Planning Our Suburbs - Overview

Review of Wellington's Residential Area & Suburban Centre Zones

Newtown suburban centre

Wellington City Council has reviewed the Residential and Suburban Centre chapters of its District Plan. These are the policies and rules that determine what activities can take place and how people can build and modify their properties.

As part of this review process, the Council publicly consulted from 8 December 2008 until 1 April 2009 on possible changes to these chapters. Some of the key changes that were consulted on included:

• a design guide for suburban centres, which will increase the accepted quality of design for new development
• rezoning of some land to better reflect appropriate and existing uses
• the creation of several new heritage areas
• provisions to protect the character of neighbourhoods close to the city centre and on the eastern and southern coast.

Next Steps

Following public consultation on the draft plan changes, Council officers looked at the comments and suggestions received and produced a summary report on the consultation and feedback.

Summary of Consultation and Feedback (143Kb PDF)

The feedback was used to help prepare proposed District Plan Changes 72 (Residential Area Review) and 73 (Suburban Centre Review) which were publically notified 29 September 2009.

District Plan - Plan Changes

More Information

Related Links

• District Plan
• District Plan - Plan Changes
• Infill Housing Review
• Libraries
• News Release - 03.12.08
• Service Centres
• Suburban Centres Review

Department Details:
Policy