Draft Growth Management Strategy for Waitakere

Waitakere's population is growing quickly and this trend is not expected to change significantly over the next 50 years. A significant proportion of Waitakere's workforce currently leave the city each day for work. This strategy provides a framework for accommodating projected population increases whilst maximising local employment opportunities in a way that ensures that the city remains a great place to work, live and play well into the future.

Background

The strategy is a working draft. 2001 census data is utilised in the Strategy. Even though 2006 is census year, the census data will not be available until 2007. The Local Government (Auckland) Amendment Act 2002 Hearings and ongoing regional and local strategy development (including associated consultation) is progressing through 2006 and will also impact this strategy. It is therefore envisaged that the Growth Management Strategy will stay draft until 2007 to enable review in light of this significant work.

A two part structure was developed in the strategy, so that those that are interested in city wide issues can focus on part I whilst those interested in how specific areas may develop in the future can focus on part II.
Part I looks at the background and drivers for growth and where and when growth will occur and part II looks at what form growth could take in the future and provides more detailed area profiles for significant growth areas across the city.

It is important that growth is planned, coordinated, and prioritised with other social and physical infrastructure providers in a manner that ensures what we do today does not foreclose on future opportunities.

Accordingly, the strategy doesn't sit in isolation and has been developed in accordance with the key aims of both regional and sub-regional growth strategies to provide a basis for a more integrated form of urban development and interrelated rural development.

The strategy considers how growth should best take place to support positive outcomes within a broad range of environmental issues including quality urban design, natural resource availability, and climate change as well as essential infrastructural requirements in the areas of transport, water, energy, communications, and social infrastructure.

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Draft Growth Management Strategy

Executive summary (Size 600K)

Part I (Size 1742K)

Part II - Future Form

Citywide - Vision for the Future (Size 81K)

Growth Area Profiles - City Centres:

Henderson (Size 1297K)
New Lynn (Size 1425K)
Massey-Westgate (Size 857K)

Growth Area Profiles - Town Centres: (Size 1868K)

Glen Eden
Te Atatu Peninsula

Growth Area Profiles - Local Centres:

Ranui, Glendene (Size 1925K)
Kelston, Te Atatu South (Size 1858K)
Fruitvale, Sturges (Size 1918K)
Sunnyvale, Swanson (Size 1568K)

Growth corridors (Size 2253K)

Future urban growth areas (Size 1296K)

Social Infrastructure Planning Framework for Waitakere City
 

Introduction and Background (Size 1258K )

The Nature of Social Infrastructure Planning  (Size 565K)

Growth Planning Processes (Size 636K)

Key Options in the Social Infrastructure Planning Process (Size 849K )

Facilitating Social Infrastructure Planning Processes (Size 833K)

Co-ordination and Collaboration (Size 680K)

Social Infrastructure Planning Sheets (Size 398K)

Next Steps  (Size 457K)

Appendices (Size 234K)