Joint Committee of Tasman District
and Nelson City Councils Minutes - 26 March 2019
Present: Her
Worship the Mayor of Nelson R Reese (Chairperson), His Worship the Mayor of
Tasman R Kempthorne, Nelson City Councillors I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg,
K Fulton, M Lawrey, B McGurk, G Noonan, M Rutledge, T Skinner, and S Walker,
Tasman District Councillors S Brown, S Bryant, P Canton, P Hawkes, D McNamara,
K Maling, D Ogilvie, P Sangster, A Turley, and D Wensley
In
Attendance: Tasman District Council Chief Executive (J
Dowding) and Corporate Services Manager (M Drummond), Nelson City Council Chief
Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), and
Governance Adviser (E-J Ruthven)
Apologies : Tasman
District Councillors T King and T Tuffnell, and Nelson City Councillor P
Matheson
1. Apologies
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Resolved JC/2019/001
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That the Joint Committee
1. Receives
and accepts the apologies from Councillors T King, T Tuffnell and P
Matheson for attendance, and Councillors P Hawkes and B Dahlberg for
lateness.
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/His Worship Mayor Kempthorne
Carried
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2. Confirmation of
Order of Business
It was noted that the meeting
would consider the items on the public excluded agenda first, before returning
to the public agenda.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner
joined the meeting at 9.32a.m.
3. Interests
There were no updates to the
Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
4. Public Forum
There was no public forum.
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5 Exclusion of
the Public
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Resolved JC/2019/002
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That
the Joint Committee
1. Confirms, in accordance with
sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, that Martin Byrne and Phil Lough remain after the public
has been excluded, for Item 2 of the Public Excluded agenda (Port Nelson
Limited Six-Monthly Strategic Presentation), as they have knowledge relating
to Port Nelson Limited that will assist the meeting.
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/Walker
Carried
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Resolved JC/2019/003
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That the Joint
Committee
1. Excludes
the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.
2. The
general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded,
the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the
specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as
follows:
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/Skinner Carried
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Item
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General subject of each matter to be
considered
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interests protected (where
applicable)
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Port Nelson Limited Six-Monthly Strategic
Presentation
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Section 48(1)(a)
The public conduct of this
matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good
reason exists under section 7
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The withholding of the information is necessary:
· Section 7(2)(h)
To enable the local
authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial
activities
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The meeting went into
public excluded session at 9.33a.m and resumed in public session at 9.58a.m,
during which time Councillor Hawkes joined the meeting.
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Committee members expressed their thanks to Mr Martin
Byrne for his service to Port Nelson Limited over many years, and emphasised
his service in that role to the wider Nelson community.
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Resolved JC/2019/004
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That
the Joint Committee
1. Moves a vote of thanks
to Mr Martin Byrne for his exceptional service as Chief Executive of Port
Nelson Limited, and for his contribution to the wider community.
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/His Worship Mayor Kempthorne
Carried
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6 Exclusion of
the Public
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Her Worship Mayor Reese explained the meeting would return
into public excluded session to consider the public excluded minutes of the
meeting of 6 November 2018.
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Resolved JC/2019/005
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That the Joint Committee
1. Excludes
the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.
2. The
general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded,
the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the
specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as
follows:
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/His
Worship Mayor Kempthorne Carried
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Item
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General subject of each matter to be
considered
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interests protected (where
applicable)
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Joint Committee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes
- 6 November 2018
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Section 48(1)(a)
The public conduct of this matter would be likely to
result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under
section 7.
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The withholding of the information is necessary:
· Section 7(2)(h)
To enable the
local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial
activities
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The meeting went into public excluded session at 10.01a.m
and resumed in public session at 10.02a.m, during which time Councillor
Dahlberg joined the meeting.
7. Nelson Airport
Limited Six-Monthly Strategic Presentation
Corporate Services Manager, Simon
Orr, and Chairperson, Paul Steere, gave a Power Point presentation on behalf of
Nelson Airport Limited (A2161396). They noted that the 37% variation in
aircraft movements was based on data provided by a contractor, and suggested
that previous data iterations may have been incorrect.
Mr Orr and Mr Steere answered
questions regarding Airport plans should the Civil Aviation Authority require
increased security for turbo-prop planes, financial consequences from Air2There
being placed in receivership, arrangements for taxi services at the airport,
temperature issues in the new terminal building, storage areas for bikes, the
split of commuter and tourist passenger numbers, and the potential for electric
turbo-prop or jet planes in the future.
It was noted that the Ministry
of Transport was currently considering a transport outcomes framework, and the
Airport was encouraged to engage with the Ministry in this process.
Attendance: The meeting adjourned from 10.33a.m to 10.38a.m,
during which time Councillor Sangster left the meeting.
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Attachments
1 A2161396 - Nelson
Airport Limited - Power Point Presentation 26Mar2019
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8. Tasman Bays Heritage
Trust - Six-Monthly Presentation
Interim Chief Executive, Olivia
Hall, and Interim Chairperson, Emma Thompson, gave a Power Point presentation
on behalf of the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust (A2163299).
Attendance: Councillor Sangster
returned to the meeting at 10.41am.
Ms Hall and Ms Thompson answered questions regarding
volunteer and staff activities, staff vacancies, steps taken to reduce
anti-social behaviour outside the museum, how retail spend compared with other
New Zealand museums, the museum’s education programme and financial
forecasts.
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Attachments
1 A2163299 - Tasman
Bays Heritage Trust Power Point Presentation
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9. Exclusion of the
Public
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Her Worship Mayor Reese noted
that a portion of Tasman Bays Heritage Trust’s Six-Monthly Presentation
would need to be considered in public excluded session, as it related to
negotiations currently underway.
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Resolved JC/2019/006
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That the Joint Committee
1. Confirms, in accordance with sections
48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
1987, that Olivia Hall and Emma Thompson remain after the public has been
excluded, as they have knowledge relating to Tasman Bays Heritage Trust that
will assist the meeting.
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/Hawkes Carried
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Resolved JC/2019/007
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That the
Joint Committee
1. Excludes
the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.
2. The
general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded,
the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter and the
specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution are as
follows:
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/Hawkes Carried
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Item
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General subject of each matter to be
considered
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Reason for passing this resolution in
relation to each matter
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Particular interests protected (where
applicable)
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Tasman Bays Heritage Trust – Six-Monthly
Presentation
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Section 48(1)(a)
The public conduct of this matter would be likely to
result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under
section 7.
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The withholding of the information is necessary:
· Section 7(2)(i)
To enable the
local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations
(including commercial and industrial negotiations)
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The meeting went into public excluded session at 11.01a.m
and resumed in public session at 11.09a.m.
10. Nelson Regional Development
Agency - Six-Monthly Presentation
Chairperson, John Palmer, Board
Member, Meg Matthews, and Chief Executive, Mark Rawson, gave a Power Point
presentation on behalf of the Nelson Regional Development Agency (NRDA) (A2161343).
They spoke about recent activities, and noted an increase in events and visitor
numbers during the shoulder seasons.
Mr Palmer, Ms Matthews and Mr
Rawson answered questions regarding applications to the Provincial Growth Fund,
trends in conferences, cruise ship visits and tourism, and partnerships with
others in the Nelson Tasman community to deliver events such as the All Blacks
game.
Attendance: Councillor
Lawrey left the meeting from 11.24a.m. to 11.27a.m.
Mr Palmer, Ms Matthews and Mr Rawson
asked the committee for feedback regarding what further activities the NRDA
should be focusing on. During discussion, committee members suggested a
continuation of current activities, as well as focusing on:
· opportunities
arising from climate change, including supporting science and innovation in
this area;
· the
heritage of the region, including working closely with Tasman Bays Heritage
Trust to promote assets held by the Museum;
· multi-year
events, where possible;
· economic
opportunities arising from increased water security in the region as a result
of the Waimea Dam; and
· participating in
conversations regarding freedom camping in the region.
The committee acknowledged Mr
Palmer’s work, through merging the two predecessor organisations and
leading the NRDA into its current strong position. Mr Palmer was thanked
for his generosity of both time and knowledge, and for the connections he had
built for the NRDA both in the region and internationally.
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Resolved JC/2019/008
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That the
Joint Committee
1. Moves
a vote of thanks to Mr John Palmer for his exceptional service as Chair of
the Nelson Regional Development Agency, and for his contribution to the
regional economy.
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Her Worship Mayor Reese/His Worship Mayor Kempthorne
Carried
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Attachments
1 A2161343 - Nelson
Regional Development Agency - Power Point presentation
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11. Confirmation of Minutes
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6 November
2018
Document number M3872, agenda pages 5 - 9 refer.
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Resolved JC/2019/009
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That the
Joint Committee
1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of
the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 6
November 2018, as a true and correct record.
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His Worship Mayor Kempthorne/Noonan Carried
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There being no further business
the meeting ended at 11.45a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
Date
Item 6: Nelson Tasman
Future Development Strategy
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Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City
Councils
26 July 2019
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REPORT R10211
Nelson
Tasman Future Development Strategy
1. Purpose
of Report
1.1 To
seek adoption of the Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy (NTFDS) and to
seek direction for subsequent actions required to implement it.
2. Summary
2.1 The
NTFDS sets out the high level 30 year vision for where and how growth will be
managed both across the Nelson Urban Area (defined to include Nelson, Richmond
and Hope) and the wider Nelson Tasman regions. This strategy represents a
step change in how we plan for the nature, direction and sequencing of
development across both Regions.
2.2 The
National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity 2016 (NPS‑UDC)
encourages councils like Nelson and Tasman to prepare a NTFDS to show how they
will provide sufficient development capacity over the next 30 years to meet the
needs of our growing communities.
2.3 The
Nelson Urban Area has been experiencing high growth, with population growth
exceeding 10% over the period 2006-2016 according to Stats NZ estimates.
Growth of 9.95 percent is forecast between 2013 and 2023, according to Stats
NZ’s urban area population projections, (2017).
2.4 The
community has provided clear direction about how both Council should manage this
growth to provide for intensification of existing urban areas and avoid
expansion on land which has high productive potential (i.e. to build up rather
than out). Managing growth differently requires a different approach and
an implementation plan to support it. This will position both regions to
achieve the outcome of liveable and compact regions as sought by our
communities and supported by central government agencies and infrastructure
providers.
2.5 The
NTFDS is a high‑level strategy that identifies potential housing and
business growth areas and their phasing; it does not set out the detail of how
housing and business areas will be developed. This detail will be
developed through a subsequent series of more detailed plans and strategies that
the Council will prepare and consult on, once these suggested areas have been
further interrogated.
2.5 In
order to implement the NTFDS a number of recommendations are provided for the
Joint Committee’s consideration, which include both those that are work
programme related, as well as new considerations for continued joint governance
over the implementation process.
2.6 Having
a joint growth strategy for Nelson and Tasman enables the Council to align
infrastructure investment, create a consolidated centres based approach, and
demonstrate cooperation and coordination to help leverage funding at a national
level (i.e. New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Nelson Marlborough District
Health Board (DHB), Ministry of Education (MoE)). It also provides clear
signals and certainty to developers enabling increased investor confidence as
well as signalling intentions to landowners.
3. Recommendation
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That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and
Nelson City Councils
1. Receives
the report Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy (R10211) and its attachments (A2220910 and
A2221287); and
2. Adopts the Nelson Tasman
Future Development Strategy and technical report (A2220910 and A2221287); and
3. Notes that a high level
summary in the form of an interactive webmap will be prepared for both
Councils’ websites; and
4. Delegates to the Mayoral
Liaison Group any minor edits or amendments to the Nelson Tasman Future
Development Strategy after adoption; and
5. Notes that both
Councils’ Infrastructure Strategies, Financial Strategies, Long Term
Plans, Asset Management Plans, Regional Land Transport Strategy, Regional
Policy Statements and Unitary Plans will require future amendments to be
consistent with, and assist in, implementing the outcomes sought through the
Future Development Strategy; and
6. Notes that both
Councils’ decision-making about planning for growth needs to be
consistent with the Future Development Strategy; and
7. Requests officers to prepare
an Intensification Action Plan to enable and incentivise intensification; and
8. Requests officers to monitor
and report back to the Councils on progress of actual growth in residential
housing versus projections annually; and
9. Requests officers to report
back to the Councils after the local body elections to provide a report on
the options for continued governance of the Nelson Tasman Future Development
Strategy and its implementation; and
10. Requests officers to report back to the
Councils quarterly on implementation including the intensification action
plan.
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4. Background
4.1 The
region has experienced significant growth in recent years and long term
strategic planning assists by providing for the nature, direction and
sequencing of development, to enable community cohesion. There are a
number of Resource Management Plans and plans prepared under the Local
Government Act that help plan for and implement growth. Both Councils are
currently reviewing their Regional Policy Statements and Unitary Plans. Existing
Long Term Plans, Infrastructure Strategies, the Regional Land Transport Plan
and Regional Public Transport Plan are all scheduled to be reviewed in
2020. Te Tau Ihu 2077 intergenerational strategy is also currently being
prepared by Wakatū Incorporation, Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough Councils,
chambers of commerce, Nelson Regional Development Agency, NMIT, Iwi and
businesses. This new strategy will focus beyond economic growth and looks
at the overall long term wellbeing of Te Tau Ihu (top of the south).
4.2 The
NTFDS is a high level non-statutory plan that informs other Council plans.
4.3 The
Nelson Urban Area is defined in the NPS UDC and includes Nelson, Richmond and
Hope. The Nelson Urban Area experiencing high growth, with population
growth exceeding 10% over the period 2006-2016 according to Stats NZ
estimates. Growth of 9.95 percent is forecast between 2013 and 2023,
according to Stats NZ’s urban area population projections, (2017). The
housing market has been subject to high house price inflation and low levels of
affordability. This will be exacerbated by a lack of housing capacity for
the Nelson Urban Area after year 10 of the current Long Term Plans. There is an
opportunity for Nelson and Tasman to work together to create a long term vision
to manage growth and to provide a vision to sequence growth including
infrastructure investment, servicing and release of land in a coordinated
way.
4.4 The
NPS-UDC encourages (but does not require) that local authorities that have part
or all of a medium growth urban area within their district or region to prepare
a future development strategy (NTFDS). The NPS-UDC “strongly
encourages” Local Authorities that share jurisdiction over an urban area,
to work together.
4.5 Working
together will mean managing growth differently than currently and requires a
different approach and an implementation plan to support it. This will
position both regions to achieve the outcome of a liveable and compact regions
as sought by our communities and supported by central government funding and
infrastructure providers.
4.6 On
9 August 2018, Nelson City Council resolved that the Council:
Approves
the preparation of a Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy for the Nelson and Tasman
Regions in partnership with Tasman District Council.
4.7 On
9 August 2018, Tasman District Council resolved that the Full Council:
Agrees to the
development of a Future Development Strategy for the Nelson/Tasman region in
partnership with Nelson City Council.
Purpose
of a FDS
4.8 National
guidance states that a FDS shall identify the broad location, timing and
sequencing of future development capacity. The NTFDS is a high level
strategy document that is to be used to inform regional policy statements,
resource management plans, infrastructure strategies and long term plans where
further testing and evaluation of growth options through cost benefit analysis,
business cases and Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and LGA public
consultation processes can occur.
Benefits of working
together
4.9 The
preparation of a NTFDS for Nelson and Tasman has enabled both Councils to take
a strategic look at where and how growth can be managed over the next 30 years,
particularly focusing on years 11 to 30. This is because sufficient
capacity already exists in existing zonings for the first decade. The benefits
of working together on the strategy are:
· Enables us to
coordinate our infrastructure investment across the territorial authority
boundary to ensure we provide sufficient residential capacity via an
infrastructure programme that the community can afford, while avoiding capacity
gluts or shortfalls; and
· Greater chance of
enabling the housing supply if we align and target our resources and capacity;
and
· Demonstrates
cooperation and coordination of plans which will assist in leveraging funding
at national government level (i.e. NZTA, DHB, MoE); and
· Council’s
leadership and clear planning direction provides signals and certainty to the
regional economy which increases investors’ confidence, as well as
signalling intentions to landowners.
· Informs both
Councils’ Regional Policy Statement and District Plan reviews, (on which
work has started), both Councils’ LTPs 2021-2031, Infrastructure
Strategies, Development Contribution policies and the Regional Land Transport
Plans. The NTFDS will also inform the Network Operating Framework and Future Access
Projects, both joint with NZTA.
5. Discussion
5.1 Officers
completed and reported to their respective Councils on 13 December 2018 their
Residential and Business Capacity Assessments for the Nelson Urban Area,
required under the NPS UDC. These documents have informed the demand
analysis of the NTFDS, although Tasman’s assessment only covered Richmond
and Hope, as the assessment only covered the Nelson Urban Area. Owing to
latest population projections provided by Stats NZ being more than 2 years old,
new growth scenarios have therefore been modelled for the two regions, to
provide low, medium (LTP scenario) and high growth scenarios.
5.2 Officers
from both Nelson and Tasman Councils have been working to a tight timeframe to
develop a draft NTFDS with input from stakeholders from the development,
housing, and business sectors and government agencies, iwi partners and both
Councils. This has involved two rounds of public consultation to receive
feedback on suitable criteria to guide the development of the strategy, and
then on 3 scenarios or options for the NTFDS.
5.3 A
series of joint and separate Councillor Workshops, along with regular reporting
has occurred throughout the development of the NTFDS over the last year.
Both Councils have delegated the decision to adopt the NTFDS to the Joint
Committee.
5.4 On
19 May 2019 Tasman District Council resolved:
Delegates the decision
making powers for adoption of the Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy to
the Joint Committee of 26 July 2019.
5.5 On
20 June 2019 Nelson City Council resolved:
Delegates all
decision-making powers in relation to adopting the Nelson Tasman Future
Development Strategy to the Joint Committee.
Summary of the NTFDS,
Growth Scenarios and Phasing
5.6 The
final strategy provides sufficient capacity to meet the high growth scenario
needs of both the Nelson and Tasman regions. Estimates of housing demand
under a high growth future indicate the need to accommodate up to 24,000 extra
dwellings in the combined Nelson and Tasman area, between 2018 to 2048, taking
into account the need for a ‘buffer’ under the NPS-UDC.
5.7 There
is currently capacity under existing resource management plan zonings to
accommodate around 12,000 dwellings, leaving a shortfall of 12,000. With
the current capacity there is no need for additional zoning and infrastructure
investment in decade 1 (Years 1 to 10 of LTP 2018 – 2028). The
shortfall of 12,000 is provided in the NTFDS split between decade 2 (2028-2038)
and decade 3 (2038- 2048).
5.8 The
NTFDS provides for a range of growth scenarios. If growth continues at the
medium rate, anticipated by our existing LTPs, then only 2,000 additional
dwellings would be needed. If growth increases to a high rate, then
12,000 additional dwellings would be needed and the NTFDS caters for this
scenario by identifying land that may be suitable for up to 14,250
dwellings. The sites proposed to be brought forward in decade 2 would
yield approximately 7,500 dwellings. This is substantially more than a
medium growth scenario, where a further 2,000 dwellings would be required and
may be the upper limit of future required capacity. The sites proposed in
decade 3 would not be needed in this situation. It is thought most likely
that growth demands will be somewhere in between the medium and high scenarios
and more data will be available on this in 2020.
5.9 Preparing
for high growth means that the NTFDS is ‘future proofed’. If growth
is slower than anticipated, then implementation of the strategy can be modified
(for example, the pace of implementation can be slowed down). If growth
rates are higher than anticipated, then it can take time to modify plans to
keep them up to date. In turn this can place pressure on land and house prices,
affecting affordability.
5.10 The
Strategy focuses on identifying future development areas that can provide
capacity for housing growth over the longer term, 2028 to 2048. Of the extra
housing capacity in a high growth scenario:
· At
least 8,170 will be within the Nelson Urban Area
· Up
to 6,080 will be within the Tasman District (outside of the Nelson Urban Area).
· Within
the Nelson Urban Area, 60% of growth will be in the form of intensification
(additional dwellings in the same urban area), in Nelson city centre, Nelson
South, Stoke and Richmond.
· Some
expansion of the Nelson Urban Area is provided for in the Kaka Valley, Saxton
and Richmond South areas.
· Outside
the Nelson Urban Area a mix of intensification and expansion is provided for in
and around Wakefield, Brightwater, and Mouteka.
· Outside
the Nelson Urban Area new standard density housing areas in Mapua, Tapawera,
Murchison, Takaka and Collingwood are also identified and a range of new
rural-residential areas are identified in Tasman.
5.12 Whichever growth
scenario eventuates (medium or high), across the regions, there is sufficient
business land supply for the 30 year period. However this supply includes
vacant zoned land, some of which comprises part of an existing site. The
vacant land also varies considerably by settlement in Tasman with some towns
having little supply. The NTFDS therefore provides additional business sites at
Richmond south, Mapua and Murchison and mixed use options are provided in
Nelson city centre. Further business sites will be identified for Takaka
and Murchison through the District Plan review.
5.13 Both
Councils will need to monitor actual growth against projections annually and
adjust the phasing and timing of growth areas and infrastructure provision
across the decades/LTPs accordingly. If growth continues at the rates
assumed in the current LTP’s then more than enough housing capacity is
provided in Decade 2 for the next 30 years, delaying the need to enable the
capacity in Decade 3. The majority of capacity provided for in Decade 2
is through intensification of existing urban areas (4,437 dwellings), with some
greenfield expansion (3,445 dwellings) within and outside the Nelson Urban
Area. Decade 3 has more of a focus on capacity provided for by expansion
areas beyond the Nelson Urban Area, while protecting high quality rural land
and would only be needed in a higher growth scenario.
Implementation,
Monitoring and Review
5.14 In
accordance with the NPS UDC, the 2019 NTFDS should be reviewed every three
years, starting 2022 to sequence with the LTPs and Infrastructure Strategy
review cycles. Each three-yearly review shall establish priorities and actions
for the subsequent 3 year period (as a minimum) and shall measure the progress
of actual growth against the projections, adjusting the phasing and timing of
the strategy and implementation projects where necessary.
5.15 The
NTFDS also specifies a number of implementation requirements, including:
5.15.1 Undertake
housing and business capacity update assessments at three yearly intervals.
5.15.2 Align
growth models to project population and household growth, and business activity
demand across the two Regions.
5.15.3 Further
develop tools, with MHUD guidance to test the feasibility of development over
the medium to longer term.
5.15.4 Develop
a robust Monitoring and Reporting Framework that can monitor:
· Population
and household growth rates
· Demographic
changes
· Housing
affordability, house and section prices
· Uptake
of intensification and expansion opportunities
· Relevant
changes to national direction through legislation and regulatory documents.
5.15.5 Further
develop partnerships with all iwi of Te Tau Ihu, with future discussions and
reviews progressively seeking more collaborative involvement, as well as scope
to help realise the social housing and commercial aspirations of all iwi in the
post Treaty Settlement era.
5.15.6 Coordinate
transport outcomes across the urban area boundary and undertake a cumulative
transport impact assessment with NZTA.
5.15.7 For
Nelson City Council, progress a climate change mitigation/adaption strategy in
order to provide certainty of development capacity in areas affected by
inundation from sea level rise (the Wood, Gloucester, Vanguard, parts of the
City Centre, and Tahunanui). Tasman has excluded from consideration any areas
below RL 5 that have the potential to be affected by future sea level rise but
will continue to progress its draft climate change strategy/action plan to
enable the district to become more resilient to climate change impacts.
Regional Policy Statements
5.15.8 That
the Council’s Regional Policy Statements will need to be reviewed to:
· Establish new objectives
that introduce the 2019 NTFDS growth concept (intensification and expansion
areas) and give statutory support to the overall settlement pattern; and
· Establish new objectives
and policies to enable centres-based intensification of the existing urban
area, noting that the character of those places will be subject to change over
the medium to long term; and
· Afford greater policy
support for well-designed intensification in appropriate locations within
existing urban areas, and discourage poorly-designed or located intensification
proposals ; and
· Provide policy support
for urban expansion areas that are consistent with the first stages of the 2019
NTFDS (2028 to 2038).
· Establish staging
‘triggers’ that manage the release of the larger urban expansion
areas identified in the second stage of the 2019 NTFDS (2038-2048) (or
subsequent reviews), based on factors such as overall population growth rates,
percentage of new housing located in intensification areas, and adequate
forward supply of development opportunities;
· Achieve coordinated and
logical urban growth, including efficient integration of land use and necessary
infrastructure.
Intensification
Action Plan
5.16 By
early to mid 2020, so as to feed into the review of the 2019 capacity
assessment and the Councils resource management plans, develop an
Intensification Action Plan to identify and progress actions to enable and
support the intensification outcomes of the 2019 NTFDS. This is to include at
least the following initiatives:
5.16.1 Identify,
research and collate information on housing preferences; and
5.16.2 Develop
a strategy for improvements to transport, reserves and community facilities in
areas subject to intensification; and
5.16.3 Review
of Development Contributions policies to explore financial levers for
intensification; and
5.16.4 Explore
acquisition of key sites to help catalyze development and/or achieve strategic
public realm outcomes; and
5.16.5 Consideration
of partnerships and development agencies to facilitate redevelopment of public land
holdings; and
5.16.6 Collaboration
with housing providers on possible ‘pilot’ projects to demonstrate
high-quality, feasible intensification projects in appropriate locations; and
5.16.7 Development
of educational and guidance material for applicants to facilitate good quality
design outcomes; and
5.16.8 Identify
intensification areas that could be progressed (up zoned) in the short to
medium term.
Long Term Plans &
Infrastructure Strategies and Plans
5.17 Through
the next review of their respective Long Term Plans, Infrastructure Strategies,
Development Contributions policies and the Regional Land Transport Plan (in
consultation with the New Zealand Transport Agency), the Councils will:
5.17.1 Ensure
good alignment between growth projections, land use as signalled by the NTFDS,
infrastructure and funding;
5.17.2 Further
assess and refine the infrastructure requirements of the future development
areas identified in the 2019 NTFDS, including transport effects and associated
projects;
5.17.3 Develop
transport plans that are supportive of the intensification planned for the
Nelson Urban Area, for example improved public transport and active modes;
5.17.4 Provide
input into the 2022 review of the NTFDS, including review of timing and
sequencing.
5.18 Adoption
of the FDS now would enable these plans to be informed, as the timing aligns
with their review cycles.
5.19 The
Councils are to jointly:
5.20 Coordinate
with central government on centrally funded community infrastructure services,
particularly in areas of intensification for DHB, NZTA and MoE.
5.21 Continue
to investigate and advocate for new and adequate funding tools for high growth
areas. This would help enable the Councils to fund infrastructure in a timely
manner to support growth.
Governance
5.22 Nelson
City and Tasman District could establish a mechanism to provide governance for
joint implementation, monitoring and review of the 2019 NTFDS. This will
include at least quarterly meeting and reporting at committee level or through
a working group with delegated authority to administer the NTFDS.
5.23 It
is proposed that the Joint Committee direct officers to come back after the
local body elections to provide a report on the options for continued
governance of the NTFDS and its implementation.
Options
5.24 The
Joint Committee has the option of adopting the NTFDS with its implementation
recommendations or not.
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Option 1: Adopt the NTFDS and
its implementation recommendations
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Advantages
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Ensures
compliance with the NPS UDC, which strongly encourages Local Authorities that
share jurisdiction over an urban area to work together.
Enables us to
coordinate our infrastructure investment across the territorial authority
boundary to ensure we provide sufficient residential capacity via an
infrastructure programme that the community can afford.
Greater chance
of enabling the housing supply if we align and target our resources and
capacity.
Demonstrates
cooperation and coordination of plans which will assist in leveraging funding
at national government level (i.e. NZTA, MoE, DHB).
Council’s
leadership and clear planning direction provides signals and certainty to the
regional economy which increases investors’ confidence, as well as
signalling intentions to landowners.
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Risks and Disadvantages
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The production
of the NTFDS is the starting point. To achieve its implementation requires
the allocation of resourcing and capacity across both Councils.
Requires
commitment to the growth strategy by both Councils. There is a risk
that individual decision making from either Council may undermine the joint
outcomes sought which needs to be managed from a governance perspective.
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Option 2: Do not adopt the
NTFDS and Implementation recommendations
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Advantages
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No need for
additional resource to be allocated to the NTFDS.
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Risks and Disadvantages
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Without
adopting the NTFDS, the Nelson Urban Area is unable to provide sufficient
feasible development capacity over the next 30 years.
The Nelson and
Tasman regions are currently under significant growth pressure, including a
housing shortage and are the 2nd and 3rd least
affordable regions in the country. The NTFDS is a tool to guide
regulatory and financial planning documents seeking to address those issues
over the next 30 years. Without that guidance growth areas and
infrastructure capacity may not be enabled in a timely or efficient manner.
Development
occurs in an ad hoc manner creating infrastructure inefficiencies and
potentially affecting the cohesiveness of the community. Each Council would
have less influence over the other’s future release of land for
development.
Lack of
certainty to public and private investors may affect the perception of Nelson
& Tasman being open to growth, and may increase investment risks that
disincentivise development. Landowners also would not be aware of
future possibilities for development of their land.
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6. Conclusion
6.1 The
growth expected over the next 30 years for Nelson and Tasman presents a number
of challenges. Funding and maintaining infrastructure is expensive.
Providing sufficient serviced land for housing in the medium and long term will
result in significant funding pressures. Continued high rates of growth
is contributing to a housing shortage and high levels of unaffordability.
6.2 The
NTFDS enables a regional approach to managing growth and infrastructure
investment, maximising efficiencies and contains a spatial sequence of growth
areas and housing types in accordance with the views expressed by both regions
communities.
6.3 The
NTFDS provides for a range of growth scenarios. If growth continues at the
medium rate, anticipated by our existing LTPs, then only 2,000 additional
dwellings would be needed. If growth increases to a high rate, then
12,000 additional dwellings would be needed and the NTFDS caters for this scenario.
The sites proposed to be brought forward in decade 2 would yield approximately
7,500 dwellings, so under a medium to high growth scenario (somewhere in
between), the sites proposed in decade 3 would not be needed as early. It
is thought most likely that growth demands will be somewhere in between the
medium and high scenarios and more data will be available on this in 2020.
6.4 There
are a large number of benefits of adopting this joint strategy. Not least the
alignment of infrastructure spending between Nelson and Tasman, leverage of
funding at a national level and providing leadership and a clear planning
direction to potential investors and landowners. The adoption of this
strategy will mean that a number of RMA plans and LGA plans, as well as
transportation strategies being prepared jointly with NZTA, will be informed by
its recommendations. Work has already started on some of these plans and
is soon to start on others.
6.5 The
NTFDS itself is the starting point. A number of challenges and further
pieces of work are required to implement the strategy, including options for
continued governance discussed in this report. The implementation of the
NTFDS could include a robust monitoring and reporting framework between the two
Councils, an intensification action plan and that RMA and LGA plan reviews are
aligned in accordance with the NTFDS recommendations. Further engagement
and partnership with the iwi of Te Tau Ihu will also be part of the
implementation actions.
7. Next
Steps
7.1 Officers
will report back to the Councils after local body elections to provide an
update on monitoring and implementation, along with options for future
governance of decision making required to implement the NTFDS.
Author: Lisa
Gibellini, Team Leader City Development, Nelson City Council
Author: Jacqui
Deans, Urban Growth Co-ordinator, Tasman District Council
Attachments
Attachment 1: A2221287
Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy Technical Document ⇩
Attachment 2: A2226634
Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy ⇩
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Important considerations for decision making
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1. Fit
with Purpose of Local Government
The NTNTFDS provides options for growth and
infrastructure provision over the next 30 years to ensure that sufficed
capacity is provided to enable statutory compliance, health safety and
wellbeing of the Nelson and Tasman community.
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2. Consistency
with Community Outcomes and Council Policy
The NTNTFDS is consistent with the community
outcomes and will assist Council to achieve them, particularly “Our
urban and rural environments are people friendly, well planned and
sustainably managed” and “Our infrastructure is efficient, cost
effective and meets current and future needs”.
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3. Risk
Funding and maintaining infrastructure is expensive.
Providing sufficient serviced land for housing in the medium and long term
will result in significant funding pressures. Continued high rates of
growth is contributing to housing shortage and high levels of
unaffordability. The NTFDS enables a regional approach to managing growth and
infrastructure investment, maximising efficiencies and contains a spatial
sequence of growth areas and housing types in accordance with the views
expressed by both regions communities. As with all decision making
across two Council’s there are risks which will need to be
managed. If the outcomes of the joint strategy are to be achieved there
will need to be consistent decision making across the two Councils in
relation to rezoning and infrastructure roll outs. The report proposes
a number of recommendations to assist in achieving this consistency and
minimise the risks. This risk is something that will require ongoing
management.
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4. Financial
impact
The continued implementation and review of the
NTFDS, as well as integration across both Council’s other planning
documents (LTP, AMPs RPS, district plans), will occur as part of business as
usual. Additional implementation recommendation such as the
Intensification Action plan will need to be resourced and provided with budget
within the City Development (Nelson) and Environmental Policy (Tasman)
business units of Council, both of which have had additional resource
provided as a result of the NPS UDC coming into effect in 2016. As a
result of the Intensification Action Plan there may be additional financial
implications, particularly if land purchase and partnership levers are
adopted, however this will be subject of future analysis and reporting to
Council(s).
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5. Degree
of significance and level of engagement
This adoption of the NTFDS is of low significance
because the NTFDS has been through two rounds of public feedback and a series
of stakeholder workshops all ensuring the view of the those potentially
affected have been included in the strategy. As the NTFDS
recommendations flow down the planning hierarchy into the LGA and RMA
planning documents they will again be subject to an assessment of
significance and public consultation.
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6. Inclusion
of Māori in the decision making process
No engagement with Māori has been undertaken in
preparing this report however, some iwi resource management representatives
and Iwi Trusts have had extensive involvement in the development of the NTFDS
and have been sent a copy of the final document ahead of this meeting as
stakeholders in its development.
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7. Delegations
On 19 May 2019, Tasman
District Council resolved:
That the Full Council
Delegates the
decision making powers for adoption of the Nelson Tasman Future Development
Strategy to the Joint Committee of 26 July 2019.
On
20 June 2019, Nelson City Council resolved:
That the Council
Delegates all
decision-making powers in relation to adopting the Nelson Tasman Future
Development Strategy to the Joint Committee.
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Joint Committee of Tasman
District and Nelson City Councils
