20 September 2013

Key Planning Committee recommendations from today

The Christchurch City Council Planning Committee met today and made the following key recommendations:

Appointment of a District Plan Review Working Party and Progress Update Report: The Committee recommended that the Council receive this report which provides an update on progress with the District Plan Review. In addition, the report proposes the appointment of a new District Plan Review Working Party that would ensure the necessary continuity and flexibility to achieve Governance involvement in the preparation of the proposed recovery chapters for public notification through to hearings.

Prestons Road proposed private plan change 76 – rezoning of 4.6 hectares at corner of the Marshland Road and Prestons Road, Christchurch, to Living G: The Committee referred this report to the 3 October Council meeting for consideration to enable sufficient time for it to be publicly available.

Draft Land Use Recovery Plan actions 2 and 6 recommendations to the Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery: The Committee recommended that the Council receive this report. The Committee recommend that the Council recommend to the Minister for Earthquake Recovery that he direct the Council to:

Amend the Operative Christchurch City District Plan to add the Comprehensive Redevelopment Mechanism in accordance with the Land Use Recovery Plan (LURP) Action 2 – providing a ‘floating zone’.

Direct the Chief Executive to:
• Work actively with Housing New Zealand to identify two exemplars for inclusion in the final approved LURP.
• Work with Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu to identify a proposal which would meet exemplar criteria.
• Work with at least one private developer to facilitate the inclusion of an exemplar in the District plan Review.

Approve two Council Social Housing sites for inclusion in the exemplar process.

Canterbury Water Management Strategy: Addendum (August 2013) to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee implementation programme (2012): The Committee recommended that Council receive the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Implementation Programme Addendum and endorse the Addendum as a basis for the Selwyn-Waihora sub-regional section of the Land and Water Regional Plan.

The Committee recommended the Council adopt the following reports:
• Report on Dog Control Policy and Practices
• Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission of Enquiry – response to recommendation for Christchurch City Council
• Review of temporary accommodation standards and the timeframes for processing temporary accommodation applications.

ENDS

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