Keeping ‘placemaking’ in focus through reform
By Garry Dyet, chief executive at Waipa District Council and Robert Brodnax, senior principal advisory at Beca. Placemaking is, ‘The process of strengthening the connection...
Category : Planning
Far North tuku to community protest
The Far North District Council has dumped Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) from its Proposed District Plan when it is notified. The council’s Strategy and Policy...
Spatial planning – be ready by starting now
By Robert Brodnax, Beca principal advisory; Annika Lane, Beca senior associate – spatial and policy planning; and Amelia Linzey, Beca Group director advisory and chief...
A Climate step too far
The Climate Commission draft report to the Government is so extreme that even typically conservative economists are expressing alarm, explains Dr Muriel Newman, New Zealand...
National Planning Standards – a year on, what have we learnt?
It has now been one year since the National Planning Standards (‘planning standards’) prepared by the Ministry for the Environment came into effect. Hamish Wesney...
Queenstown Town Centre Masterplan
Setting the direction for a district – Planning multiple integrated projects in a fast-growing area is never going to be easy. Here’s Queenstown’s answer to...
Iwi and Hapu Management Plans
Wendy Saunders (left) and Lucy Kaiser from GNS Science have been investigating the role of Iwi and Hapu Management Plans in managing natural hazards in...
Where do we dance? Planning social spaces in the suburbs
The UK has its pubs. In China, people go out at dusk to exercise in the streets. So, where do Kiwis go to socialise in the...
Smart Solutions Planning
With councils deep in the throes of their 2018-28 long term plans, Patricia Moore asked four specialists how planning processes are changing and how local...
Going digital right from the start
District plans are a key planning document for communities but how do councils make them easy to use – or even get residents to have...