10,000 Aucklanders Have a Say On Draft Unitary Plan

More than 10,000 Aucklanders have given feedback on the draft Unitary plan, with one day remaining in the 11-week engagement process.

“This is the first time a New Zealand council has taken a district plan to the community before notifying it as a draft. The level of input in recent weeks means the final shape of the plan will stronger,” says Len Brown.

“Aucklanders agree that we urgently need more options for affordable homes. And to deliver this we need a set of planning rules that will help us to manage growth in a balanced way. That is why we need to keep moving the plan forward.

“We will work through all of the feedback in the coming weeks, and I’m clear there will be changes to reflect feedback from communities.”

Penny Pirrit, manager of regional and local planning, says a team is working its way through the feedback ..

“The feedback I have seen is very constructive – people have taken the time to communicate what they support in the plan, as well as parts they would tweak or change and the reasons why.

“Much of the feedback is in depth, covers a number of topics and is a real mix of both local and region-wide points to consider. We hope to have a final feedback total by next Friday.”

Those who have provided feedback will be contacted later in the year with information regarding where they can find updates on the feedback council received and the resulting changes to the draft plan.

The engagement process ends at 5pm tomorrow.

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