“We’re all about special character” “We didn’t have time to investigate further”Now to explain those in more detail. Special CharacterThe biggest unknown was how the council would deal with the “special character” areas they created in the Unitary Plan. As a result of that, under the proposed changes that around 4000-5000 dwellings will no longer get that special character protection. These areas are shown on the map below – with the red areas proposed to lose special character protection, and the blue areas retaining it. There is plenty more we will have to say about this Unitary Plan 2.0 in future posts.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 19, 2022 21:10 UTC