'Capital city of growth': central Auckland plan change to allow taller buildings and more development brought forward

'Capital city of growth': central Auckland plan change to allow taller buildings and more development brought forward
Auckland Council will make decisions on a plan change with more enabling city centre height limits by May 30. (Image: Port of Auckland)
Oliver Lewis
Auckland Council will have to make decisions on upzoning and enabling extra development capacity in the central city by May 30.Housing Minister Chris Bishop wrote to Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown on March 12, saying the Government was amending its direction on Plan Change 78 (PC78) to allow for early decisions on the central city components of the plan. The council notified PC78 in 2022 in response to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) and the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Government directives to liber...

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