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[ad_1] Christchurch residents can now have their say on proposed changes to the city’s planning rules that will allow more intensive development to meet future growth. The Council’s Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (Plan Change 14) and the Heritage Plan Change (Plan Change 13) have both been officially notified today. Formal submissions on the…
[ad_1] Consultation on proposed changes to Christchurch’s planning rulebook for housing and business growth – the District Plan – may get the go-ahead next week. Christchurch City Council will consider notifying its Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (Plan Change 14) and Heritage Plan Change (Plan Change 13) at its meeting on 1 March. If…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council is working closely with the landowner and site occupier of Port-link Industrial Park on a way forward to address concerns about how containers are managed on the site. The Council is investigating District Plan compliance on the site on Cumnor Terrace in Woolston, which is primarily being used for storing shipping…
[ad_1] Significant changes to Christchurch’s planning rules, set to come into effect in August, are being pushed back a month due to the impacts of Covid-19 and winter sickness. Update on Coastal Hazards and Radio Communication Pathways plan changes The Council was also preparing for two additional plan changes to be formally notified for submissions…
[ad_1] A healthy number of submissions have been received on a series of Draft Plan Changes aimed at preparing Christchurch for future growth. Feedback closed last week on four Draft Plan Changes: The Housing and Business Choice Plan Change, which will enable more development in the city’s existing urban footprint in line with government direction,…
[ad_1] Parts of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and sea level rise would have future development managed according to their level of risk. Christchurch City Council has begun consulting the public on its Draft Coastal Hazards Plan Change, which outlines how the Council will manage future development, subdivision and…
[ad_1] Minimum car-parking requirements for new and existing developments will be removed from the Christchurch District Plan next week in line with Government legislation. From Friday 18 February 2022, developers will only be required under the District Plan to provide accessible car parks for commercial and residential developments. The change is aimed at freeing up…
[ad_1] Protecting people and property from flooding is one of the drivers behind a District Plan change being proposed by Christchurch City Council as part of a package of amendments. The plan change, which is at the pre-notification stage, aims to improve the management of buildings and earthworks near the Waimakariri River stopbanks to avoid…
[ad_1] Changes are being proposed to Christchurch City Council planning rules to help enable Māori to build on land they own in the Papakāinga/Kāinga Nohoanga zone. Plan Change 8 seeks to significantly reduce the setbacks required for building on Māori land in the zone, and increase the maximum permitted site coverage of buildings from 35…
[ad_1] People can have their say on proposed central city planning rule changes to manage Canterbury Multi-Use Arena (CMUA) noise during concerts and large events that will be held at the state-of-the-art facility. The 25,000-seat, 36,000-capacity covered arena is the final anchor project in the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan and its ability to host All…
[ad_1] A proposed District Plan Change relating to short-term accommodation including use of a residential unit for visitor accommodation, such as AirBnB, Homeaway/Bookabach, has drawn 133 submissions. Further submissions will be invited on the proposed Plan Change from 26 November to 10 December. Proposed Plan Change 4 was publicly notified by Christchurch City Council in…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council’s Urban Development and Transport Committee members have voiced their concerns at how the new National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) could potentially affect Christchurch’s urban landscape in the future. The Council is investigating how it will comply with the NPS-UD intensification rules that have been handed down from central Government….
[ad_1] Feedback is wanted on a group of proposed changes to the Christchurch District Plan including rules for business activity, noise insulation near roads and railways and implementing national direction on carparking. The proposed changes have been packaged together as one plan change, called Plan Change 5. Plan Change 5 aims to: Provide stronger direction…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council will next week consider whether to accept for processing a private plan change to rezone land adjoining the Homebase retail centre on Marshland Road. The land to the north of the centre is currently zoned for residential development. The Council’s Urban Development and Transport Committee will decide at its meeting on…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council is calling for submissions on its proposed changes to the Christchurch District Plan provisions relating to short-term accommodation primarily in rural, papakāinga, and residential zones of the city. It has publicly notified Proposed Plan Change 4, triggering the start of a month-long period in which people can make submissions on the…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council staff are proposing a revamp of the planning rules relating to how visitor short-term accommodation is managed in different areas of the district. Earlier this year the Council invited the public to give feedback on five different options it was looking at to manage home-share accommodation – particularly Airbnb-type activity —…