NZ Urban Development news from the media | 26 November 2024 | Mayor proposes to make council more democratic with major reforms

Mayor proposes to make council more democratic with major reforms

Mayor Wayne Brown has released his Draft Mayoral Proposal for Auckland Council’s Annual Plan 2025-26, confirming his intention to make the significant changes to council-controlled organisations (CCOs) that he campaigned on in 2022.

The draft proposal sets out the mayor’s plan to address long-standing issues with the CCO model. These include a lack of democratic accountability, inefficient decision-making, and wasteful spending.

“I was clear when I ran for mayor that I would take back control of council organisations and make them democratically accountable. Aucklanders voted for CCO reform, and they expect us to get on with the job,” Mayor Brown said.

https://ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/news/2024/11/mayor-proposes-to-make-council-more-democratic-with-major-reforms/

Auckland monthly housing update, November 2024

November highlights:

• 1362 dwellings were consented in September 2024.
• In the year ending September 2024, 13,821 dwellings were consented in the region.
• 30 per cent of new dwellings consented in September 2024 were houses, 18 per cent were apartments and 52 per cent were townhouses, flats, units, retirement village units, or other types of attached dwellings.
• 74 dwellings were consented on Kainga Ora or Tamaki Regeneration Company owned land in September 2024.
• 1291 dwellings consented in September 2024 were inside the RUB. Over the past 12 months, 95 per cent of new dwellings consented were inside the RUB.
• 27 per cent of dwellings consented were inside the 1500m walking catchments of the rapid transit network in September 2024.
• 111 dwellings were consented on properties overlapping hazard zones in September 2024, accounting for 8 per cent of total dwellings consented. Over the past 12 months, 14 per cent of new dwellings were consented on properties overlapping a hazard zone.
• 1451 dwellings were 'completed' by having a Code Compliance Certificate (CCC) issued in September 2024. 

https://www.knowledgeauckland.org.nz/publications/auckland-monthly-housing-update-november-2024/

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