If you are thinking about Property  Developing in the next 12 months it may be worth getting your building or resource consent application in before 1 July to take advantage of potential savings contained within the transitional provisions of Auckland Council’s new Development Contributions Policy.

As part of the preparation of the Council’s new long term planning documents, a new Development Contributions Policy has been prepared (as noted within Andre Conradie’s article last month) to replace the current (Interim) contributions polices of the various former Councils. This new Policy will come into effect on July 1st this year.

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The recent flurry of media attention regarding the potential expansion of the Auckland Port raises some interesting issues around upper North Island long term development planning. As part of the Auckland Spatial, Waterfront and Unitary Plan processes (which our last article covered) the Port is seeking to reaffirm its Port Management/Development Zone which is currently detailed within the Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal and provides the regulatory framework for the Port to make resource consent applications to extend the wharves and associated reclamations.

Plans and computer generated images from background technical papers show the expanded port would cover a much

Exciting times for Auckland’s planning.

The Auckland Council, formed from the amalgamation of the region’s 7 former District Councils and the Auckland Regional Council, is part way through possibly the most significant planning and resource management exercise in the region’s history, with the creation of a number of new planning documents and long term Council plans. The key ones for property investors being the Auckland Plan and the Unitary Plan.

Auckland Plan

The Auckland Plan, due for adoption and public release early in 2012, sets out the Council’s aspiration for the region’s growth and spatial development over the next 30 years and