Kaipara District Council
Housing and planning
Local councils are responsible for land use planning under the Resource Management Act, which affects where and how new houses are constructed, as well as the design of cities and towns. In some areas, councils also provide housing to those who need it most.
Housing and planning
Local councils are responsible for land use planning under the Resource Management Act, which affects where and how new houses are constructed, as well as the design of cities and towns. In some areas, councils also provide housing to those who need it most.
Reduce or cap building consent costs and by pre-approving some affordable timber designs.
Encourage a plentiful supply of land that is not suitable for cultivation.
Provide say 1% of the housing stock for genuinely seriously disadvantaged people at a rental and maintenance cost.
Allow flexibility in the new district plan so people who want to live in the countryside on a small acreage will have opportunity to do so.
Hand council pensioner units over to not-for-profit groups which can benefit from government subsidies and service tenant needs better.
Resource Management Act is overburdened with bureaucracy. Cease the requirement for resource consents for domestic dwellings.
Make subdividing easier. Get rid of bureaucratic overburden.
Make a minimum time for processing building consents through council.
Reduce or cap building consent costs and by pre-approving some affordable timber designs.
Encourage a plentiful supply of land that is not suitable for cultivation.
Provide say 1% of the housing stock for genuinely seriously disadvantaged people at a rental and maintenance cost.
Allow flexibility in the new district plan so people who want to live in the countryside on a small acreage will have opportunity to do so.
Hand council pensioner units over to not-for-profit groups which can benefit from government subsidies and service tenant needs better.
Resource Management Act is overburdened with bureaucracy. Cease the requirement for resource consents for domestic dwellings.
Make subdividing easier. Get rid of bureaucratic overburden.
Make a minimum time for processing building consents through council.
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