SHA fast-tracking to be protected
Fears that developments on some of Auckland’s Special Housing Areas (SHAs) might not go ahead once the Unitary Plan comes into force – unless there are changes to the relevant law – recently emerged.
The alarm bells started ringing after several lawyers, a developer and Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Goff wrote to the minister with concerns that the legislative changeover could render SHA applications null and void.
Goff told media that, as Auckland is in the middle of a housing crisis, anything that hampered up to 15,000 new homes being built, was a stuff up that needed to be fixed.
But Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith said there will be a smooth transition from SHAs to Auckland’s Unitary Plan.
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