Before the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel
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BEFORE THE AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN INDEPENDENT HEARINGS PANEL IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 AND IN THE MATTER of TOPIC 081f Rezoning and Precincts (Geographical Areas) AND IN THE MATTER of the submissions and further submissions set out in the Parties and Issues Report JOINT EVIDENCE REPORT ON SUBMISSIONS BY DONALD CRAIG CAIRNCROSS, PATRICK FRANCIS CLEARWATER, JOY MARTHA LANAUZE, MICHAEL LUONG, AND HUI CINDY YIN RURAL SOUTH 26 JANUARY 2016 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. SUMMARY .................................................................................................................... 4 PART A: OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND ........................................................................ 4 2. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 6 3. CODE OF CONDUCT .................................................................................................. 11 4. SCOPE ........................................................................................................................ 12 5. STATUTORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................................................ 14 6. INTERIM GUIDANCE FROM THE PANEL .................................................................. 16 7. APPROACH TO ZONING WITHIN THE PAUP ............................................................ 16 PART B: OVERVIEW OF SUBMISSIONS .......................................................................... 16 8. SUBMISSION THEMES ............................................................................................... 17 9. INCORRECTLY CODED SUBMISSION POINTS ........................................................ 20 PART C: ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 21 10. ANALYSIS OF SUBMISSIONS .................................................................................... 21 11. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF SUBMISSIONS ................. 23 12. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE PAUP .................... 23 13. CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................... 24 ATTACHMENT A: CVS OF REPORT WRITERS ................................................................ 25 ATTACHMENT B: ANALYSIS OF SUBMISSIONS BY THEME ......................................... 28 ATTACHMENT C: ZONING ANALYSIS AND POSITION FOR EACH SUBMISSION POINT ATTACHMENT D: ANALYSIS OF AREA-WIDE SUBMISSIONS ATTACHMENT E: PLANNING MAPS ATTACHMENT F: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF SUBMISSIONS 2 GLOSSARY OF TERMS Abbreviation Business Park BP City Centre CC Countryside Living CL Future Urban FU General Business GB Heavy Industry HI Height Sensitive Areas HSA Historic Character HC Large Lot LL Light Industry LI Local Centre LC Metropolitan Centre MC Mixed Housing Suburban MHS Mixed Housing Urban MHU Mixed Rural MR Mixed Use MU National Grid Corridor NGC Neighbourhood Centre NC Outstanding Natural Feature ONF Outstanding Natural Landscape ONL Pre-1944 Building Demolition Control Pre-1944 BDC Public Open Space POS Rapid and/or frequent service network RFN Rural and Coastal Settlement RCS Rural Coastal RC Rural Conservation RCon Rural Production RP Rural Urban Boundary RUB Significant Ecological Areas SEA Single House SH Special Purpose SP Strategic Transport Corridor STC Terrace Housing and Apartment THAB Buildings Town Centre TC Volcanic Viewshafts VV 3 1. SUMMARY 1.1 The purpose of this joint Evidence Report (Report) is to consider submissions and further submissions to the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) Topic 081 Rezoning and Precincts (Geographical Areas) (Topic 081). This Report considers submissions and further submissions that were received by the Auckland Council (the Council) in relation to zoning of the Rural South area. 1.2 The Rural South area covers the Franklin Local Board Area with the exception of parts of Alfriston and Ardmore. The area also includes parts of the Papakura Local Board Area in Hingaia and Drury. The majority of the Rural South area comprises rural zoned land; however it also includes towns of Pukekohe and Waiuku, settlements at Beachlands and Maraetai, and a number of other rural settlements. There are large areas of Future Urban zone (in the Pukekohe, Hingaia and Drury areas) and industrial zoned sites. 1.3 A total of 405 submission points have been received by the Council in relation to the PAUP zoning within the Rural South area. The area has been divided into the following five sub areas. Submission points received in each sub area are shown below: • S14 – Hingaia, the Islands, Kingseat and Karaka (55 submission points); • S15 – Bombay, Drury and Opaheke, Drury South, Hunua, Paparimu, Runciman and Ramarama (45 submission points); • S16 – Pukekohe and Paerata (182 submission points); • S17 – Awhitu, Glenbrook, Glenbrook Beach, Patumahoe and Waiuku (60 submission points); and • S18 – Beachlands, Brookby, Clevedon, Clevedon Village Fringe, Maraetai, Matingarahi and Whitford (63 submission points) 1.4 The Report states whether or not we support the submissions, in full or in part, and identifies what amendments, if any, should be made to address matters raised in submissions. 1.5 In response to these submission points which either seek to amend or retain zoning, an assessment was made against the relevant PAUP objectives and policies of the relevant zone/s, the Regional Policy Statement (RPS), and local and regional context 4 to determine whether the requests are supported or rejected. As a result of the assessment, our position is broadly as follows: Where: (a) Submissions seek retention of the zone and where this is the most appropriate way to achieve the objectives and policies of the PAUP zone(s) and gives effect to the RPS, retention is supported. (b) Submissions seek to rezone sites to a higher or lower rural/residential zones, consideration has been given to the PAUP objectives and policies of the notified and sought zone(s), the RPS and local context. We support changes to zoning where the zoning complements the local context, and/or is the most appropriate way to achieve the objectives and policies of the zone, and/or gives effect to the RPS. (c) Submissions seek to make changes to business zoned land, the requests are assessed against the relevant zone objectives and policies, the RPS, the context of the site and its surroundings and the potential economic growth and viability of the area. We support changes to zoning where the zoning complements the local context, and/or is the most appropriate way to achieve the objectives and policies of the zone, and/or gives effect to the RPS. 1.6 As a result of the rezoning analysis undertaken, we propose a number of zoning changes. Where we have not supported changes proposed in submissions we have outlined reasons to justify our positions. 1.7 Attachment B to this Report sets out the analysis and planners' position with regard to the themes raised in submissions requesting relief in relation to the zoning of the Rural South area. Attachment C contains the analysis and the planners' proposed position against each submission point and proposed changes to the zoning maps. Attachment D addresses area wide submissions, on which we have relied in proposing a number of in scope area-wide or street-wide changes to the notified zones. 1.8 Attachment E contains two maps for each of the geographic submission area units within the Rural South area: the PAUP zones as notified but with properties identified that are subject to submissions; and the zoning changes now proposed by the Council, with in-scope and out of scope changes identified. Proposed changes that are within scope are shown as black outline, while those that are out of scope are shown as blue 5 outline. The out of scope changes proposed are set out in Attachment F, together with the reasons for them. PART A: OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 The purpose of this Report is to consider submissions and further submissions that were received by the Council in relation to zoning of the Rural South (as shown in Figure 1). 2.2 The Rural South area is divided into five submission areas (S14 to S18). It includes the area from the Tamaki Firth coastal area to the east through the Manukau Harbour coastal area then onwards to the Tasman coastal area (Awhitu Peninsula) to the west. 2.3 The satellite town of Pukekohe and surrounding urban areas of Drury represents the mid-point of the Rural South area, with the eastern and western parts containing a number of standalone rural and coastal settlements (serviced and un-serviced towns and villages) with a mix of urban zoning and features, surrounded by larger land holdings with a CL, MR or RP zoning. These settlements are largely remote from major urban centres and are serviced with very limited public transport, effectively making them car-dependent dormitory suburbs accessed via key arterial roads. 2.4 Interspersed amongst this greater rural landscape there are a network of POS and SP zones in the form of significant regional parks like the Hunua Range Regional Park and numerous significant infrastructure such as active quarries, marinas, Glenbrook steel mill and the National Grid Corridor. It is noted that submissions on open space and special purpose land within the Franklin and Manukau Rural area are addressed in separate evidence in