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A private plan change covering 5.6 hectares at 751 and 787 Kaipara Coast Highway, Kaukapakapa, has been approved, despite opposition from Waka Kotahi (NZ Transport Agency), Auckland Transport and the Rodney Local Board.
The plan change requested that the site be re-zoned from Rural-Countryside Living (RCL) to Residential-Rural and Coastal Settlement (RRCS) to allow for 16 new houses.
The opposition was based around the subdivision’s reliance on the private car for transport, lack of footpaths beyond the existing and proposed Riverview subdivision, its limited access to public transport, and lack of transport connections to Kaukapakapa particularly walking, cycling and public transport connectivity.
Applicant Riverview Properties made its case for the plan change by stating that while people wanted to live in the country, the typical one to two hectare lifestyle block was both expensive and not what people actually wanted.
“For these reasons, the RRCS zone had been identified as the most appropriate zone and was applied on a very small scale in the Auckland region in places such as Puhoi, Waitoki, Tapora, Leigh and Scotts Landing.”
In a decision delivered on October 14, hearing commissioners said the plan change was consistent with the Auckland Unitary Plan Regional Policy Statement.
