Ensuring food production is able to continue, even with Auckland's planned growth, is a major part of HortNZ's submission on the Auckland Council's Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

The plan includes the regional policy statement, the regional air land and water plan, the coastal plan and the district plan (replacing previous district plans for Rodney, Franklin, Waitakere City, Manukau City, Papakura, North Shore and Auckland City).

Picture: Auckland Council

The HortNZ submission covers a wide range of matters.

A key issue in the submission is to enable food production to continue and also ensure growers are not subject to complaints from lifestylers living in new or existing rural subdivision areas.

Submissions will be heard by an appointed panel and will be held during the next year, so the process will take some time.

Refer to the HortNZ website to click the links: HortNZ PAUP Submission and HortNZ PAUP Sub Table 28 Feb 2014 for a copy of the submission.

(Source: HortNZ newsletter)