Auckland's CBD Into the Future

Action plan review project

Auckland's CBD Into the Future Action Plan review

Auckland's CBD Into the Future project is about transforming and revitalising the central business district of Auckland into one of the world's most vibrant and dynamic business and cultural centres.

In 2004, Auckland City Council published Auckland's CBD Into the Future strategy document to guide the planning and delivery of improvements to the CBD. This publication described the vision, expected outcomes over the ten year timeframe to achieve the vision, key trends for the CBD, public perceptions of the CBD, and a set of objectives and strategies to achieve the outcomes. The strategy document also described key measures to assess the success of the initiative, provided benchmarked results in 2004, and targets for measuring success going forward.

The strategy document was supported by an action plan (Auckland's CBD Into the Future: Action Plan 2004 to 2007) that outlined what Auckland City Council planned to deliver in the first three years of the initiative.

To accelerate achievement of the outcomes outlined in the strategy document and the actions in the Action Plan 2004 to 2007, a CBD targeted rate was introduced for residential and non-residential ratepayers in the CBD area. Projects from the Action Plan 2004 to 2007 were funded by the CBD targeted rate and other Auckland City Council funding sources.

The CBD action plan review project aims to demonstrate the progress made on Auckland's CBD Into the Future strategy, provide a forum for challenging the initiative with new thinking, and establish a supported and measurable Action Plan for the portfolio of projects from 2008-2011.

The main benefits expected from the Action Plan review project include:

support for the transformation and revitalisation of Auckland's CBD
increased awareness and support for the CBD projects with stakeholders
reprioritisation of actions if necessary.