Last month Auckland Council sought feedback on their preliminary response to Government’s new housing rules. We submitted on your behalf…
[Read more…]Auckland Unitary Plan interview with GLRA on Morning Report today
This morning Guyon Espiner talked to Brandon Wilcox of Grey Lynn Residents Association and Leroy Beckett of Generation Zero about the Auckland Unitary Plan.
Read the article and embedded interviews here or click here to listen to the Morning Report interview with Brandon Wilcox and Leroy Beckett. [Read more…]
Chronicles of our Unitary Plan fight for Grey Lynn
In May the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel will finish hearing submissions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan. By July Auckland Council will be presented with the Panel’s proposed changes and the Unitary Plan will be one step closer to becoming fully operative.
It seems an appropriate time to review where we are with the plan, and how we have got here.
Final Unitary Plan appearance
Late on the afternoon of Thursday 14 April 2016 Grey Lynn Residents Association representatives Liz Hancock, Nicola Legat and Tania Mace made their final appearance in front of the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel (IHP).
It all began in 2013
This was the very end of a lengthy process that began in 2013 when [Read more…]
Unitary Plan Petition
Auckland Ratepayers’ Alliance has launched a “Unitary Plan Petition” to tell Auckland Council to withdraw their undemocratic “out of scope” zoning changes.
In December last year, just before Christmas (forgive us for being cynical about their timing), Auckland Council announced zoning changes to many Auckland suburbs with no consultation and no ability for ratepayers to give any feedback whatsoever.
Grey Lynn Up-zone Update
About 60 people attended our information evening on 25 January to hear about Auckland Council’s up-zoning of selected Grey Lynn streets.
We gave attendees [Read more…]
Grey Lynn Up-zone Could Increase Density In Your Street
Latest Auckland Council zone changes mean your street can be filled with apartments. Voice your support or opposition at our information evening… [Read more…]