through a comprehensive IwiEngagement Strategy. In addition, there will be two specific Auckland Plan Committee Treaty

of Waitangi workshops. Independent Maori Statutory Board representatives also form part ofthe Auckland Plan Committee.

General

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Strategy and Policy Forward Programme: timelines and critical issues

File No.: CP2013/13869

Purpose1. This report responds to the Committees resolution (number APC/2013/63) requesting that

officers provide an update on the coordination of critical issues and resource constraintsand possible amended timelines for the Strategy and Policy Forward Programme.

Execut ive Summary2. The Strategy and Policy Forward Programme contains 27 items of which nine have now

been adopted and are being implemented. At the last Committee in June Councillors notedthat there are a number of items on the programme that will be released for consultationand/or are planned for adoption in the next six months. A report back was requested onsome of the critical issues, resource constraints and possible amended timelines for theStrategy and Policy Forward Programme.

3. Officers have carried out a qualitative analysis of the programme and have recommendeda number of changes to the expected adoption dates of the documents. The proposedrevised timelines will result in a more evenly distributed programme with three documentsexpected to be adopted in July, five in September (revised down from ten) and two inDecember. Three of the documents which were due to be adopted this year will beadopted in 2014.

Recommendation/sThat the Auckland Plan Committee:

a) Receives the report.

b) Agrees to the recommended changes to the Strategy and Policy ForwardProgramme and in particular:

Children and Young Peoples Strategic Action Plan1) Revise expected adoption date to September 2013 (from July 2013)

Smokefree Policy2) Continue as planned with adoption in July 2013.

Gambling Venues Policy Programme3) Continue as planned with adoption in July 2013.

Family and Sexual Violence Strategic Action Plan


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9) Continue as planned with adoption in September 2013.

Energy and Climate Change Mitigation Strategic Action Plan10) Continue as planned with adoption by March 2014. Engagement on this

item will take place in early 2014

Climate Change Adaptation Policy Framework11) Remove from Strategy and Policy Forward Programme.

Housing Strategic Action Plan12) Continue as planned with delivery of Stage 1 actions.

Open Space Strategic Action Plan

13) Continue as planned with adoption in September 2013.Open Space Levels of Provision Targets

14) Revise expected adoption date to July 2014 (from September 2013)

Parks and Reserves Management Plan methodology15) Revise expected adoption date to first half 2014 (from September 2013)

Open Space Design Guidelines16) Remove from Strategy and Policy Forward Programme.

Weed Management Policy17) Continue as planned with adoption in July 2013.

Discussion4. The Strategy and Policy Forward Programme sits within the context of Councils overall

strategic framework which includes key documents such as the Auckland Plan, the Unitary

Plan, Local Board Plans and Agreements and various financial policies and strategies. Ofthe 27 items on the programme nine have been adopted and are being implemented. Theseare the: Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy; Community Development (ThrivingCommunities) Action Plan; Economic Development Strategy; Events Policy; HousingStrategic Action Plan (Stage 1), Indigenous Biodiversity Strategy; Libraries Future Direction;Procurement Strategy; and Waste Management and Minimisation Plan.

5. The Committee received a quarterly update report on the programme on 11 June whichshowed that most of the strategies and policies on the programme are on track and areprogressing well. The Committee noted that there are a number of items on the programmethat will be released for consultation and/or are planned for adoption in the next six monthsand requested (resolution number APC/2013/63) that officers report back to the nextmeeting on the coordination of critical issues and resource constraints and possibleamended timelines


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7. The table at Appendix A notes the recommended changes to the expected adoption dates ofthe documents on the basis of the above analysis. In summary, the recommendedprogramme of adoption for the next six months is as follows:

July Smokefree Policy

Gambling Venues Policy Programme

Weed Management Policy

September Children and Young Peoples Strategic Action Plan

Public Art Policy and Guidelines Work Programme

Historic Heritage Action Plan

Sport and Recreation Strategic Action Plan

Open Space Strategic Action Plan

December Family and Sexual Violence Strategic Action Plan

Mori Responsiveness Portfolio

8. Three of the documents which were originally scheduled for adoption in 2013 will now beadopted next year. These are the: Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan, Open SpaceLevels of Provision Targets and Parks and Reserves Management Plan methodology.Stage 2 of the Housing Strategic Action Plan was originally scheduled for adoption inSeptember 2013 but the Committee previously agreed (resolution number APC/2013/24) todefer the development of stage 2. An update report with further information on this action

plan will be brought to the Committee in due course. Time allocated for consultation andengagement has been highlighted in the table at Appendix A. Consultation has closed forsix of the eight documents to be adopted between July and September. The remaining two(Children and Young Peoples Strategic Action Plan and Historic Heritage Action Plan) arecurrently being consulted on and are well placed for adoption as scheduled.

9. Two items have been recommended for removal from the forward programme. These arethe Climate Change Adaptation Policy Framework and Open Space Design Guidelines.

These items are operational in nature and for this reason it is recommended that they beremoved from the high-level strategic programme.

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Maori Impact Statement

11. The development and implementation of the strategies and policies within the Forward

Programme will include consideration of how the work will contribute to the delivery of Morioutcomes and the Auckland Plan transformational shifts including Significantly lift Morisocial and economic well-being. Strategy and policy leads are expected to ensure that thegoals of the Mori Responsiveness Framework are integrated into strategy and policydevelopment. Officers are also expected to consider the Mori Plan for Tmaki Makaurauas part of policy development. A copy of this report will be sent to the Independent MoriStatutory Board for their information.

Implementation Issues12. Implementation of the Forward Programme requires ongoing resource and staff

commitment. Officers will continue to monitor the development and implementation of theForward Programme and report progress to Committee on a quarterly basis.

Attachments

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Signatories

Authors Craig Glover - Principal Strategy Analyst

Authorisers Ree Anderson - Manager Auckland Strategy and Research

Roger Blakeley - Chief Planning Officer

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