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Ruakura Variation Strategic Overview Chapter 1 Plan Overview & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ruakura Variation Strategic Overview Chapter 1 Plan Overview & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Ruakura Variation Strategic Overview Chapter 1 Plan Overview & Chapter 2 Strategic Framework 3 rd and 4 th August 2016 Introduction Purpose and scope of my evidence Hearing structure Background History of Urbanisation Structure
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Background
- History of Urbanisation
- Structure Planning
- Proposed District Plan (PDP)
- Board of Inquiry Process (BOI)
- Variation Process
- Key Issues
- Strategic Evaluation
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Strategic Agreement
- Hamilton city boundaries fixed in 1989
- Strategic agreement with Waikato DC in 2005
- Agreement identified land at Ruakura to be
transferred
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Future Proof Sub-Regional Strategy
- WRC and Future Proof Sub-Regional Planning
group developed a strategic planning framework to manage future urban growth
- The Sub-Regional Growth Strategy 2009
identified Ruakura for employment
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Hamilton Urban Growth Strategy (HUGS)
- HUGS completed in 2009 - provides strategic
blueprint for the City
- Established long term growth settings for
Hamilton including Ruakura as a new employment location
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Proposed Waikato Regional Policy Statement (PWRPS)
- Notified in Nov 2010
- Future Proof Strategy & HUGS anchored into
formal RMA processes
- WRPS operative 20 May 2016
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Structure Planning
- Joint process between HCC, TGH and CPL
- An inland port could leverage the existing rail
corridor & strategic road connections
- A range of uses were identified for the whole
- f Ruakura
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Ruakura & Proposed District Plan
- Structure Plan developed concurrently with
- ther work streams during PDP Review
- Structure plan & zone provisions integrated
into PDP - notified on 12 December 2012
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Board of Inquiry Process
- June 2013 application to EPA
- Hearings Deferred on PDP for Ruakura
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Board of Inquiry Process cont’d
- Decision in Sept 2014 – modified the PDP
- Variation aligned to final plan change
approved by BOI
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Current Status of PDP
- Forty-five appeals lodged to the PDP
- Resolution to all appeals have now been
resolved except one - pending decisions from the Court
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Relevant planning framework
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Variation Process
- A program of meaningful consultation and
participatory engagement
- Comprehensive investigations and studies
undertaken
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Overview of the Variation
- BOI consistency
- Appeals version of the PDP
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Overview of the Variation cont’d
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Key Issues
- Cumulative effects
- Merits of a long term zoning of Logistics under
the Structure Plan for Percival/Ryburn Road
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Key Issues cont’d
- Merits of
retaining Figure 2-16 Ruakura Land Development Plan Areas
Luke please note this diagram is as notified – you could add in the amended version as a result of submissions
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Key Issues cont’d
- Strategic Infrastructure: Fixed and Indicative
Locations
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Key Issues cont’d
- Urban Design Management
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Key Issues cont’d
- Deferred submissions
- Scope of some submissions
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Key Issues cont’d
- Concept Development Plans
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Strategic Evaluation
- Maximising land resources
- HCC Planning
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Strategic Evaluation cont’d
- Urban form & Integrated land use & transport
planning
- Consistency with PDP & other strategic
directions
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Response to submissions
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Conclusions
- Variation is critical for the City & Waikato to
enable a major growth cell for NZ’s 4th largest City
- HCC endorses the variation to see Ruakura