15 March 2022
Media: Newstalk ZB and Rotorua Hits FM
Topic: Rotorua's inclusion in the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act
Background:
The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act passed into law on 20 December 2021.
This Act amends the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) by bringing forward and strengthening the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD) to help to increase housing supply in urban areas where it is needed the most.
On 14 March 2022 an Order in Council was made to incorporate Rotorua Lakes Council in the requirements of the Amendment Act.
This will see RLC join the Tier 1 major urban centres covered by the medium density residential standards (MDRS).
See Government announcement HERE
Requests
Newstalk ZB interviewed Mayor Steve Chadwick in relation to the above announcement.
Councillor Tania Tapsell was interviewed by Rotorua Hits FM on the above.