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Housing and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has welcomed Auckland Council's decision to proceed with a new replacement plan for housing intensification.
Auckland Council on Wednesday voted in favour of a housing intensification replacement plan that will see 10-15 storey high rises built around public transport hubs.
The council's plans to allocate up to two million new homes across the city in the coming decades became clearer on Wednesday afternoon.
Councillors voted for the plan by 18 to five, and were limited between voting for the original Plan Change 78, which focused on three storey residential buildings across Auckland, and the high-rise alternative called Plan Change 120.
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop has directed Auckland Council to allocate up to two million homes in the coming decades and downzone parts of the city at risk of natural hazards.
Moments after the decision he said Auckland had the opportunity to decide how and where the city grows.
"PC78 was too 'one size fits all', applying the Medium Density Residential Standards in a blanket way that w
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