Proposals to change Whenuapai from a largely rural environment into an urbanised area of around 11,000 homes and 9,700 jobs are to be explored in an Auckland Council structure plan.
A structure plan describes the form of urban development in an area before it is formally rezoned through a statutory plan change.
Most of the land is identified in the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan as a Future Urban Zone and already contains a Special Housing Area where subdivisions are being developed now.
The structure plan will add to the neighbouring developments of Westgate, Hobsonville Corridor and Hobsonville Point, and Whenuapai will eventually be home to about 30,000 residents.
The area covers 1470 ha of land and surrounds the New Zealand Defence Force Whenuapai airbase, which will remain operational for the foreseeable future.
Transport for Future Urban Growth
Infrastructure planning is already taking place including the Transport for Future Urban Growth (TFUG) project, a partnership between the council, Auckland Transport and the New Zealand Transport Agency.
TFUG is designing transport networks to support housing and business areas planned for greenfields land in north, north-west, and south Auckland. Work on the Whenuapai area through this process will feed directly into the Whenuapai structure planning process.
A draft transport network for the North-West is open for public feedback on Saturday 30 April, 9am to 12noon at Whenuapai Hall, 41 Waimarie Road.
Council planners involved in preparing the Whenuapai Structure Plan will also be on hand at this event to explain the structure plan process.
From 24 June to 21 July the council will be seeking feedback on what the public, land-owners and developers would like to see take place and protected at Whenuapai.
