Otago Peninsula Community Board
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.
Allow housing intensification only where infrastructure supports it.
Develop social housing strategies that address homelessness.
Incentivise smart and energy-efficient housing.
Expedite reforms to the building consent system to reduce delays and costs and consolidate building consent authority functions within the council.
Give contracts to local businesses not global organisations to give back to the community and put money back into the local economy.
Reduce administrative costs and ensure plans have final endpoints that are met.
Create bylaws to improve the quality of housing in student areas.
Improve zoning in the inner city to allow for more dense population, decreasing urban sprawl with a focus on maintaining heritage buildings.
Advocate for careful urban planning to balance new housing and infrastructure with preservation of the peninsula's unique rural character.
Support sustainable development that integrates environmental safeguards.
Allow housing intensification only where infrastructure supports it.
Develop social housing strategies that address homelessness.
Incentivise smart and energy-efficient housing.
Expedite reforms to the building consent system to reduce delays and costs and consolidate building consent authority functions within the council.
Give contracts to local businesses not global organisations to give back to the community and put money back into the local economy.
Reduce administrative costs and ensure plans have final endpoints that are met.
Create bylaws to improve the quality of housing in student areas.
Improve zoning in the inner city to allow for more dense population, decreasing urban sprawl with a focus on maintaining heritage buildings.
Advocate for careful urban planning to balance new housing and infrastructure with preservation of the peninsula's unique rural character.
Support sustainable development that integrates environmental safeguards.
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