Going for Housing Growth: Providing for urban development in the new resource management system

Pillar 1 of Going for Housing Growth was designed to address issues in the current resource management system. The Government intends for the policy intent behind the decisions made in relation to Pillar 1 of Going for Housing Growth to be reflected in the new resource management system.

The shift to the new system also provides opportunities to think about how to give effect to the policy intent in the new system. While it’s relatively clear how some aspects will be translated into the new system (for example, future development strategies in the NPS-UD will be replaced by a spatial planning regime in the Planning Act), in other cases with the architecture of the new system still being designed there are choices about how these decisions and instruments will be reflected in the new system.

In Part C of this document, we work through each of the key aspects of Pillar 1 of Going for Housing Growth, and in some cases provide an indication of where and how these aspects may be reflected in the new system. We’re also seeking feedback on whether there are other options to address the issues that these proposals are targeted at through the design of the new system.