Wayne Brown proposes new housing plan change for Auckland

Wayne Brown proposes new housing plan change for Auckland
Mayor Wayne Brown wants to introduce a new comprehensive plan change for Auckland next year. (Image: Dean Purcell)
Oliver Lewis
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown wants the Government to let Auckland Council withdraw a plan change enabling greater housing intensification and notify a new one next year.The council notified Plan Change 78 (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 liberalise planning rules and free up housing supply.The NPS-UD directs councils to upzone around metropolitan centres and transport corridors, while the MDRS, which the Governmen...

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