https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+draft-spatial-plan Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Draft Spatial Plan. http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133654 The Draft Spatial Plan is designed to blame the home-owning people of Wellington. It has its own spin aimed at Newtown’s heritage areas – older housing is up for grabs. newtown draft-spatial-plan places consultation media Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133654 Wellington Scoop 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133326 draft-spatial-plan consultation media Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=133326 Wellington Scoop 2020-12-17T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131672 Partly as a byproduct of the Spatial Plan and partly because of the real-world challenge of trying to find well-priced housing in an increasingly expensive city, the current debates are tending to polarise into the people who want to preserve heritage and the people who want a sensibly-priced place to live. Both ambitions are laudable – but in Wellington, it may well be that “affordable” is not one of the feasible options, no matter how many ratty old flats we demolish. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131672 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-14T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131641 There’s no sign of a truce in the battle over Wellington’s Spatial Plan. Who’d have expected that town planning would create so much passion? Even animosity in some quarters, despite the fact that there’s so much common ground – all the opposing groups agree that Wellington needs more homes. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Tue, 13 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131641 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131514 The Draft Spatial Plan is hopelessly inadequate for citizens to accept, as they have not been properly consulted over its reasoning or its likelihood of success. Much more information is required for informed opinions to lead to good decisions. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131514 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131473 When the Wellington City Council asked us to comment on its new Spatial Plan, it told us the city’s population was going to increase by between 50,000 and 80,000 people over the next thirty years. This led to a great debate about adding blocks of apartments in inner city heritage areas alongside character homes. But towards the end of the consultation period, the council quietly released information that indicated all that debate may not have been necessary. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131473 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131405 I agree with Guy Marriage when he opposes plans that would allow high-rise apartment buildings in narrow central city streets. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131405 Wellington Scoop 2020-10-05T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131306 draft-spatial-plan consultation media Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131306 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131231 On Wednesday last week, a responsible Covid-19 community meeting in Newtown heard constructive suggestions for the increasingly polarizing WCC Draft Spatial Plan. A hundred or so people attended spaciously, while 50 others obliged and walked home to join the other 400 on the live Facebook stream. newtown draft-spatial-plan places consultation media Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131231 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131204 newtown draft-spatial-plan localhistory places consultation media Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131204 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-24T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131057 Wellingtonians are taking sides about the city council’s new spatial plan. Let’s be pleased that there’s such passion about the development of our city. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131057 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-17T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131040 A new campaign has launched to support the Wellington City Council’s proposed Spatial Plan, which aims to set a blueprint for more affordable housing as the city grows. A City for People is a non-partisan group of Wellingtonians who share a progressive and sustainable vision for Wellington. We see the Spatial Plan as an important opportunity to put people first and make a plan to share our city as it grows. “We’re asking Wellington City Councillors to support the Spatial Plan so all generations of Wellingtonians can share the city we love, and we have a chance to live in an affordable, warm, dry home,” said City for People spokesperson Isla Stewart. draft-spatial-plan lobbygroups consultation communitygroups media Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=131040 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130948 It is a common rhetorical device to say the status quo is not an option. What we usually mean by this is that the old ways of doing things will not set us up for success in the future. When it comes to Wellington city’s spatial plan this is true. draft-spatial-plan consultation media Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130948 Wellington Scoop 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130633 In August last year, Wellington started a journey called ‘Planning for Growth,’ asking how the District Plan should be amended to make room for the expected growth of the city in the next 30 years. A city wide consultation was undertaken: consultation draft-spatial-plan media Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=130633 Wellington Scoop 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z