Hutt City Council

Invest in providing excellent service to developments, eg timely approval of consents, that are well planned, affordable and ready to start.

Support developing affordable medium density housing and other infrastructure in suburbs that have large land area for development.

Commit to understand key reasons for homelessness and develop an action plan to eradicate by 2032.

Reduce wait times on building consents. Address homelessness by engaging all relevant agencies. Have a health lens for housing.

Protect and improve our existing green spaces and provide transport links to regional parks for those who do not have cars.

Get creative to improve interactions with our urban spaces across the ENTIRE city, bring it into the 2020's.

Improve streets and footpaths in Lower Hutt so that they are accessible for all, including prams, wheelchairs and other mobility devices.

Investigate the "mooted paper roads" – planned access roads that have not come about yet, such as the link from NaeNae to Wainuiomata.

Require local community consultation on high-density housing projects. Require them to include sufficient off-street parking.

Better manage the balance between affordable housing against the risk of creating high-density ghettos like Farmer Crescent used to be.

More consulting with local communities on improving streetscapes and urban spaces. Make space available for community-run gardens.

Plant trees on new subdivisions and clusters of housing, use developers contributions to ensure high density housing has green space.

Support the building services of Hutt City to become a centre of excellence particularly around efficiency of consents and weather tightness.

Revitalise High Street and Queens Street.

More housing needed, but intensification should be concentrated around central areas most easily serviced with Three Waters, transport, etc.

Lobby government to ditch 'no off street parking required' rule on new developments. We need mode shift, but provision for electric vehicles is still important.

Continue to work with community housing partners and Urban Plus on increasing the range of social housing, and 'affordable' new builds.

Protect and encourage the use of green spaces, plants and trees, building them into welcoming, practical community spaces suitable for all.

Partner with more organisations, ie City Mission for the betterment of those in our community who are most vulnerable, ie social housing.

Advocate for sensible intensification in areas surrounded by amenities to develop safe community areas that encourage good well-being.

Stop the heritage status being imposed on the 100's of new properties identified in Petone by the current council.

Maintain green spaces and places. Higher density housing needs good planning to ensure people can connect to natural surroundings.

Council needs far better service delivery, eg to ensure building consents are processed in a timely manner for housing intensification.

Increase funding for the implementation of council's homelessness strategy.

Ensure our council-controlled trading organisation Urban Plus Limited continues building all homes at Green Star 6.

Advocate to government to make the income related rent subsidy available to tenants in council-owned housing.

Review existing resource and building consent staffing resources to improve process timeframes.

Consult with communities on changes to streetscapes and urban spaces at the earliest opportunity and listen to feedback.

Work with community organisations to tackle housing, quality and homelessness issues.

Clearly define areas that will be impacted by sea level rise and cease resource consents for new buildings in these areas.

Prioritise affordable and community housing.

Review the manner in which infilling is carried out, including provision of off-street parking and green areas.

Maximise green spaces and integrate natural water systems into our urban spaces, such as rain gardens.

Prioritise housing intensification around town centres, shops and public transport.

Support present and future partnerships for affordable housing. And expand council's Urban Plus portfolio.

Require new developments to pay for new infrastructure required for that development, so that it doesn't put extra stress on it.

Require urban water sensitive design for new developments (ie rain water gardens, or using rain collection for flushing toilets).

Encourage intensification around the CBD, key amenities, and transport hubs.

Advocate for consistent, quality development that respects rights, infrastructure, is amenity/living focussed, and self contained.

Not support signifiant natural areas (SNAs) or "heritage" areas unless voluntary, consulted and (if proceeded) have "fair market value" compensation for residents.

Review existing council housing policy conducted through its council-controlled organisation with a view to advocating consulted enhancements.

Support PC43 and 56 to intensify housing near transport and commercial hubs, using '15 minute city' ideas, and prevent sprawl on our hills.

Support protection of urban trees, conversion of grass areas to community uses such as urban kai gardens and/or fruit or native trees.

Insist everyone has a warm, dry home, be it private or public; and that all new builds are as environmentally efficient as practicable.

Reject Ickli city design, and the Waikato Plan.

Support residents in growing their own food on their property.

Improve roading infrastructure.

Investigate a partnership with central government agencies and NGOs to provide shelter and support for homeless and rough sleepers.

Investigate a joint 'all of valley' building and resource consenting office for both Hutt City and Upper Hutt.

Adopt best practice intensification principles regarding mixed tenure and creating public spaces (natural and built) as private space is reduced.