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The Rodney Local Board has been asked to help set-up a Community Advisory Board to collaborate with Auckland Council on the Warkworth Structure Plan.
Warkworth Spatial Plan representatives, Ian Hutchinson and John Wynyard, told a Board meeting in Warkworth on April 19 that the group could be used to harness local knowledge in an impartial way.
Mr Hutchinson said he had found the Structure Plan unnecessarily voluminous and not user-friendly.
“I had difficulty absorbing some of it even though I understand some of the technical stuff,” he said.
He said it looked like the plan was written by consultants who were unfamiliar with Warkworth.
“You could change the name to the Pokeno Structure Plan and it would be just as relevant.”
Mr Hutchinson said it was important to remember that Warkworth was still a rural services hub for a large rural area and it needed to be able to maintain that role.
Board member Phelan Pirie said he was Rodney’s representative on a political reference group and he was happy to make himself available to talk through the group’s concerns. “There are still a number of steps to go in this process with plenty of opportunities for the public to contribute,” Mr Pirrie said.
