Tauranga City Council’s main role in Tauriko West is to deliver a structure plan for the new urban growth area and associated City Plan changes.
Council would then deliver infrastructure to the boundary of the development, where we estimate houses could start being built in 2022 or 2023. This all requires careful planning in partnership with developers and the community, to deliver the best outcomes for everyone.
What is structure planning?
Structure planning is a type of spatial planning for urban areas. It takes a big picture approach to the development, or redevelopment, of larger areas – identifying what constraints there may be on the land, what areas are suitable for housing, what development could look like and where infrastructure needs to go. It pulls the pieces of the puzzle together and ensures the area functions as a whole.
The structure planning work for the Tauriko West area will look at:
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Land use
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the type and location of land uses that will be permitted, including development type, density and staging
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Transport
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multimodal transport links and connectivity such as roading, public transport, cycle and pedestrian access
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Three waters
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the location, type, scale and staging of infrastructure required including stormwater, water and sewerage
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Integration
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of new development and growth with existing and proposed infrastructure and urban development in the eastern corridor
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Landscape character
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specifically around the Kaituna River and wetlands, and the coastal area, and the associated amenity they could provide
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Tangata whenua
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how cultural values and tangata whenua aspirations will be taken into consideration
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Green spaces
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reserves and open space networks
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Protecting people
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identifying how natural hazards could impact the area and how to protect the community from them
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Protecting the area
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the protection of sites, features or values which may be cultural, ecological, historical or amenity related
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Community facilities
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how we provide them in the area or how we give access to existing facilities in other areas
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Contamination
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locating areas where historical contamination may have occurred (e.g. old scrap yards, landfills, orchards) and may constrain future land use
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Network utilities
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provision and location of electricity, gas, broadband
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Getting to this result requires a lot of research, technical assessments, modelling etc. It also requires a good understanding of what outcomes we want to achieve for the community and landowners, and what the community and landowners want.
Last Reviewed: 08/11/2018