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aurie Slee and Graeme Lane are alarmed to find height limits and regulations for the ‘business mixed use’ zone surrounding the Howick Town Centre have been changed in the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP), recently adopted by Auckland Council, to allow buildings as high as 27 metres or eight storeys. The adopted document has been radically changed from the submissions the council’s representative Lisa Mein presented to the Independent Hearings Panel last February. They preserved the appearance of the main views immediately adjacent to Picton Street by imposing height controls. Heights on the seaward side of Picton Street included a three metre limit adjacent to Crawford Park and nine metres down the west side of Wellington Street, along the back of Fencible Drive, and to the north-east down Uxbridge and Selwyn Roads. The Cockle Bay Residents and Ratepayers Association chairman and secretary say at that stage they felt they could rest easy. “At about that time we picked up the fact that a number of situations surrounding the village were designated ‘business mixed use’ which would act as an interface between business activity and residential amenity,” Mr Lane says. “On face value that was acceptable.” However after the AUP was adopted Mr Lane dug deeper and discovered that Ms Mein’s map of the Howick Town Centre zone was reduced and the height controls she had recommended for the surrounding ‘mixed use zone’ had been removed. Instead, building heights are listed in a supporting document ranging from 13 metres (including 2 metres for roof form) to 27 metres. “The height controls on the maps are all dropped and now default to height controls for the ‘business mixed zone’ which can be up to 27 metres,” Mr Lane says. “These heights may be permitted as a discretionary activity, even if they penetrate a local view shaft. “I’m not too concerned about view shafts from the ‘mixed use zone’ down Wellington Street and along Fencible Drive. But we are concerned about a six-storey block next to Crawford Reserve.” ➤ Turn to Page 8
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