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Looking Back On What We Achieved in 2024

31 December 2024 by Brandon Wilcox Leave a Comment

Happy New Year from the United Republic of Gay Lynn

Happy New Year! As we close the door on ’24, we hope you thrive in ’25. To prepare for the year ahead, let’s look at the year just gone.

Filed Under: Grey Lynn Residents Association Tagged With: 2023 Anniversary Weekend Floods, 38 Rawene Ave Westmere, Arch Hill, Arch Hill Reserve, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport (AT), Barfoot & Thompson Grey Lynn, Bike Auckland, Bond Street, Brandon Wilcox, Central Interceptor, Cockburn Street, Cohaus, Cooper Street, Coxs Bay, Dan Salmon, David Batten, Dryden Street, Friends of Grey Lynn Park, Friends of Hakanoa Reserve, Great North Road improvement plan, Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn Park, Grey Lynn Park to Hakanoa Reserve Blue-Green Corridor, Grey Lynn School, Hakanoa Reserve, Helen White MP, Hon Judith Collins, Incorporated Societies Act 1908, Incorporated Societies Act 2022, Joanna Hurst, Kāinga Ora, Karangahape Road, Marc Collins, Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Melissa Lee MP, Meola Road cycleway, Mike Lee, National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), Nicola Legat, Niger Street, Nikki Kaye, Northland Street, Paul Shortland, Plan Change 78, Point Chevalier cycleway, Potatau Street, Quiet Sky Waitematā, Rose Road Gully, Steve Willis, Surrey Crescent, Tania Mace, Waitematā Local Board (WLB), Waitematā Safe Routes, Watercare, Western Isthmus Stormwater and Wastewater Upgrades

How Plan Change 78 (Intensification Rules) Affects Grey Lynn

26 September 2022 by Tania Mace

Plan Change 78 could mean these Grey Lynn villas are zoned for apartment buildings unless the "special character" overlay is retained — Plan Change 78 rezones these properties in Selbourne St to allow 5-storey apartment buildings as they are within 200m of Grey Lynn Local Centre (Surrey Cres Shops) – a local shopping centre that Council considers “large”. They are currently zoned single house and are not covered by the special character overlay.

The proposed Plan Change 78 rezones all Auckland suburbs. It is open for submissions until 29 September 2022. Make sure you have your say!

Filed Under: Intensification Tagged With: Arch Hill, Auckland Council, Auckland Unitary Plan, Burns Street, Dickens Street, Great North Road Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn Local Centre, Grey Lynn Park, Kainga Ora, Mackelvie Street, Maidstone Street, Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Mixed Housing Urban zone, National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), Nixon Street, Plan Change 78, Pollen Street Grey Lynn, Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Town Centre, Putiki Street, Qualifying Matter, Scanlan Street, Special Character Areas Overlay, StatsNZ, Terrace Houses & Apartment Buildings (THAB) zone, Upzoning, Walkable catchments, Williamson Ave Grey Lynn

GLRA submission on Government’s new housing rules

16 June 2022 by Tania Mace

Urban development in Grey Lynn — An example of urban development in Grey Lynn

Last month Auckland Council sought feedback on their preliminary response to Government’s new housing rules. We submitted on your behalf…

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Auckland Council, Auckland Unitary Plan, Environment Court, Freemans Bay Residents Association, Herne Bay Residents Association, Independent Hearings Panel (IHP), Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), Minister for the Environment, National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), St Mary’s Bay Association, Western Bays Community Group

Now Is the Time to Make Your Voice Heard on the Future of Grey Lynn

9 May 2022 by Nicola Legat

Most of you will have heard by now about Auckland Council’s planning maps which show the potential for a radically reshaped city. The Council is asking for feedback on this from residents, and this blog sets out to explain to Grey Lynn residents how you can submit your views.

Filed Under: Auckland Plan Tagged With: Arch Hill, Auckland Unitary Plan, Cohaus, Coxs Bay, Grey Lynn, Grey Lynn Park, Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD), NPS-UD, Qualifying Matter, Resource Management (Enabling Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, Special Character, Walkable catchments