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Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 2:16 pm
Kaipara District Council has accepted the recommendation
from the Hearings Panel to approve Private Plan Change 78
after Elected Members voted last month for further time to
consider the Panel’s findings.
The private plan
change application included multiple changes to the Kaipara
District Plan, Chapter 16, which covers Estuary Estates in
Mangawhai. Most specifically it includes an increase to
housing density, which would allow for more houses to be
built. The newly approved plan includes modifications to
some provisions that were requested by Mangawhai Central
Limited in December 2019.
The application was publicly
notified in April 2020. The Council received 208
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Kaipara District Council has taken the unusual step of putting off its decision-making on plans for Mangawhai central s $750 million urban development.
Mangawhai usually has 4000 permanent residents, but its population is expected to reach close to 20,000 in the next two decades
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The deferment came at last week s Kaipara District Council (KDC) meeting in Mangawhai.
Hearing commissioners have recommended KDC accepts Mangawhai Central Limited s private plan change application, subject to conditions, for the centre of the settlement. At the KDC meeting, the agenda item about it recommended the council voted in favour of the private plan change.
About 4000 people live in Mangawhai, Northland s fastest growing area - and one of the quickest developing in New Zealand. The developer s updated plans would add about 2500 people to that.