88 Smartgrowth Strategy 2013 Western Bay - a Great Place to Live, Learn, Work and Play
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88 SmartGrowth Strategy 2013 Western Bay - a great place to live, learn, work AND play Part C Settlement Pattern SmartGrowth Strategy 2013 89 Part Settlement BC Pattern 12. The SmartGrowth Settlement Pattern 12.1 of the original SmartGrowth Strategy. required to accommodate the projected Introduction Broadly described they were as follows: population • Confirm existing Urban Growth Areas This section of the document sets out Status Quo: A continuation of the policy • Confirm the amount of growth the approach of SmartGrowth 2013 to approach where a mix of intensification allocated to Urban Growth Areas key issues related to integrated planning and expansion are provided. • Confirm the sequencing of and the Settlement Pattern. The key development of Urban Growth Areas components of this section are; Lower Density: A continuation of • Confirm the infrastructure triggers • The SmartGrowth Settlement Pattern past trends of low-density suburban required for development of Urban • SmartGrowth corridors development and urban expansion, Growth Areas • Growth projections and demographic with intensification limited to market led • Confirm projections for residential analysis initiatives. intensification • Staged development of the Settlement Pattern Higher Density: A modification on For industrial land the Settlement Pattern • Residential land the current policy approach that seeks review will; • Business land to significantly increase the intensity • Assess the amount of industrial land • Sub-regional infrastructure of development, with limited urban required at Wairakei and Ōmokoroa • Transport expansion. • Assess the infrastructure servicing and funding requirements for Rangiuru Actions required to implement the The three growth scenario alternatives • Assess the balance of industrial land approach of the Updated Strategy to each were evaluated and the high-density provided throughout the Settlement of the key issues are contained in the alternative ranked the strongest. Pattern based on the confirmed Urban implementation plan in section 21. The evaluation criteria used helped Growth Areas and identify whether any shape the identification of sites for new industrial land is required The Settlement Pattern is a ‘blueprint’ future development (greenfields and that sets out how, where and when intensification) through incorporating the 12.4 development will occur within the sub- development constraints and opportunities Key Changes to the region and ensures that implications of specific to the western Bay of Plenty sub- Settlement Pattern infrastructure and funding can be worked region. This preference for a more compact through early, in an integrated manner. urban form underpins the original 2004 SmartGrowth 2013 has made four key SmartGrowth Strategy Settlement Pattern. changes to the 2003 Settlement Pattern The SmartGrowth Settlement Pattern based on available evidence; provides certainty by sending clear and 12.3 1. Welcome Bay South has been unambiguous signals to the market on The Settlement Pattern removed from the Settlement Pattern long-term growth and development of the Review as a future Urban Growth Area sub-region by identifying; 2. Additional land at Belk Road has been • urban limits Postponing the 2011 Census has had added to the Settlement Pattern for • transport and growth corridors implications for the SmartGrowth future industrial use as an extension to • employment areas Update. It has not been possible to the Tauriko Business Estate • urban growth areas undertake a comprehensive review of the 3. Three areas not currently in the • increased residential density targets for 2003 Settlement Pattern based on the Settlement Pattern have been greenfield subdivisions most up-to-date demographic analysis identified as requiring strategic • intensification opportunities during the 2013 SmartGrowth Update. assessment through the Settlement Instead a comprehensive review of Pattern Review. These are; The Settlement Pattern promotes a more the Settlement Pattern is directed by a i. Tauriko west compact urban footprint and protects priority action in the implementation plan. ii. Te Puna productive rural land for the foreseeable Upon completion of the project, relevant iii. Paengaroa future under the current growth rates. sections of the SmartGrowth strategy 4. Projections for residential will be updated to reflect the confirmed intensification have been removed 12.2 Settlement Pattern. from the Strategy and replaced with Background a comprehensive work programme For residential Urban Growth Areas the for Residential Intensification Three growth scenario alternatives were Settlement Pattern review will; (see appendix 5). The Residential consulted on as part of the development • Identify new Urban Growth Areas Intensification work programme 90 SmartGrowth Strategy 2013 The SmartGrowth Settlement Pattern 12 outlines the work required to develop robust, evidence-based estimates for the likely quantity, form and location of intensification for incorporation into the Strategy. SmartGrowth Strategy 2013 91 Part Settlement BC Pattern 13. SmartGrowth Corridors 13.1 SmartGrowth Settlement Pattern. B. Eastern Corridor Sub-regional corridors The corridors are separated into five key The Eastern Corridor links the western The physical setting of the sub-region geographic areas: Bay of Plenty with the eastern Bay of is such that a “corridor” pattern of 1. North of Tauranga including Omokoroa Plenty and Rotorua and includes the development has emerged. This and Katikati urban areas of Papamoa, Wairakei and corridor pattern links the western Bay of 2. East of Tauranga towards Whakatane Te Puke. State Highway 2 (to the east) Plenty sub-region with its neighbours, and Rotorua provides significant economic and social in particular heading east towards 3. South of Tauranga linking Pyes Pa links between the western Bay of Plenty Whakatane and south towards Rotorua. Road to Rotorua and Rotorua. There are also synergies The SmartGrowth Strategy takes a 4. West of Tauranga linking the Bay of between the export Port of Tauranga and wider spatial view in order to better Plenty with the Waikato. the agriculture and forestry originating integrate land use and infrastructure. 5. Central Tauranga covering the inner from the Taupo and Rotorua areas. Export The Strategy also promotes wider Bay of city urban area. timber volumes are expected to increase Plenty economic development outcomes from 6.8 million cubic metres per annum through better intra-regional linkages. A. Northern Corridor to 12 million cubic metres per annum in the near future and are likely to be 13.2 The Northern corridor links the western sustained at these high levels for some Spatial Corridors Bay of Plenty north to Coromandel and time into the future. Auckland. It includes the urban areas SmartGrowth takes a corridor approach of Bethlehem, Omokoroa, Katikati and Other components of this corridor to the integration of infrastructure, Waihī Beach. Other components of this include: land-use and funding. These corridors corridor include; • State highway links to eastern Bay of extend beyond the boundaries of the • Business land at Katikati, Omokoroa Plenty, Rotorua and Gisborne western Bay and align with the transport and Te Puna • Freight links to Port of Tauranga via High activity packages and associated • Additional residential development at Productivity Motor Vehicle Route (HPMV) funding requirements into the Regional Omokoroa, Katikati and Waihī Beach • East Coast Main Trunk railway which Land Transport Strategy (RLTS) 2011, • Tourism links through the Goodness is a key freight link enabling access to which also takes a corridor approach to Highway the Port of Tauranga for timber exports transportation across the region. • The designated Tauranga Northern from within and beyond the subregion. Arterial and 4-laning to Omokoroa • The Rotorua Airport which is From a spatial planning perspective it is • Special consideration of harbour developing as an international airport for important to remember the strong links impacts from development trans-Tasman tourism links between the western Bay of Plenty • Regional business park at Rangiuru sub-region and the wider Bay of Plenty The Tauranga Northern Corridor Strategy • Additional residential and business region. For example all the rivers have was developed in 2009. This document development at Wairakei headwaters outside the Western Bay. All represents an integrated land use and • New business and residential the key transport routes extend beyond transportation strategy for the Northern development at Te Puke the sub-region to Gisborne, the central Corridor. Since 2009 there have been • Future Waiari water treatment plant North Island, the Waikato, Auckland a number of influences (e.g. growth • Future residential and business land and the Coromandel. See Map 3 for a location and yields; change in land at Te Tumu and associated transport depiction of the corridors and spatial use, road safety) which have served infrastructure including the Papamoa linkages between western Bay of Plenty as a catalyst to initiate a review of the East Interchange and the Kaituna Link and its neighbours. corridor strategy. The NZTA, WBOPDC, from the eastern end of Te Tumu to TCC and the BOPRC are now working Rangiuru/ Tauranga Eastern Link/ SH2 For the western Bay of Plenty sub-region collaboratively on a review of the • Tourism links through the Goodness large-scale transport activities have Northern Corridor within the broader SH2 Highway been packaged