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.
Ensure council is well prepared to respond to the upcoming resource management reforms.
Improve coordination across the housing vulnerability sector to reduce duplication and fill service gaps.
Work with the community on neighbourhood planning to shape growth and protect local character.
Encourage adaptive reuse of existing houses for self-contained units, protect sun access to neighbours and keep existing character.
Focus intensification in the CBD with four storeys as-of-right and allow six storeys if public or affordable housing is included.
Plan long-term growth with community input and explore smarter models like site amalgamation and sun-oriented medium density.
Recognise that housing in Nelson is some of the least affordable in the country.
Recognise that the lack of affordable housing is a significant challenge for the community.
Support projects enabling more affordable housing for home buyers away from flood zone areas.
Simplify the consent process for reconfiguring underused and unused residential and commercial space to create additional dwellings.
Reduce or remove reserve fund and infrastructure levies where the resulting capacity of new dwellings is no greater than before reconfiguring.
Engage with homeless people and those currently involved with them to pilot programmes to house and address their wider needs.
Encourage low-income healthy homes initiatives by way of council grants.
Lower rate hike expectations.
Remove begging and disruption from Nelson CBD streets.
Develop spatial plans that seamlessly connect housing with public transport, green spaces and essential community facilities.
Integrate long-term community well-being and affordability as core metrics in housing and spatial strategy plans.
Prioritise social and transitional housing for vulnerable communities in all future spatial planning activities and community consultation.
Continue to support all initiatives that will encourage appropriate intensification and monitor the adoption of government policy directives.
Ensure and support the continuation of the work undertaken by the NCC housing taskforce where possible.
Support initiatives that tackle housing affordability, working with community housing providers and Kāinga Ora, given limited funding.
Encourage inner city development.
Provide support for homeless.
Replace empty inner city shops with affordable, sustainable and resilient living.
Check council owned land and work to release land that could reasonably be used to build homes.
Work to congregate building developers, land owners, council staff and policy makers to lead a way to build affordable housing for our children.
Work to lift bylaws that impede budget housing, like minimum section sizes.
Ensure council is well prepared to respond to the upcoming resource management reforms.
Improve coordination across the housing vulnerability sector to reduce duplication and fill service gaps.
Work with the community on neighbourhood planning to shape growth and protect local character.
Encourage adaptive reuse of existing houses for self-contained units, protect sun access to neighbours and keep existing character.
Focus intensification in the CBD with four storeys as-of-right and allow six storeys if public or affordable housing is included.
Plan long-term growth with community input and explore smarter models like site amalgamation and sun-oriented medium density.
Recognise that housing in Nelson is some of the least affordable in the country.
Recognise that the lack of affordable housing is a significant challenge for the community.
Support projects enabling more affordable housing for home buyers away from flood zone areas.
Simplify the consent process for reconfiguring underused and unused residential and commercial space to create additional dwellings.
Reduce or remove reserve fund and infrastructure levies where the resulting capacity of new dwellings is no greater than before reconfiguring.
Engage with homeless people and those currently involved with them to pilot programmes to house and address their wider needs.
Encourage low-income healthy homes initiatives by way of council grants.
Lower rate hike expectations.
Remove begging and disruption from Nelson CBD streets.
Develop spatial plans that seamlessly connect housing with public transport, green spaces and essential community facilities.
Integrate long-term community well-being and affordability as core metrics in housing and spatial strategy plans.
Prioritise social and transitional housing for vulnerable communities in all future spatial planning activities and community consultation.
Continue to support all initiatives that will encourage appropriate intensification and monitor the adoption of government policy directives.
Ensure and support the continuation of the work undertaken by the NCC housing taskforce where possible.
Support initiatives that tackle housing affordability, working with community housing providers and Kāinga Ora, given limited funding.
Encourage inner city development.
Provide support for homeless.
Replace empty inner city shops with affordable, sustainable and resilient living.
Check council owned land and work to release land that could reasonably be used to build homes.
Work to congregate building developers, land owners, council staff and policy makers to lead a way to build affordable housing for our children.
Work to lift bylaws that impede budget housing, like minimum section sizes.
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