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Inclusionary Housing Variation
The proposed Inclusionary Housing Variation was notified on 13 October 2022. A public hearing ran from 27 February to 7 March 2024 and a recommendation report was issued by an Independent Hearings Panel (IHP) on 5 June 2024. The IHP recommended that the Council withdraw the Variation.
The proposed Variation would have required most new residential subdivisions and developments to provide an ‘affordable housing financial contribution’. The contribution would have been collected by Council and provided to the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (or another registered Community Housing Provider), providing them with an ongoing funding stream to deliver retained affordable housing targeted to residents on low to moderate incomes.
On August 1 2024 the Full Council resolved to withdraw the Variation under Clause 8D of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), for the reasons generally expressed in the agenda report, namely that the IHP was not satisfied under section 32 of the RMA that the Variation was the most efficient and effective way of achieving its objectives, and its recommendation makes it impracticable to progress the Variation any further at this time.
Withdrawal means that the Variation process will now cease, and there will not be a Council decision or environment court appeal process for the Variation.
The hearing page remains online and can be found here
For further information on this matter please contact the Planning Policy team on (03) 441 0499 or email pdpenquiries@qldc.govt.nz
Quick links
Inclusionary Housing Independent Hearing Panel Report - June 2024
Correction to Summary of Decisions Requested
Submission #72.4
Make a Further Submission to Submission #72.4
Make a further submission:
Any written further submissions must follow Form 6, as prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. All submissions must state whether or not you wish to be heard in support of your further submission at a hearing. The further submission form is available from the QLDC offices and listed below , as well as the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Legislation websites.
Who can make a further submission?
The following persons may lodge a further submission:
(a) Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and
(b) Any person that has an interest in an aspect of the variation greater than the public in general.
What can a further submission cover?
Further submissions must be limited to matters in support of, or in opposition to, a matter raised in an original submission.
Further submissions on submission #72.4 have closed.
Additional Summary of Decisions Requested
Submissions Received - Submission 181
Make a Further Submission to Submission 181
Make a further submission:
Any written further submissions that do not use the online form must be made using Form 6, as prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. All submissions must state whether or not you wish to be heard in support of your further submission at a hearing. The further submission form is available from the locations listed above, as well as the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Legislation websites.
Who can make a further submission?
The following persons may lodge a further submission:
(a) Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and
(b) Any person that has an interest in an aspect of the variation greater than the public in general.
What can a further submission cover?
Further submissions must be limited to matters in support of, or in opposition to, a matter raised in an original submission.
Submissions have closed
Summary of Decisions Requested
Submissions Received
Make a Further Submission
When a person or group makes a submission or further submission on a District Plan or Plan Change this is public information.
Please note that by making a submission your personal details, including your name and addresses will be made publicly available under the Resource Management Act 1991. This is because, under the Act, any further submission supporting or opposing your submission must be forwarded to you as well as to QLDC.
There are limited circumstances when your submission or your contact details can be kept confidential. If you consider you have compelling reasons why your submission or your contact details should be kept confidential please contact the Senior District Plan Administrator on 03 441 0499 to discuss.
Any written further submissions that do not use the online form must be made using Form 6, as prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. All submissions must state whether or not you wish to be heard in support of your further submission at a hearing. The further submission form is available from the locations listed above, as well as the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Legislation websites.
Further Submissions closed 23 February 2023.
Further submissions on submission #181 closed on 9 March 2023
Section 32 report and provisions
Summary of key facts
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This is a proposal and will be subject to a formal public consultation process which starts on 13 October 2022.
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The proposal may change as a result of submissions.
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The proposed rules do not apply until Council makes a decision on the plan change following a hearing. This will take some time.
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The proposed financial contribution will not apply in the following areas. This is because a pre-existing agreement to provide affordable housing contributions has already been made with developers:
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Jacks Point (including Hanleys Farm), Bullendale, Coneburn, Arrowtown Retirement Village, Northlake, Queenstown Country Club, Longview, Hikuwai, Riverside Park, Peninsula Bay, Allenby Farms, Quail Rise, Shotover Country, Homestead Bay, Tomasi.
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The proposed ‘affordable housing financial contribution’ is important to support the vital work of the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (or another registered Community Housing Provider).
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Since 2007, the Trust has built and delivered a total of eight housing developments (119 homes) on land received through an inclusionary housing-type process, which along with other homes purchased has helped 244 local households remain in the area. Further housing developments (totalling over 100 homes) are also underway at Northlake, Hāwea and Arrowtown.
Summary of the proposal
The proposed ‘affordable housing financial contribution’ would be payable either at the time of residential subdivision approval and/or when building consent is issued for a new build (including apartments in business and mixed use areas). The contribution will not apply to small units (residential flats) located on an existing house site).
The proposed contribution for a subdivision would be:
New subdivisions that create vacant residential lots within existing urban areas |
5% of the additional serviced lots created, to be provided to the Council as either a transfer of land or as an equivalent monetary contribution |
Residential subdivisions in a Settlement Zone, Rural-Residential Zone, Wakatipu Basin Rural Amenity Zone Lifestyle Precinct or Special Zone |
1% of the anticipated sales value of the additional lot(s), as defined in the proposed provisions |
The proposed contribution for new residential development in urban areas would depend on whether a contribution has already been paid by the developer that completed the subdivision.
Where new houses are to be built on lots that have not already been subject to an affordable housing contribution (for example building on a vacant lot that was created before the proposed rules come into effect), the contribution would be the lesser of either:
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2% of the anticipated sales value of the additional house(s) created, or
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A set rate of $150 per square metre of the net increase in residential floorspace.
For example: a new house on a vacant lot with a floor area of 150m2 and estimated value of $800,000 would trigger a contribution of $16,000.
A $1.5 million new house with a floor area of 250m2 would trigger a contribution of $30,000.
More details on the proposed contribution, how it’s calculated and how they’ve been set, can be read in the FAQs or proposed provisions below.
Want to talk about it?
If you have any queries on any of the information provided, how to make a submission or need help finding a particular document, please contact one of our dedicated duty policy planners on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka) or email us at pdpenquiries@qldc.govt.nz