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2005 policy

Status

The 2005 development contributions policy was adopted in June 2005. It has been in effect since 1 July 2005. The policy includes development contributions for community facilities, open space and stormwater.

The policy provided a six-month transition window. This means that some consent applications that were accepted for lodgement on or before 31 December 2005 were not charged development contributions. See which policy applies for more information on transition, including possible transition to later policies.

The charges (2005 policy)

Development contributions are charged when Auckland City grants building or resource consents for residential and non-residential developments.

The charges will depend on the location of the site being developed and the type of development. Credits against these charges will be available for previous payments of financial or development contributions, and in some cases for prior development on the site.

These charges may change in future.

Residential developments on the isthmus excluding the CBD

(Applies to the area subject to the isthmus section of the district plan)

These developments will be charged all of the following development contributions.

  • the value of 20m2 of land for each additional household unit (for building and land use consents), or 7.5 per cent of the value of new allotments (for subdivision consents), plus GST, for the purchase of open space
  • $3624.75 (incl GST) for each new household or allotment for park enhancements
 These two contributions are instead of the previous financial contributions for open space for these developments.
  • $1013.63 (incl GST) for each new household or allotment for community facilities
    (eg. libraries, pools, community centres)
  • $1507.50 (incl GST) for each new household unit or allotment for stormwater.

The charges related to the purchase of open space are based, for a subdivision, on 7.5 per cent of the average value of all post-development allotments. The policy allows for reductions in the stormwater contributions for multi-storey apartment buildings.

Residential developments within the CBD

(Applies to the area subject to the central area section of the district plan)

These developments will be charged all of the following development contributions.

  • $1013.63 (incl GST) for each new household unit or allotment for community facilities (eg libraries, pools, community centres)
  • $1507.50 (incl GST) for each new household unit or allotment for stormwater.

The policy allows for reductions in the stormwater contributions for multi-storey apartment buildings.

These developments will continue to be subject to the current financial contributions provisions for open space (part 8 of the central area section of the district plan).

Non-residential developments

(Applies to anywhere in the Auckland isthmus including the CBD).

These developments will be charged development contributions only for stormwater.

  • $6.03 (incl GST)/m2 of additional impervious area for stormwater.

Download the full policy

Fact sheet

This information gives an outline of the policy.

Policy

The 2005 development contributions policy for Community amenities, Stormwater and Open space. This was adopted by Auckland City at the Combined Committees meeting of 23 June 2005.

The final version of the policy is available within the full version of the Annual Plan 2005/2006, Amendments to Focus on the Future 2004-2014.

The policy is also supported by a series of detailed documents, which includes the development contributions information pack.

Reviewed July 2007
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