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Subdivision of a Red Beach property that once had a single bach on it to build seven new homes demonstrates the density that can be achieved in residential neighbourhoods under the Auckland Unitary Plan.
Earthworks are underway on the 1066sqm site on the corner of Bay Street and William Bayes Place while neighbours, who had no say in the process, anxiously watch to see what impact the completed development may have on them.
The resource consent application for a 7-lot subdivision was granted by Auckland Council planners in June, although it is for almost double the number of homes that the zoning envisages for sites of this size. Under the Mixed House Urban zoning, consent is required for four or more dwellings.
The consent was granted with no notification of neighbours or the general public – the first many heard of it was when earthworks began.
The developer, the Red Green Development Trust, will build five detached standalone dwellings and two attached duplexes on the property.
A number of concerned neighbours told Hibiscus Matters that the consent should have been notified so that they could have their say, especially in relation to car parking provision and shading of adjacent properties.
They say what is proposed is also out of character for the neighbourhood.
The height limit prescribed by the zone rules is 11m – the proposed development complies with this, coming in at approximately 7m.
Council’s resource consents West manager, Ian Dobson, says because the application was a residential activity and in a Mixed Housing Urban zone, planners followed the Unitary Plan rules in not notifying the consent.
