Councils Work together for Urban Development Plan
September 11, 2009
Joint statment from Napier City Council, Hastings District Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council 07 Sep 2009
JOINT COUNCIL HERETAUNGA PLAINS URBAN DEVELOPMENT STUDY
Napier City Council, Hastings District Council and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council are working together on the Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy (HPUDS) that will see a coordinated approach to urban development across the Heretaunga Plains.
Napier Mayor and HPUDS Governance Group Chair Barbara Arnott says “Over recent months the NCC, HDC and HBRC have been preparing for the growth strategy study and work has now formally commenced. It’s vital we have a coordinated approach to manage the plains resource and get community input on how we all want the region to look in future.”
The strategy will identify where growth will go from 2015 to 2045 and beyond, the desired density, what the sequence of development should be, the criteria for establishing the boundaries to urban growth and the infrastructure needed.
Work has already taken place on drawing together existing work done by the three Councils and what further research needs to be carried out.
Wasley Knell Ltd, regarded as national leaders in the development and implementation of growth strategies, have been engaged for process. They will lead the scenario development, evaluation, drafting of the strategy and consulting the public on the strategy.
Research on demographic and economic projections, market demand, transport and other infrastructure, the retirement sector, brownfields sites, mana whenua and climate change impacts on urban growth, has also commenced.
Feedback from various organisations stakeholders and the public will be fed into the development of scenarios. Once a plan is developed, in the first half of 2010, consultation with the wider community will be carried out.
For more information please visit www.hpuds.co.nz
