City councils have been told to loosen the regulations around housing developments
City councils have been told to loosen the regulations around housing developments
24 July 2020
A newly released government policy statement will require Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga councils to free up rules around planning decisions.
Developers will no longer be required to provide minimum resident carparking, when building new apartment buildings.
It will also be harder for councils to impose height limits for buildings of less than six storeys.
Different rules will apply for other councils.
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