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Spatial Planning & Urban DesignCampbell Jensen Ministry for the Environment Auckland, New ZealandSpatial Planning and Urban Design Seminar 2 September 2010


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What is spatial planning? Why a spatial plan for Auckland?

Current consideration of spatial planning

Overview


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What is Spatial Planning?


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It isnot land use planning in drag


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It isnot a regional masterplan or blueprint laid down as the ten commandments


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It is Collaborative- focusing on outcomes and achieving shared goals


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It is Integrationof placed based policy and decisions


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Key Functions

Articulate long-term(20 30yr)vision / strategic direction

Provide an evidence base Facilitate effective participation

Align implementation, regulatory and investment plans

Integrate competing policy goals Co-ordinate and facilitate agreement between parties in regional

growth

Auckland Regional Spatial Plan

lti t t l f ll b ti b t th k d i i k It i b t hi i h d l d h i t f t


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vLand Use Planning vs Spatial Planning

a multi-party a tool for collaboration between the key decision-makers. It is about achieving shared goals, and having a greater focus on outcomfocused on the long-term development of cities and regions and providing investment certainty. A guide to the location and timing of future infrastructure, services and investment.Evidence based.

VS


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Purpose

Land Use Planning Spatial Planning

Regulating land use and development

through identifying areas of developmentand protection, and applyingperformance criteria

Shaping development in places by

coordinating the impacts policy anddecisions by various parties and groupsin a place


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Form


A list of policies and rules to regulateland use for a place.

Mapping of areas and sites fordevelopment purposes and protection

A strategy identifying critical spatialdevelopment issues and defining cleardesired outcomes.

Visualisation of spatial goals, and keyareas of change.

Principles and objectives that will guidecoordinated action.


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Process


Discrete process leading to adoption of afinal blueprint plan.

Confrontational process, instigatedthrough consultation on draft plans andpolitical negotiation.

Stakeholders using the process toprotect and promote their interests

Continuous process of plan review andadjustment.

Mutual learning and information sharing,driven by debate on alternatives incollaborative political process.

Stakeholders using the process toachieve their own and mutual goals.


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Methods


Mapping of constraints and collectingtogether the policy demands of varioussectors.

Bargaining and negotiation withobjectors and other stakeholders,informed by broad planning principles.

Checking of proposals throughenvironmental / resource managementassessment.

Building understanding of critical spatialdevelopment trends and drivers, marketdemands and needs, and the social,economic and environmental impacts ofdevelopment.

Analysis of options through visioning andstrategic choice approaches.

Generation of alternatives and optionsassisted by sustainabilityappraisal/strategic environmentalassessment.


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Delivery & Implementation


Seeks to direct change and controlinvestment activity in land use throughprescriptive regulation, while avoiding,mitigating or remedying adverse effectthrough conditions and agreements.

Seeks to influence decisions in othersectors by building joint ownership of thestrategy, a range of incentives and othermechanisms including land useregulation and planning agreements.


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Urban Design & Spatial Planning


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Spatial planning sets out the existing and future skeleton of the region to which finer detail

urban design projects will connect


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Spatial planning is part of the decision making frameworkfor urban design

Urban design is a second order endeavour: that is, designers areonly indirectly responsible for producing built forms and the spacesin between them; they design for the decision making environment

within which others make decisions to add or to alter the builtenvironment

Varriki(1997). A Procedural Explanation of Contemporary Urban Design.Journal of Urban Design. Vol.2, Issue 2,June 1997, pages 143-161. pg 143


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Why a Spatial Plan for Auckland?


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Akl Placing in Mercer

Overarching driver for the plan - internationally competitive city


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Purpose & Scope - long term direction to, and integration of, the big decisionthat shape the city


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Improved collaboration


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A broader focus leveraging opportunities provided by growth


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Getting value for money & better timing of investment


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An agreed evidence base of the drivers, opportunities & constriants

Auckland Regional GHG Emissions Profile

Source -


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Urban planning problems: The system lacks alignment, connection and consistency

between the planning statutes ie the RMA, Local Government Act and Land Transport Management Act

There is a lack of coordination and consistency in decisionmaking between different participants

The RMA does not adequately recognise the benefits of a qualityurban environment

Gaps have been identified in the tools used to manage the urbanenvironment.

Current Consideration of Spatial Planning


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To be decided

Strong level of statutory Influence

Medium level of statutory Influence

Weak level of statutory Influence

Non-statutory linkage

NON-STATPLANS /

CCO SOIs

N A T I O N A L S T R A T E G Y A N D

P O L I C Y

R E G

I O N A L S T R A T E G Y A N D

P O L I C Y

L O C A L

, R E G U L A T O R Y A N D

I N V E S T M E N T P L A N S

How should central governmentcommunicate its objectives for

Auckland?

How can Central government align itsspend and decisions to deliver theseobjectives?

How strong is Governments direction tolocal government what degree ofinfluence should it have on the spatialplan?

Should the spatial plan replace the roleof the RPS and /or the RLTSWhat should the consultation process &appeal rights be on the spatial plan?How can Maori best participate in the

development of the spatial plan?

What degree of influence should theSpatial Plan have over regulatory andimplementation plans?

KEY MATTERS FORCONSIDERATION

What degree of influence should theSpatial Plan have over designationdecisions on individual projects?

NPS/NES(RMA)

LocalBoardPlans

LTCCP(Local BoardAgreements)

RLTP UNITARY PLAN(Regional & District plans)

NIP GPSTRANSPORT

CABINET DECISIONS

AUCKLAND SPATIAL PLANReplacing the RPS (RMA) and RLTS (LTMA)?

Designations

ANNUALPLAN


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