19 April 2021
LGOIMA No. 8140008271
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Adam Irish
By Email:
[FYI request #14892 email]
Dear Adam
Local Government Official Information And Meetings Act 1987
Housing development
I refer to your request which we received on 9 March 2021, regarding information relating to
housing development. I also refer to my email to you on 8 April 2021, extending the
timeframe for us to respond to your request. Thank you for your patience while we have
worked on this response. Our response to your questions is as follows:
What number of new subdivisions have been granted resource consent in the
Auckland City region each year over 6 years.
Please refer to the following table for the number of subdivision applications granted in the
last six years. Please note this is not the number of sections created as each application
may involve multiple new sections.
YEAR
NUMBER
2015
2348
2016
2914
2017
2523
2018
2335
2019
2419
2020
2601
What are the numbers of new subdivisions planned or in the consenting process for
the next 5 years.
I have been advised that we are unable to respond to your request for future subdivision
consents. We don’t have this data available as we don’t know how many consents we wil
get in the future.
What level of spending has gone into new subdivision infrastructure by the council
each year over the last 6 years. What level is planned for the next 5 years.
The council does not fund infrastructure for subdivisions. Developers contribute to the
provision of infrastructure for subdivisions to mitigate the effects of their development. The
council funds bulk infrastructure that deals with the cumulative effects of development. Or in
existing urban areas/brownfield development some connecting infrastructure may require
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council investment in part. Infrastructure for new development comes in many forms and
includes new assets as well as renewals and upgrades of existing infrastructure assets.
The council does not record infrastructure funding for subdivisions specifically as we do not
deliver or pay for the subdivision infrastructure, this is paid for and delivered by the
developer and the asset is vested in council on completion.
The council’s planning for infrastructure investment focuses on the broader concept of
growth. You can find out more about Auckland’s infrastructure development strategy in the
Auckland Pl
an 2050 here. Auckland Council’s propos
ed 10-year Budget 2021-2031 also
includes a plan for infrastructure investment over the next ten years.
If you have any further questions about council spending on infrastructure, please feel free to
contact the General Manager, Development Programme Office, on (09) 301 0101.
Has the council formed any strategies to help the building and development for
housing for first home buyers in the Auckland region and in particular Auckland City.
If so what are these plans.
Auckland Council plays a key role in increasing the supply of housing in Auckland including
for first home buyers. This includes, through:
• resource, building consents and compliance processes: with 17,100 new dwellings
consented in Auckland over the past year, a 14 per cent increase over the previous
12 months and the highest level of consenting Auckland has seen for decades
• planning and urban development functions
• infrastructure funding and planning: Auckland’s Council’s long-term pl
an (currently
under consultation) seeks to enable additional infrastructure investment in transport,
housing, water and the environment of around $900 mil ion in the next three years
and at the same time wil support the renewal of key transport, water and community
facility assets. This includes an extra $550 mil ion for transport, $145 mil ion for water
infrastructure, $54 mil ion for stormwater and $65 mil ion for community facilities.
These investments wil help to ensure that these communities have the infrastructure
needed to enable additional housing
• partnerships with government for example the Auckland Housing Programme –
seeking to build around 22,000 new homes in Auckland over the next 10-15 years
• providing support to Community and Māori Housing providers who make an
important contribution to the supply of housing for first home buyers on lower
incomes
• guidance and information provision.
You can find out more via this link
: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-
policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/auckland-plan/homes-
places/Pages/implementing-homes-and-places-outcome.aspx
In September 2020, the Auckland Council Planning Committee approved an affordable
housing work programme. The work programme builds our wider work to help increase the
supply of affordable housing in Auckland including for first home buyers.
You can access the relevant reports and decisions via the links below:
https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2020/09/PLA_20200903_AGN_9798_AT.P
DF Please see Agenda item 8 Affordable housing report back: Approval for forward work
programme
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https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2020/09/PLA_20200903_MIN_9798.PDF
https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2020/11/PLA_20201105_AGN_9800_AT.P
DF Please see Agenda items 8 Options for increasing the stock of housing for older people
and 9 Affordable housing report back: Inclusionary zoning and options for a planning
response
https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2020/11/PLA_20201105_MIN_9800.PDF
The decision by Auckland Council to release the information contained in this response was
made by
Ian Smallburn, General Manager Resource Consents,
John Dunshea,
General
Manager Development Programme Office and
Kataraina Maki, General Manager,
Community & Social Policy.
I also wish to apologise for the delay in getting this response to you and draw your attention
to your right to seek a review from the Office of the Ombudsman about this extension.
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting LGOIMA No.
8140008271.
Yours sincerely
Jenny Hua
Senior Privacy & Official Information Business Partner
Governance Services
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