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Rowan Murray, Associate and Architecture Principal at Cato Bolam, shares his insights on quality sustainable design and explores concepts that define great architecture and how it adds value for this generation and beyond.

Discover how Cato Bolam’s uniquely integrated design approach streamlines complex land development projects and delivers great design outcomes.

New amendments are underway for the RMA and Freshwater NPS with a forthcoming bill being introduced in Parliament on March 7. The bill proposes a ‘one-stop-shop’ that aims to streamline the complexities of multiple legislations for large-scale infrastructure and development projects.

Auckland Council has now adopted the Future Development Strategy (FDS), which replaces the previous Auckland Plan 2050 Development Strategy 2018 and the Future Urban Land Supply Strategy 2017 (FULSS).

In this article we refresh the rural subdivision rules of the Unitary Plan and recent changes that affect how they are implemented. Subdivision rules, and just as importantly, how they are interpreted by Council, is generally a changing field. However, things have been relatively stable for a couple of years now.