This fact sheet sets out changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) as introduced by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025, which introduces a bespoke process to enable Auckland Council to withdraw its intensification planning instrument also known as Plan Change 78 (PC78).
This means the Auckland Council would be required to provide at least the same housing capacity as PC78, enable certain heights and densities around stations that benefit from City Rail Link investment, and give effect to the intensification policies of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD). It would not need to implement the Medium Density Residential Standards in all areas.
Read more about the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act.
This fact sheet sets out changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) as introduced by the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025, which introduces a bespoke process to enable Auckland Council to withdraw its intensification planning instrument also known as Plan Change 78 (PC78).
This means the Auckland Council would be required to provide at least the same housing capacity as PC78, enable certain heights and densities around stations that benefit from City Rail Link investment, and give effect to the intensification policies of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD). It would not need to implement the Medium Density Residential Standards in all areas.
Read more about the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act.