Should Tauriko West be part of the city?

The public are invited to have their say on whether Tauriko West should become part of Tauranga City. File photo.

People can have their say on a proposed change to the Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement to amend the urban limits to include land at Tauriko West to support demand for new housing.

The Tauriko land proposed for development, between State Highway 29 and the Wairoa River, is currently zoned rural in the Western Bay of Plenty District Plan and Tauranga City Plan and is outside the urban limits of the Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement.

The first step in the planning process is to include Tauriko West within the urban limits line.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chair Doug Leeder says the proposed change, if approved by the Minister, will then allow for rezoning of the land from rural to residential through the Tauranga City Plan.

'The Tauranga urban limit boundary needs to be shifted, and then the Tauriko West land rezoned to residential, before it can be opened up for development. Bringing the area under the Tauranga City umbrella will allow the new development to be well serviced and integrated with existing infrastructure, transport and community facility networks.”

Proposed Change 4 is the first Regional Policy Statement change in the country to follow the Streamlined Planning Process (SPP) under the Resource Management Act. This process was approved in February 2018 by the Minster for the Environment David Parker.

The proposal is open for submissions from May 22 to July 4. Once submissions close a hearing will be held and the Minister will make the final decision on whether to amend the urban limit to include Tauriko West.

The Minister's direction requires the SPP to be completed no later than September 28. His decision is not able to be appealed to the Environment Court.

To find out more about the change and how to make a submission, people should visit the Regional Council's website www.boprc.govt.nz/change4

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6 comments

Yes

Posted on 22-05-2018 15:43 | By Gaz

Would have thought it was a no brainer. But - they must think roading and infrastructure first.


Far better suited than Papamoa East

Posted on 22-05-2018 16:31 | By Murray.Guy

Tauriko West has minimal new Council funded infrastructure required. The Southern Pipeline is on it's doorstep as is direct access to SH29 at Belk Road and Cambridge RD, a couple of roundabouts required and The Lakes for shopping. Should have happened back in 2010 when Bob Clarkson first approached Tauranga City Council, recognizing the impact of skyrocketing land costs, building and compliance costs. The Mayor and Councillors (Baldock, Molloy, Faulkner and mates), staff and Smartgrowth, did a 'flip flop' and chose to support existing developer (the Lakes) submissions that Tauriko West was not required.


NO!!

Posted on 22-05-2018 17:14 | By penguin

Not until the infrastructure mess is sorted e.g.traffic congestion. Do we really want to develop into a gridlocked mini-Auckland? Actually...we already have. Something that would help would be to tunnel under Barkes Corner on SH29 to deal with the everyday shambles there!


What

Posted on 23-05-2018 11:31 | By philiphallen

No more houses for heavens sake...... The city can't cope as it is..............


they dont have a say

Posted on 23-05-2018 13:52 | By Capt_Kaveman

once TCC request to govt a boundary change the people with in it have no say, just look at what happened to Mt Maunganui


Well, that little bit of land -

Posted on 23-05-2018 20:05 | By The Caveman

is alongside the rest of the land on the northwest side of Cambridge Road and so long as the the required services are available to the point that the extra houses don't overload the city services, why not. Clearly the "development line" is the river - on one side, the normal housing development, on the other side the current "lifestyle blocks". FORTY FIVE years ago, I was shooting ducks and pheasants on BOTH sides of the river from SH2 right up to the current Ruhahai power station on SH29 - them were the days !!


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