Auckland’s future development strategy
Auckland Council (Council) has recently prepared a draft Future Development Strategy (FDS) to set out the vision for the growth of Tāmaki Makaurau over.
Due to the exponential growth of Tāmaki Makaurau coupled with the uncertainty created by recent events such as COVID, flooding and climate change, Council is keen to reconsider how Aucklanders live and the impact this has on society and environmental well-being, both in the short and long-term.
The FDS is also driven by the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NSP-UD) which requires councils to ensure that there is at least sufficient housing and business development capacity to meet demand over the next 30 years.
The FDS looks to achieve four things:
- make Auckland an interconnected living system;
- achieve quality living environments;
- address disparities in communities and investments; and
- have resilient built systems, natural environment and communities.
To achieve these goals, the FDS proposes to:
- Focus future growth in existing urban areas where people choose to live and are closer to town centres whilst limiting growth on undeveloped land in the city fringe.
- Prioritise infrastructure investments over the next 30 years. Certain priority will be given to infrastructure investment in the following areas for the first 10 years of the FDS:
- Auckland Housing Programme priorities in Mt Roskill, Māngere and Tāmaki;
- the city centre;
- Westgate; and
- Drury- Opāheke area.
- Make the best use of existing business land by safeguarding it and managing the supply of different types of future business land, ensuring opportunity, flexibility and choice over the long-term.
The consultation process with Aucklanders ended on 31 July 2023. From August to September 2023 feedback from public and local boards will be considered and changes will be made to the FDS. In late 2023 the Planning, Environment and Parks Committee will request adoption of final FDS document.
Once the FDS is finalised, Council will seek to develop a comprehensive implementation plan in accordance with the NPS-UD requirements. This will then replace parts of the existing Auckland Plan 2050, the Development Strategy 2018 and the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy 2017. It is then intended that this implementation plan will then be reviewed annually and updated as required.
PDF version: here.