Rural Residential Land Use Strategy - Palmerston North City Council

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f) The increased travel costs and roading upgrades associated with ruralresidential development; g) The long term costs associated with maintaining local reserves in rural communities when suitable open space is generally provided on-site; h) The costs associated with providing urban services to established ruralresidential areas; and 8 RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE STRATEGY [ Introduction to the Rural Residential Land Use Strategy ] i) The equitable distribution of costs associated with maintaining services in the future. The RRLUS provides a clear direction about the circumstances in which Council will support further investment in infrastructure, in particular reticulated water and wastewater services, so that the market can respond with confidence. The Council is keen to optimise investment and ensure that any investment in infrastructure delivers the greatest return and benefit for the City. A twofold approach to servicing is proposed for the Satellite Rural Residential Development and Integrated Developments: Satellite Rural Residential Development – Council will not provide reticulated services. Integrated Development – Council may contemplate the provision of reticulated services in these areas, subject to strict development criteria. Land use policies will be developed to ensure that Future Urban developments are master planned in a staged approach to enable future intensification and to support synchronised provision and funding of social and physical infrastructure. For the existing Rural Residential Areas 21 situated in Aokautere, the following approach to servicing is proposed: Existing Rural Residential Areas: Aokautere Rural Residential Area and Moonshine Valley Area Council may contemplate service provision in these areas but only where there are extenuating circumstances, for example, reduced environmental outcomes at a neighbourhood-wide scale associated with poor performance of treatment systems and a broad agreement has been reached with the Community that reticulation represents the most appropriate and effective option. 1.2.4 Collaborative Working Relationships Achieving the purpose of the RRLUS requires the collaboration and agreement of key stakeholders to the conceptual approach outlined in this Strategy. In summary, strategically linking the types of growth, location and infrastructure investment will promote greater certainty about rural residential subdivision for the key stakeholders. An overarching strategy for rural residential land use will support our traditional pastoral and dairy farms, horticultural and market gardens and ancillary activities connected to the rural environment, from being compromised by residential intensification (rural 21 Refer to explanation of existing rural residential areas on page 7.
esidential subdivision). It will ensure that the resources and production systems underpinning our working rural land are protected, maintained and improved. The RRLUS also seeks to create a balance between rural and horticultural production and rural residential living, with the preservation of environmental and landscape features, stimulating progress towards the sustainable development of our extensive rural area. 1.3 Relationship to Other Land Use Strategies and Plans The RRLUS forms part of a ‘suite’ of land use strategies that the Council has prepared to inform the Sectional District Plan Review. 9 The RRLUS sits alongside the following key land use strategies: • The Residential Growth Strategy (September 2010) • The Joint Industrial Land Review (2007) • The Palmerston North Retail Strategy (May 2003 – data updated in 2011). The land use strategies above, together with the RRLUS and the Regional Land Transport Strategy (RLTS), collectively form an integrated approach for managing growth and development within Palmerston North City over the next 10-30 years. Significant infrastructure investment will be required from the Council and other agencies to support the implementation of the existing land use strategies and the RLTS. It is important the RRLUS reflects the infrastructural commitments of the existing strategies. 1.4 Why a Strategy for Rural Residential Land Use? Rural-residential living is popular and has become an established form of new housing development within our City. Historically, 12% of new dwellings constructed within the City are located within our rural areas 22 . The Council has traditionally developed land use strategies for residential, industrial and retail development. While the current District Plan provides a management framework for rural-residential subdivision this is the first specific RRLUS developed for Palmerston North City. The impetus to prepare a RRLUS was principally supported on the grounds that Council needed to address the specific issue of rural residential subdivision and develop a clear, community informed position, prior to reviewing the Rural Zone and supporting subdivision sections of the District Plan. In addition throughout the RRLUS development process, feedback from the community through phased formal consultation generates important baseline information to sharpen the Council’s overall policy direction and assist in defining the scope for the review of the Rural Zone of the District Plan. The key role of the RRLUS is to provide a ‘helicopter view’ of the growth and development issues that are of planning concern including the fair distribution of costs and benefits across the community. It also serves to provide the background rationale and planning logic for targeted regulatory intervention in terms of rural residential land use controls in the new District Plan. 22 PNCC Urban and Citywide Residential Dwelling Growth Monitoring Reports (various); Opus Consultants Ltd (2011) Planning for Rural Residential Development in Palmerston North City: Background Technical Report (Table 3 Rural Residential Development in Palmerston North). RURAL RESIDENTIAL LAND USE STRATEGY [ Introduction to the Rural Residential Land Use Strategy ]
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