Memo

31 October 2014
To:
cc:

Local board chairs and built environment portfolio leads

Penny Hulse, Deputy Mayor; Karen Lyons, Manager Local Boards; Jacques Victor,
Mayoral Strategic Adviser

From:

Ree Anderson, Project Director Housing

Subject:

Update on Special Housing Areas (SHAs) Qualifying Development (QD) consenting

and master-planning

Dear Local Board chairs and built environment portfolio leads,

Please find below your regular update on QD consenting and master-planning of property
developments within Aucklands SHAs.

Consenting qualifying developments in SHAs

The Housing Project Office:
is working with developers on 46 qualifying development pre-applications, with the potential
yield of 3,112 new sites and dwellings
has approved, or is considering 80 consent applications for 1,385 new sites and/or
dwellings.
The below tables summarise recent activity within SHAs, including consents granted and those
under consideration which will result in additional sites and dwellings. In addition to these, a
number of consents enabling future works in SHAs have been received in October, including
earthworks and infrastructure consents.
Consents granted
LOCAL BOARD

SHA

SITE

ACTIVITY

Orakei

Orakei

23, 25 and 23A

Takitimu St,
140-152 and
153-167 Kupe
St, Orakei

Papakainga development of 30
residential dwellings, and
associated private and communal
open space, access, carparking
and infrastructure. Granted 20
October 2014

Waitemata

Great North Rd
Strategic Area

367-375 Great
North Rd

Six-level apartment building with

24 dwellings and basement
parking. Granted 24 October 2014

Upper Harbour

Rautawhiri Rd,
Helensville

151 and 177

Rautawhiri Rd,
Helensville

60 lot residential subdivision.

Granted 23 October 2014

Maungakiekie Tmaki

Northern Tmaki

27, 29 and 31
Melling St, Glen
Innes

Redevelopment of 4 sites into 7

sites and homes, including
earthworks, subdivision and
landscaping. Granted 10 October
2014

Upper Harbour

Hobsonville
Point

130 Hobsonville
Rd

59 residential units including

associated subdivision,
earthworks, landscaping and
infrastructure. Granted 25
September 2014

New consents lodged

LOCAL BOARD

SHA

SITE

ACTIVITY

Franklin

Belmont

Belmont SHA

Structure plan for Belmont as

required by the Greenfield Urban
Precinct provisions of the
Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

Hibiscus and Bays

Silverdale

187 and 127

Wainui Rd,
Silverdale

61 residential units including

associated subdivision,
earthworks, landscaping and
infrastructure.

Upper Harbour

Hobsonville Point

5 and 5a Scott
Rd, 129, 133.
137, 141, 165
Clark Rd,
Hobsonville

6 separate Qualifying
Development applications by
different applicants for residential
subdivision (total of 201
dwellings) in accordance with a
framework plan and to enable
civil works.

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Master-planning and plan variations in SHAs

The Housing Project Office is facilitating master-planning of 17 plan variations; these are at
different stages initiating, pre-application, final advice or lodged. Please see a summary below of
the five SHA plan variations lodged and the 12 variations at pre-application stage:
SHA plan variations accepted
LOCAL BOARD
Papakura

Upper
Harbour

Upper
Harbour

Rodney

SHA

PROCESS
STATUS

Hingaia 1
Rezone to Mixed
Housing
Suburban

Lodged: 8
August

Whenuapai
West Rezone
to Mixed Housing
Urban and
Subdivision
(Stage 1-4)

Lodged: 18
August

Scott Point
Rezone to a
range of
residential zones

Lodged: 11
July

Huapai Triangle

Lodged: 12
September

SIZE

POTENTIAL
SITES

FORECAST
STATUS

25 hectares
(Hingaia 1)

400 (70 in
initial QD)

Rezoned by
early February

31 hectares

168 out of
total 650
sites

Rezoning by
end of 2014

155
hectares

2750 but
planned for
3000

Rezoning by
end of 2014

Limited
notification
completed

Limited
notification
completed

Limited
notification
pending

(QD for 600)

65 hectares

1200 sites
(QD for 120)

Hearing before
end of 2014

S64 sent to
applicant
Franklin

Belmont
(structure plan for
approval only, to
enable
consenting)

Lodged: 26
September

72 hectares

720 sites

Resource
consent for
site enabled by
end of October

SHA pre-applications underway for plan variations

LOCAL BOARD

SHA

SIZE

POTENTIAL
SITES

FORECAST STATUS

Franklin

Wesley College

270 hectares

Approx 5000

Lodgement October

Rodney

Oraha Rd,
Kumeu

15 hectares

150 sites

TBC

Papakura

Hingaia - KARLA

150 hectares

700 sites

Lodgement end of
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November
Papakura

Hingaia
Hayfield Way

60 hectares

650 sites

Lodgement end of
November

Papakura

Hingaia - Noma

17 hectares

250 sites

TBC

Papakura

Hingaia Hugh
Green

96 Hectares

1300 sites

Lodgement end of
January

Papakura

Hingaia Hingaia Rd
South

45 hectares

400 sites

TBC

Papakura

Bellfield Rd

27ha

350 sites

TBC

Mangere Otahuhu

Oruarangi Rd

32 hectares

400 approx
sites

Lodgement end of
March 2015

Upper Harbour

Whenuapai East

31 hectares

650 dwellings
and some retail

Lodgement in early
2015

Howick

Flat Bush Stage 3

200 hectares

1700 sites

Lodgement end of
December

HendersonMassey

Redhills

226 hectares

TBC

TBC

Waitakere
Ranges

Crows Rd

26 hectares

280 sites

Lodgement end of
December

I hope this information is useful to you. Housing Project Office staff are also available to attend
local board meetings to provide a verbal report if that would be helpful to you.
Please let me know if you wish to take up this offer. Do not otherwise hesitate to contact me should
you need more detail on any of the above topics. Thank you.

Ree Anderson
Project Director Housing

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