New Tauranga homes unveiled

Two special housing areas catering for 210 new homes in Tauranga have been approved by Cabinet.

With Cabinet approval resource consent for housing in the Papamoa and Ohauiti areas can be fast tracked, says Housing Minister Nick Smith.

The new and existing Tauranga Special Housing Areas Photo: Supplied.

'These two additional areas add to the seven announced in February this year, and bring the combined capacity of homes arising from the Government's Housing Accord with the Tauranga City Council to 1900,” says Nick.

The two new Special Housing Areas are Sunshine Paradise – Domain Road, Papamoa where 36 homes will be built over 0.6 hectares, and Adler Drive, Ohauiti where 180 homes are to be built over 20.95 hectares.

Sunshine Paradise is a multi-storey apartment and townhouse development on 7,356m2 of bare land while the Adler Drive homes will be in the form of a new residential sub division, with an average section size of around 500m2.

The two areas were recommended by Tauranga City Council in March, though neighbouring residents cited traffic concerns.

The next step will be their formal gazettal on Thursday that will then enable the owners to apply for resource consents for the civil workers to create the 210 sections.

Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller says this is fantastic news for the Bay of Plenty.

'More and more people are moving here as they discover the Bay of Plenty is a terrific place to live with abundant opportunities,” says Todd.

'The Government recognises we're one of the fasted growing cities in New Zealand and these SHAs will help to house our expanding population.

'I acknowledge Tauranga City Council and the Western Bay of Plenty District Council for their collaborative work with the Government on advancing these SHAs.

Nick commends council in advancing these Special Housing Areas and supporting the efforts of the Government to address housing issues in their communities.

'There's growing evidence that the housing pressures affecting Auckland are spreading to centres like Tauranga and Hamilton, and we need to free up land to bring new supply on-stream.

'The Housing Accord is one part of the Government's programme of work to address housing supply and affordability in Tauranga and in other regions across New Zealand. We are freeing up land supply, reining in development contributions, cutting compliance costs and investing in skills and productivity in the construction sector.”

The government's HomeStart scheme, which provides grants of up to $20,000 towards the purchase of a first home, came into effect on April 1 this year and is expected to help 90,000 people over the next five years – including 3500 in Tauranga.

'The next key step in our programme is the second phase of Resource Management Act reforms to address the long-term issues affecting housing supply and affordability.”

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