The Mangawhai Structure Plan provides a means for the Kaipara District Council and Mangawhai communities to manage the effects of growth.
a holistic vision:
The Structure Plan forms part of the Mangawhai Future Project planning process involving communities, council and other stakeholders “working together to create a better place to live, work, learn and play.”
It is part of an ongoing, long-term, community based management process which proposes both formal and informal processes to achieve a collective vision.
the structure planning process:
The structure plan provides a strategic framework that will help guide decisions on development, infrastructural management, and environmental matters for Mangawhai over the next 20 years.
In essence, the Structure Plan Document is a process implementation tool. It aims to address those issues relevant to the transition of Mangawhai from an isolated seasonal beach holiday and rural farming community to a
rapidly growing east coast urban centre within the Kaipara District.
informal community based action initiatives
This Structure Plan will enable a more flexible and proactive community based planning approach. It will:
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Provide guidance to the Council and the community to assist implementing Long Term Council Community Plan (Annual Planning) intentions and policies regarding environmental, social and economic development by identifying areas for growth and appropriate development opportunities |
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Assist community groups to identify potential enhancement projects e.g. Boardwalks and landscape restoration projects through an integrated recreation and open space planning approach |
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Enable developers to achieve improved environmental
outcomes through the application of subdivision design and implementation guidelines |
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Enable improved business development planning for economic development e.g. tourism services development through the rationalisation and enhancement of existing resources |
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Focuses infrastructure and service delivery e.g. waste water treatment, stormwater management, drainage and roading through a more integrated approach to infrastructure planning |
regulatory context
The Structure Plan will also provide a means of focusing formal Council mechanisms to achieve the necessary regulatory framework that will allow for the successful implementation of the structure plan recommendations
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The District Plan |
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The Annual Planning Process |
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Asset Management Plans |
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Reserve Management Plans |
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Other strategic mechanisms such as the draft Reserves and Open Space Strategy |
application of the structure plan
This document describes the Structure Planning Process and identifies a series of growth management and development principles particular to eight individual, but inter-related, Policy Areas.
These Policy Areas suggest the direction or character of any future development and provide recommended design principles for properties and wider areas within the particular policy areas.
Property owners are encouraged to consult the design guidelines outlined within this document relevant to their particular site. In most cases these guidelines will be sufficient to express the design principles to be applied
to a development proposal. |
Introduction