The NBA (the Natural and Built Environment Act) and the SPA (the Spatial Planning Act) were passed by the Parliament on 16 August 2023 and they began coming into effect since 24 August. Their full implementation is expected to take place over about ten years. The UDF has made submissions […]
SPA and the NBA are passed by the Parliament- parts are in effect from 24 August 2023 Read More »
. The Environment Committee at Parliament has received two submissions from the Urban Design Forum on each of the two bills that would go towards replacing the Resource Management Act: The Natural and Built Environment Bill – Submission PDF here. The Spatial Planning Bill – Submission PDF here. Both are
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The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act was enacted in December 2021. This introduced the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS), which are aimed at increasing housing supply and choice across our largest urban areas by enabling the development of three homes, of up to 12m in
MfE Releases its National Medium Density Design Guide Read More »
Government is pulling all the levers to get more housing built, but in the rush will we create environments worth living in? In Germany they consider the impact of building and place making so important to society that they have a word for it: BauKultur. Their Federal Government plays a
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The most commonly occurring building type in the vast majority of global cities is a three-storey terraced house. Its front faces the street and is built up from one side property boundary to the next, recognising that the next plot along will repeat the pattern. This highly flexible and repeatable
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