Structure planning is the first step in considering how and when future urban zoned land should be made available for development.  

It enables Auckland council to identify, investigate and address the potential effects of development on natural and physical resources in the structure plan area including:

• natural heritage
• Mana Whenua
• coastal environment
• historic heritage and special character, and
• neighbouring areas. 

The Auckland Unitary Plan has identified land around Drury and Pukekohe-Paerata as areas for future urban development.

This means that:

• there will be significant urban growth in these two areas over the next 10-20 years
• Auckland Council is starting structure planning to guide the future urban development of these two areas.

A large number of new houses are proposed in the future urban zoned areas. New business areas are also likely.
This new urban growth needs to be planned comprehensively and in an integrated way.

Opportunities and constraints relevant to urban planning have been identified for Drury and Pukekohe-Paerata. Summaries of this information are available.
Your views on the type and form of future urban development in Drury and Pukekohe-Paerata structure plan areas are important to us.

Feedback is open until Friday 20 October 2017.

The Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in Part (AUPOP) sets out the requirements for a structure plan.

Structure plans:

• identify opportunities and constraints relating to the land including:
• infrastructure provision
• heritage
• natural values and
• natural hazards
• investigate and address the potential effects of urbanisation in the structure plan areas
• identify suitable urban land uses
• do not rezone land but they will guide future plan change processes to rezone future urban zoned land into urban zones.

The council is carrying out investigations and preparing structure plans for these two areas.

The structure plans for Drury and Pukekohe-Paerata will become the basis for Auckland Council initiated plan changes.

Auckland Council has prepared a number of background technical reports. These reports outline opportunities and constraints in the structure plan area.

In addition, the work we are doing now builds on previous work done for these areas – such as:

• the Pukekohe Area Plan 2014
• the council’s Future Urban Land Supply Strategy (which looks at the sequencing of development across Auckland)
• Auckland Transport/New Zealand Transport Agency’s Supporting Growth project (which looks at transport infrastructure).

You can read through the consultation documents, and submit your feedback by filling in the form:

• online
• at any of the drop-in sessions listed in the Events tab,
• at the Papakura or Pukekohe service centres or libraries.

Feedback is open from 25 September until Friday 20 October 2017.