Nelson City 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.
Increase the volume of good quality council housing.
Find innovative ways to increase housing stock and density.
Set and enforce minimum standards in housing rental market to ensure warm, ventilated healthy homes.
Support housing intensification in existing neighbourhoods, rather than expansion into productive land and greenbelts.
Collaborate for more innovative, sustainable and accessible community and affordable housing options. Establish night shelter facilities.
Reduce barriers to partitioning existing homes, conversion of existing buildings to housing, and secondary dwellings on properties.
Make sure investment in council housing is in appropriate areas and of good quality.
Work to streamline the application process to enable more subdivisions for building projects in suitable areas.
Revisit scoping of Stoke-Tāhunanui and Hira as part of revitalise urban planning.
Encourage central government investment including additional contingency funding to keep continuous development despite environment challenges.
Ensure the Nelson Resource Management Plan recognises all implications of land use and housing: eg community building, lifestyle, transport, health, climate, etc.
Work with real estate industry to optimise council strategy to contain housing within the city's existing footprint.
Waive infrastructure levies on additional dwellings created when under occupied houses are reconfigured to house additional households.
Better resource and streamline our building consent processes.
Continue to improve our green spaces, to future proof for the areas tagged for housing intensification.
Set up a new subcommittee focused on community well-being, partnering support to community housing trusts and community support organisations.
Up-zone suburbs around our city's centres and along public transport routes, to support greater intensification around core services.
Lead the development of housing on under-utilised council-owned land, to increase housing supply and guarantee affordable housing.
Establish an urban regeneration agency to lead high-quality intensification through masterplanning, land parcelling and catalyst development.
Invest in improving our building consent processes.
Better partnerships with our local community housing providers.
Create community working group to engage with and support existing wrap around homeless support agencies and housing providers.
Increase the volume of good quality council housing.
Find innovative ways to increase housing stock and density.
Set and enforce minimum standards in housing rental market to ensure warm, ventilated healthy homes.
Support housing intensification in existing neighbourhoods, rather than expansion into productive land and greenbelts.
Collaborate for more innovative, sustainable and accessible community and affordable housing options. Establish night shelter facilities.
Reduce barriers to partitioning existing homes, conversion of existing buildings to housing, and secondary dwellings on properties.
Make sure investment in council housing is in appropriate areas and of good quality.
Work to streamline the application process to enable more subdivisions for building projects in suitable areas.
Revisit scoping of Stoke-Tāhunanui and Hira as part of revitalise urban planning.
Encourage central government investment including additional contingency funding to keep continuous development despite environment challenges.
Ensure the Nelson Resource Management Plan recognises all implications of land use and housing: eg community building, lifestyle, transport, health, climate, etc.
Work with real estate industry to optimise council strategy to contain housing within the city's existing footprint.
Waive infrastructure levies on additional dwellings created when under occupied houses are reconfigured to house additional households.
Better resource and streamline our building consent processes.
Continue to improve our green spaces, to future proof for the areas tagged for housing intensification.
Set up a new subcommittee focused on community well-being, partnering support to community housing trusts and community support organisations.
Up-zone suburbs around our city's centres and along public transport routes, to support greater intensification around core services.
Lead the development of housing on under-utilised council-owned land, to increase housing supply and guarantee affordable housing.
Establish an urban regeneration agency to lead high-quality intensification through masterplanning, land parcelling and catalyst development.
Invest in improving our building consent processes.
Better partnerships with our local community housing providers.
Create community working group to engage with and support existing wrap around homeless support agencies and housing providers.
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