Urban Growth in Northern Waitakere

The Northern area of the city around Massey North, Westgate and Hobsonville has for a number of years been identified as a potential area for further urban development. Find out what's happening in the following areas:

Massey North/Westgate

Hobsonville

Further information

Introduction

Waitakere City is growing fast. Its population will continue to grow rapidly over the next ten to twenty years. It will be a challenge to have places where everyone will live and work.

There is now very limited space within the developed urban areas of the city where any new housing, business, industry or other activities can go.

Waitakere, along with other councils with areas along the city limits around the Auckland Region, is seeking planning changes with the Auckland Regional Council to extend what is called the Metropolitan Urban Limit (MUL) as a way of providing for the growing cities of the region.

Waitakere is seeking to change its District Plan to allow urban development in these areas. Planners sometimes refer to the areas collectively as NORSGA, the Northern Strategic Growth Area.

A range of plans are underway with different government agencies to cope with the growth. We will shortly see new motorways developed in the area, a revamped and extended city centre at Westgate, an extended town centre at Hobsonville Village and marine industries and housing on and around the old Hobsonville airbase.

The development of Waitakere's North West provides an exciting opportunity to boost the city's economy and provide better services and opportunities for people living in the area.

Further information

Massey North, Westgate, Hobsonville Village, the airbase, the area known as the "Hobsonville Corridor" and Whenuapai all fall into the Northern Strategic Growth Area (NORSGA).

A range of activities have been carried out over the past six years to get public feedback about plans for these northern areas of the city.
A mayoral taskforce was set up in 2000 and a number of workshops carried out to put together a vision for the area's future.

Newsletters are available that give some background to planning work over the past few years.

Issue Two - July 2004 (Size 446K)

Issue One - May 2003 (Size 357K)

There are also a number of planning documents and agreements covering this area:

They include District Plan changes.
Hearing Information.
The Northern and Western Sectors Agreement (an agreement between Waitakere City Council, North Shore City and Rodney District Councils).
The Upper Waitemata Harbour Study.
The Waitakere City Growth Management Strategy.

ARC's regional planning documents.