Auckland Unitary Plan Archives - Grey Lynn Residents Association

How Plan Change 78 (Intensification Rules) Affects Grey Lynn

26 September 2022 by Tania Mace Leave a Comment

Plan Change 78 could mean these Grey Lynn villas are zoned for apartment buildings unless the "special character" overlay is retained — Plan Change 78 rezones these properties in Selbourne St to allow 5-storey apartment buildings as they are within 200m of Grey Lynn Local Centre (Surrey Cres Shops) – a local shopping centre that Council considers “large”. They are currently zoned single house and are not covered by the special character overlay.

The proposed Plan Change 78 rezones all Auckland suburbs. It is open for submissions until 29 September 2022. Make sure you have your say!

Filed Under: Intensification Tagged With: Arch Hill, Auckland Council, Auckland Unitary Plan, Burns Street, Dickens Street, Great North Road Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn Local Centre, Grey Lynn Park, Kainga Ora, Mackelvie Street, Maidstone Street, Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Mixed Housing Urban zone, National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), Nixon Street, Plan Change 78, Pollen Street Grey Lynn, Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Town Centre, Putiki Street, Qualifying Matter, Scanlan Street, Special Character Areas Overlay, StatsNZ, Terrace Houses & Apartment Buildings (THAB) zone, Upzoning, Walkable catchments, Williamson Ave Grey Lynn

GLRA submission on Government’s new housing rules

16 June 2022 by Tania Mace Leave a Comment

Urban development in Grey Lynn — An example of urban development in Grey Lynn

Last month Auckland Council sought feedback on their preliminary response to Government’s new housing rules. We submitted on your behalf…

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Auckland Council, Auckland Unitary Plan, Environment Court, Freemans Bay Residents Association, Herne Bay Residents Association, Independent Hearings Panel (IHP), Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Minister for the Environment, National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), St Mary’s Bay Association, Western Bays Community Group

Now Is the Time to Make Your Voice Heard on the Future of Grey Lynn

9 May 2022 by Nicola Legat 1 Comment

Most of you will have heard by now about Auckland Council’s planning maps which show the potential for a radically reshaped city. The Council is asking for feedback on this from residents, and this blog sets out to explain to Grey Lynn residents how you can submit your views.

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Arch Hill, Auckland Unitary Plan, Cohaus, Cox's Bay, Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn Park, Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), NPS-UD, Qualifying Matter, Resource Management (Enabling Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, Special Character, Walkable catchments

Change on the horizon as Council drops plan

11 July 2021 by Jess Fowler 1 Comment

Plan Change 26 - which rules apply in Special Character areas?

Auckland Council have advised us that they have decided to withdraw Plan Change 26.

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Amenity, Auckland Unitary Plan, Herne Bay Residents Association, National Policy Statement on Urban Development, NPS-UD, Plan Change 26, Special Character Areas Overlay

Plan Change 26 – which rules apply in Special Character areas?

1 August 2020 by Tania Mace 3 Comments

Plan Change 26 - which rules apply in Special Character areas?

We submitted on proposed Plan Change 26 and by the time you read this, we will also have attended the hearing. So, what’s Plan Change 26 all about?

Filed Under: Auckland Council Tagged With: Auckland Unitary Plan, Environment Court, Herne Bay Residents Association (HBRA), Plan Change 26, Residential 1 zone, Special Character Areas Overlay

Auckland Unitary Plan interview with GLRA on Morning Report today

28 July 2016 by Brandon Wilcox 3 Comments

Auckland Unitary Plan interview on RNZ Morning Report today This morning Guyon Espiner talked to Brandon Wilcox of Grey Lynn Residents Association and Leroy Beckett of Generation Zero about the Auckland Unitary Plan.

Read the article and embedded interviews here or click here to listen to the Morning Report interview with Brandon Wilcox and Leroy Beckett. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Auckland Unitary Plan, Generation Zero, Guyon Espiner, Leroy Beckett, Morning Report, Radio New Zealand (RNZ)

Chronicles of our Unitary Plan fight for Grey Lynn

25 April 2016 by Brandon Wilcox 1 Comment

Chronicles of our unitary plan fight

In May the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel will finish hearing submissions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. By July Auckland Council will be presented with the Panel’s proposed changes and the Unitary Plan will be one step closer to becoming fully operative.

It seems an appropriate time to review where we are with the plan, and how we have got here.

Final Unitary Plan appearance

Late on the afternoon of Thursday 14 April 2016 Grey Lynn Residents Association representatives Liz Hancock, Nicola Legat and Tania Mace made their final appearance in front of the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel (IHP).

It all began in 2013

This was the very end of a lengthy process that began in 2013 when [Read more…]

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Auckland 2040, Auckland Council, Auckland Unitary Plan, Chris Patterson, Draft Auckland Unitary Plan, Graeme Burgess, Independent Hearings Panel, Len Brown, Liz Hancock, Mike Lee, Nicola Legat, Provisional Auckland Unitary Plan, Tania Mace