Rural Residential Land Use Strategy - Palmerston North City Council

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1.2.2 Integrated Growth Management 6 The RRLUS provides direction as to how the projected demand for rural living will be managed over the ten year planning period in an integrated manner. This needs to be considered alongside the Council’s wider strategic planning initiatives, in particular the Residential Growth Strategy 16 , which seeks to maintain the City’s urban and rural distinction by promoting a compact city and carefully managing peripheral growth. The RRLUS recognises that uncoordinated rural-residential development has the potential to undermine the primary objectives of the Residential Growth Strategy. The RRLUS includes: RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE STRATEGY [ Introduction to the Rural Residential Land Use Strategy ] • A management framework for rural subdivision. This framework reflects the types of development evident in our rural environment. In order of hierarchy, the four principal development types are: A: Rural Producer B: Satellite Rural Residential Development C: Integrated Developments D: The Existing Rural Residential Areas of Aokautere Rural- Residential, Moonshine Valley and Parklands 17 • A clear strategic direction which is reinforced by some important general development principles for rural residential development, as well as specific development principles customised to the four development types listed above. An illustrative, schematic diagram of the rural management hierarchy and detailed description of the general development principles is provided in Section 5.0 of this strategy. A brief explanation of the four primary types of development is provided below. Explanation of Development Types: Rural Producer means subdivision of rural land in a way which ensures the productive potential of the land is maintained and avoids conversion of highly productive agricultural and horticultural land for rural living. Satellite Rural Residential Development means land subdivision having a small scale, lower density character, located in the Rural Zone and at a distance from the City’s urban areas. These subdivisions typically comprise 4-5 lots and have a density character of 1-2 households per hectare. 16 The Palmerston North Residential Growth Strategy was adopted by Council in September 2010. 17 The Aokautere-Parklands Area is zoned Residential under the operative District Plan. However, there are strong similarities between this area and other rural residential areas, particularly in terms of its large lot character and the limited provision of services, hence information on it has been included in this strategy.
Integrated Development means comprehensive rural residential subdivision developments. These subdivisions usually have a more intense subdivision pattern (with lots averaging at less than 1 hectare) allowing for a greater intensity of buildings and development. These developments also tend to be staged with development being phased over many years. The planning objective is that this type of subdivision will be required to meet strict development criteria designed to ensure that they are self-sufficient and achieve high quality urban design and environmental outcomes. There is an opportunity for Integrated Developments to be designed and planned in a manner which provides for Future Urban development in areas located close to or in proximity to identified urban growth areas 18 , and/or existing settlements where future residential intensification is supported by Council. These lower density, rural residential subdivisions at urban-edge locations will be required to be master planned (using a staged approach) and meet strict development criteria designed to facilitate orderly, efficient urban intensification. The planning objective is that subdivisions in these locations will be staged (via a structure plan) to enable transition to full urban development, in the longer term. A Plan Change will be required to rezone the land from Rural to Residential. These areas are based around locations having good transport access, amenity value for rural living, block patterns/nodes that can support further intensification (i.e. they have physical and social infrastructure in place and few development constraints) 19 . Future Urban developments are envisaged as a subset of the Integrated Development Category, as they will be assessed by Council in a similar manner. Existing Rural Residential Areas means those areas identified for rural residential purposes within the operative District Plan being the Aokautere-Rural Residential Area, the Moonshine Valley Area and the Parklands Area 20 , which has been acknowledged in the RRLUS as it forms part of the land supply (26ha) potentially available for rural residential style living. 1.2.3 Rational Servicing Approach The approach taken for managing rural residential development and service provision recognises the following: a) The Council vision, goals and key strategies; b) The Council priority for future infrastructure investment is to provide additional capacity to support projected residential and industrial growth, not rural-residential development; c) The financial constraints faced by Council, in particular as it relates to future capital works; d) The inefficiencies and costs associated with the provision of reticulated water and wastewater services in rural areas; e) The existing state and level of investment, along with the environmental performance of on-site wastewater systems (septic tanks); 18 Areas adjacent to or contiguous with existing urban areas, or planned future growth areas, as identified within the Residential Growth Strategy (2010) and residential zoning through the RMA plan change process. 19 More than two households per hectare. 20 The Parklands Area is illustrated on Planning Map 23 and covers Waicola Drive and Titirangi Drive. 7 RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE STRATEGY [ Introduction to the Rural Residential Land Use Strategy ]
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