Christchurch 'keen' to look at ditching housing density rules

Christchurch 'keen' to look at ditching housing density rules
Christchurch city council is keen to look at ditching housing intensification rules. (Image: Christchurch city council)
Oliver Lewis
Christchurch council wants to take advantage of the change of government to look at dropping housing intensification changes.After initially refusing to comply with a law forcing larger councils to enable three homes up to three storeys high on most residential sections, the South Island authority notified a watered-down version of its original rejected plan change this year.The change incorporated the three-by-three rule, known as the medium-density residential standards (MDRS), and the national policy statement on urban development (NPS-UD),...

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