The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Ministry for the Environment sought feedback between June and August on options to make it easier to build small, self-contained and detached houses, commonly known as ‘granny flats’, on property with an existing home on it.
Find out more about granny flats [MBIE website]
The summary of submissions from the consultation is now available on MBIE’s website.
Read the summary of submissions [MBIE website]
The Ministry for the Environment commissioned a report to model the potential uptake of the granny flats policy over eight years following policy introduction in four council areas.
The report suggests the policy will increase granny flat uptake overall across New Zealand with significant variation across towns and cities.
This modelling data will be used to support analysis of the policy, including for regulatory impact analysis.