Templates for submissions on Plan Change 120 on housing intensification

Auckland Council has now publicly notified Plan Change 120. You can see the proposal, and the maps showing the  proposed new zonings, on the Council website: https://new.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/plans-policies-bylaws-reports-projects/our-plans-strategies/unitary-plan/auckland-unitary-plan-modifications/proposed-plan-changes/pc-120-housing-intensification-resilience.html

As expected, the proposal is to reduce the number of properties in the Special Character Area (SCA)  overlay from about 21000 in the Unitary Plan to 15357.
This is unnecessary and unacceptable. It will result in the loss of protection for a significant  number of properties in SCAs, and the diminution and eventual destruction of those areas

The areas most affected will be Kingsland, Mt Eden, Sandringham, Mt Albert, Freemans Bay ,Parnell Remuera and Devonport. These are Auckland’s oldest suburbs, and together are  an integral part of Auckland’s history, heritage and character.

It is important that as many groups and people as possible lodge submissions opposing this proposal. We have prepared three template submissions to help  with this. These are only templates, you should change or add to them in your own submission and personalise it as you wish.

• Template 1 is for groups: (word document link) (pdf document link)
• Template 2 is for owners of properties within a SCA: (word document link) (pdf document link)
• Template 3 is for owners of properties not within a SCA (word document link) (pdf document link)