War for Wellington: Minister approves sweeping upzoning, rejects heritage changes
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The final decision on the Wellington District Plan makes it official: High-density housing is legal across most of Wellington.

Housing minister Chris Bishop has announced his decision on the Wellington District Plan, approving a series of amendments to radically upzone most of Wellington, allowing tens of thousands of new townhouses and apartments that were previously illegal to build.

Decisions where Bishop sided with the council

  • Adelaide Road will be part of the centre city zone
  • The walkable catchment will be 15 minutes
  • Smaller character precincts
  • The Johnsonville train is a train [“mass rapid transit”]
  • Ten-minute walking catchments around all train stations
  • No setback requirements for townhouses
  • Hay Street, Hania Street and Moir Streets will be zoned for high density

Decisions where Bishop sided with the independent hearings panel:

  • Kilbirnie will be zoned for high density
  • Every heritage removal is rejected

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  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I love this

    These streets were all minor exceptions where the IHP had allowed weird density exceptions because the residents were rich and good at arguing and gave lots of reasons why their street was different to all the streets. The council rejected these exemptions, and Bishop agreed.