28 August, 2013 | Cathy Casey, Local Issues, News |
The first day of three days of Unitary Plan deliberations ended with Cathy Casey successfully moving an amendment to the affordable housing provisions. She got support by 12 votes to 8 for “A requirement for all residential development of 15 or more dwellings...
28 August, 2013 | Local Issues, News
After a day debating urban zoning in the Unitary Plan, the Auckland Plan Committee will vote tomorrow on the minimum parking requirements in the Mixed Housing and THAB zoning. Cr Brewer has foreshadowed that he intends to move an amendment to increase MPRs in the...
26 August, 2013 | News, Our Projects, Waitemata Local Board, Waitemata Local Board
The resource consent hearing for Weona walkway gets underway today (the application is available here). Hearing commissioners will decide if the Waitemata Local Board can build a proposed 1.4km long coastal walkway on Westmere Park Reserve land between Westmere Park,...
26 August, 2013 | Albert-Eden Local Board, Albert-Eden Local Board, Featured Post, Local Issues, News
As Auckland grows, the sections are subdivided and the apartments are going up and sadly the playgrounds are shrinking. Swings, slides, roundabouts and flying foxes are literally disappearing. Safety concerns and minimalistic design aesthetics are stripping...
26 August, 2013 | Events, Fabian Society
Jim Diers – author of Neighbor Power ‘The local is everything in the lively city’ Neighbours can generate tremendous power when they come together as a community. They can influence the actions of government, developers, and other external forces. They...
24 August, 2013 | City Vision, Featured Post, Local Issues, News
The new Auckland ‘supercity’ promised by the National and ACT parties has turned out to be less than what was promised to our many local neighbourhoods. Communities have been hit hard by amalgamation as all community facilities have been up for review and ‘fitted in’...
