17 June 2022
Official Information Request No.8140010425
(Please quote this in any correspondence)
Andrew Punnett
By email -
[FYI request #19566 email]
Tēnā koe Andrew
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA)
Auckland Monthly Housing Update records
Thank you for your email which we received on 2 June 2022 in which you requested
information about the Auckland Monthly Housing Update records.
The specific details of your request and our response is below.
The Auckland Monthly Housing Update records how many dwellings were consented
within the rapid transit network's (RTN) walking catchment. The walking catchment is
defined to extend out to a distance of 1500m.
How was this distance selected and what evidence was this decision based upon?
At the time the Monthly Housing Update was first published there was no definitive or formal
approach adopted by Auckland Council to walkable distances. The methodology used by
Council has remained flexible and can be reported at 50m or 100m intervals. The 500m,
1000m and 1500m catchments Council reports on in the housing update resulted from the
report below that found that some Aucklanders surveyed are wil ing to walk up to 2km to
good public transport. 2km was considered to cast the net too widely and hence the
reporting catchments of 500/1000/1500m were arrived at to keep the distance intervals
equal.
https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1541/tr2013-014-walkable-catchments-analysis-at-
auckland-train-and-northern-busway-stations-2013.pdf
The catchments reported on have remained at 500/1000/1500m intervals to keep monitoring
work consistent. Once adopted, the NPS on Urban Development wil provide a more
definitive approach to defining walkable catchments. The approach taken in the Monthly
Housing Update wil likely be updated accordingly at this time.
Decisions about this response to your request were made by Jacques Victor, General
Manager Auckland Plan Strategy and Research.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of this response by the Ombudsman.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
If you have any questions please contact m
e at [email address] or
contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting LGOIMA No. 8140010425.
Ngā mihi
Elaine Tunai-Po
Privacy & Official Information Business Partner
Governance Services
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101
