Taupo Urban Structure Plan - Taupo District Council

the TUSP 2004 with the potential to establish themselves as transport hubs
clustering transport-related, commercial, light-industrial, and education cluster
land-uses which complement business development in Taupo Town Centre
(see Section 4.1.3 for further discussion of these issues).
These forms of business development are quite different in nature to those
already well-established in Taupo, as such it is suggested that Council
undertake a business land development strategy possibly as part of its
economic strategy in order to ascertain the dynamics of demand and supply
for business land for the short, medium, and long term. The information
gathered can be used to confirm the urban growth allocation for business
development put forward in Section 7.
There is also a clear need for Council to align its data recording methods for
building and subdivision consents more closely with Statistics NZ methods
(for example noting Statistics NZ Area Unit’s on consent records). This would
provide the further level of detail needed to identify which parts of the Taupo
Urban Area are growing faster than others, and assist Council in its urban
growth management initiatives.
This would include making this information available on a user-friendly “inhouse”
intranet as well as extending this to provide quality development
activity information to the public through the Council website, media releases,
and quarterly reports.
With the rationalisation and standardisation of development activity data
recording methods, Council will then be able to effectively monitor the urban
growth assumptions put forward in the TUSP 2004, as well as responding in a
timely manner to changes in the nature of urban growth and the
corresponding needs of the community.
5.3.1.1 Summary
In summary the issues arising in relation to building activity are as follows:
♦ Residential Building Activity
- Residential building activity remains at the level of 180 lots per annum
and confirms the base assumption in the Structure Plan 2001 – this is
assumed to remain constant for the period 2004-2014.
- Residential building activity is then adjusted downward in accordance
with national population and demographic forecasts to 120 lots per
annum for the period 2014 to 2024.
♦ Business Building Activity
- Business and accommodation figures have become available;
however due anticipated changes in the nature of business
development in the near future these are unlikely to provide guidance
for forward development planning.
- Council should undertake business land strategy possibly as part of its
economic development strategy in order to ascertain the dynamics of
demand and supply for business land for the short, medium, and long
term – in order to shape and validate the urban growth allocations put
forward in Section 7.
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