Development contributions

2008 policy

Status
The charges
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Status

The 2008 development contributions policy was adopted by council and operative from 1 July 2008.

The charges

Development contributions are charged when the council grants building or resource consents for developments. They will also be charged in some circumstances when service connections are approved.

The charges will depend on the location of the site 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.

Residential developments
Residential HGI developments
Non-residential developments

Residential developments

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

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

For community amenities
- $1,174 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment.
For public space land acquisition, the sum of the following for each household unit or allotment:
- a flat charge of $3,168 (plus GST), plus
- the value of 4.59m² of the land being developed (plus GST)
For public space infrastructure
- $8,559 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment.
For stormwater
- $3,974 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment. The policy allows for reductions in the stormwater contributions for multi-storey apartment buildings.
For transport
- $2,520 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment, except in Wynyard Point, or
- $10,131 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment in Wynyard Point (the Western Reclamation precinct and any adjacent part of the coastal marine area included within the district of Auckland City Council).

Residential HGI developments

(Applies to the area subject to the Hauraki Gulf islands section of the district plan).

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

For community amenities
- $1,174 (plus GST) for each household unit or allotment.

Non-residential developments

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

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

For stormwater, $15.90 (plus GST) for each square metre of additional impervious area.
For transport, an amount based on the nature and scale of the development. This will be calculated from the "per unit charge" and an assessment of the expected transport demand (ie. the number of units of demand). The per unit charge is:
- $2,459 (plus GST), except in Wynyard Point, or
- $10,131 (plus GST), in Wynyard Point (the Western Reclamation precinct and any adjacent part of the coastal marine area included within the district of Auckland City Council).

The assessment of the transport demand is in terms of the number of Household unit equivalents (HUEs) generated by the development. This is worked out using a set of assessment categories and factors which are given in the full policy. These are summarised below. Definitions for each category are given in section 4 of the policy.

Transport assessment category	Assessment factor
Commercial accommodation development	0.56 HUE per additional room
Commercial development	1.22 HUE per 100m² of additional gross floor area
Education development	0.22 HUE per additional student provided for
Service station development	35.56 HUE per 100m²of additional gross floor area
Industrial development	0.56 HUE per 100m² of additional gross floor area
Managed accommodation development	0.56 HUE per additional bed
Retail development	3.78 HUE per 100m² of additional gross floor area
Any non-residential development not falling into one of the above categories	0.11 HUE per additional daily trip generated

Non-residential developments will continue to be subject to relevant financial contributions, including those that apply for public amenities (part 4B of the isthmus section of the district plan) and for public spaces (part 8 of the central area section of the district plan).

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The 2008 development contributions policy for community amenities, stormwater, public space and transport.

2008 development contributions policy (218kb PDF)

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Supporting policy information

Major changes of the 2008 policy include the following:

extending the community amenities charge to apply to residential developments in the Hauraki Gulf islandss
the addition of the Waiheke library project to the community amenities activity
the timing of growth related expenditure for AMETI, Wynyard Point and other CBD waterfront projects has been updated. Expenditure on each of these projects is now expected to occur later than previously planned which reduces the associated cost of finance
a reduction of the retail trips factor has had an effect on the distribution of the cost of growth across all of the transport categories. This has a slight impact on the overall transport charge.

These changes reflect an increase in the total ten-year unadjusted cost of growth (ie excluding allowance for inflation and interest costs) from the current $720 million to $727 million.

The policy is operative from 1 July 2008. Any consent granted by the council on or after that date could become subject to the revised policy. The draft policy however, provides that::

consent applications which are accepted for lodgement before 1 July 2008 should not be subject to the revised policy or charges
consent applications for developments on the Gulf islands, which are accepted for lodgement within six months after 1 July 2008, and which are part of a development that was already underway on that date, should not be subject to the revised policy or charges

Detailed information and related committee reports for the 2008 policy

Updated June 2008