This page contains information about the 30/50 Final Growth Strategy.
Updated:
5/12/2011 2:30 p.m.
Summary of the Final Growth Strategy
The Whangarei District has experienced significant growth between 2001 and 2008. Although growth is slowing in line with global and national trends, future growth for the district is projected to continue. In some parts of the district, particularly in the Marsden Point/Ruakaka area, growth has the potential to be substantial. This presents both challenges and opportunities to our communities, businesses and governing bodies - and to us as individuals and families.
To manage the projected growth sustainably, Council has formulated a long term sub-regional growth strategy. This project, entitled Sustainable Futures 30/50 identified:
- economic drivers of development
- assessed future growth potential
- determined existing and potential land use patterns
- assessed and planned for infrastructural requirements for the district over a 30-50 year time frame.
Environmental, social and cultural constraints on, and consequences of, anticipated development were identified and assessed. This research and analysis would enable a long term, integrated, strategic planning programme to be developed, based upon sustainability principles, which would assist the sustainable development of the district over the next 50 years.
Council's Sub-regional Strategy would align with, and support, a Northland wide regional growth strategy being developed by the Northland Regional Council.
Viewing the strategy document
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