Implementation
Implementing the Strategy requires changes to a number of policy and legislative documents, and to the processes by which the partners plan and consult with their communities. Getting these 'framework tools' in order is the first priority for the implementation of the Strategy. Actions that determine the settlement pattern, transport network, urban design and housing, central city revitalisation and water management have been given top priority, and provide the key implementation direction for the Strategy partners.
Land-use priorities:
- Amend the Regional Policy Statement (RPS) to include a new chapter (12A) that outlines the settlement pattern agreed in the Strategy. (The RPS, prepared by Environment Canterbury, sets urban limits. It is the overarching plan that determines the land use pattern in the City and District Plans.)
- Councils to amend District and City plans to reflect the changes to the RPS Chapter (12A) to support the settlement pattern with activity centres, urban development and transport networks.
- Prepare Outline Development Plans for new development areas (Greenfield) and intensification areas, and identify existing re-development (Brownfield) areas.
- Develop a Business Land Management Strategy to define role and function of business areas.
Transport priorities:
- Develop integrated transport and land use projects for the southwest and northern motorway corridors, funded with central, regional and local government. (Transport and land use are integrated in the Strategy and must be developed together, and in partnership with central, regional and local government.)
- Amend the Regional Land Transport Strategy to reflect transport goals of the Strategy.
- Develop a Travel Demand Management (TDM) Strategy for Greater Christchurch.
Urban design and housing priorities:
- Develop an Urban Design Strategy to establish principles of good design to protect and enhance the character and diversity of communities.
- Research affordable housing options, including increasing social housing and partnerships with developers, and monitor supply and demand for affordable housing in the area.
Central City revitalisation priorities:
- Implement the Christchurch Central City Revitalisation Strategy by providing information and incentives for increasing the number of people living in the central city.
- Establish a dedicated city revitalisation agency to develop and administer programmes.
Water management priority:
- Prepare Integrated Catchment Management Plans (ICMP) for surface water management.
Accountability priority:
- Develop an integrated programme for monitoring demographic, social, economic and environmental change and development activity to measure the outcomes of implementing the Strategy.
What's New
Have your say about how public transport should be improved in the future.
Urban Development Strategy 2009 Demographic Update Report [PDF 132KB]
Greater Christchurch residents are a step closer to the future they asked for in the Urban Development Strategy (UDS) as Environment Canterbury makes changes to the Regional Policy Statement.
For more information go to www.ecan.govt.nz/RPS.
Bringing alive a 35-year vision: UDS exhibition, Our City O-Tautahi, cnr Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace, 22 September-21 November 2009.
Smart travel choices key to a sustainable future by Bill Wasley.
The Greater Christchurch Travel Demand Management Strategy was accepted by the UDS Implementation Committee in June 2009. The strategy looks at ways people can change travel behaviour to make more sustainable choices.
