
A report to next week’s Council meeting recommends amending the District Plan, zoning for more medium density areas.
If approved, this will increase Christchurch’s future housing capacity to meet a Government requirement of a 30-year high growth projection plus 20% contingency. In turn, this will enable the Council to apply to withdraw from the remainder of proposed changes under Plan Change 14 – specifically the city-wide MDRS (Medium Density Residential Standards) which allow up to three dwellings of up to three storeys on a property without needing to apply for a resource consent.
Parts of Papanui currently zoned Residential Suburban (RS), generally on the boundary of current High Density Residential zoning (HRZ), is proposed to be rezoned to Medium Density Residential (MRZ). MRZ allows buildings up to 12m (generally 3 storey) and up to 3 residential units per site, whereas RS provides predominantly for single or two storeyed detached or semi-detached houses.
The Council has published an interactive map showing current and proposed zoning city-wide.
More information can be found in the Council meeting agenda (see item 13).