Health high on local plan agenda

Health care, schooling and future industrial developments were high on the list of concerns raised at two Warkworth Structure Plan consultation days held earlier this year.

Auckland Council will present feedback on the consultation at the Warkworth Town Hall on August 18 and 22.

Council principal planner Ryan Bradley says the open days will be an opportunity for the community to view a summary of the more than 200 pieces of written feedback and comments that were received.

“We’ve taken the 15 maps that people drew on and combined them into one map so we can see where people had similar ideas about amenities and infrastructure,” Mr Bradley says.

Representatives of the Supporting Growth Alliance, a programme setup by the Government and Council to investigate and deliver the transport networks Auckland needs over the next 30 years, will also be at the open days.

A draft structure plan will be released in November, when the public will again have an opportunity to provide feedback.

The final structure plan is expected to be ratified early next year and will then become the basis for Council initiated plan changes to achieve operative urban zones.

The August 18 information session will run from 10am to 1pm and the August 22 session will run from 3.30pm to 7.30pm.