Property Council submission on the Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2025
On 5 August 2025, Property Council submitted to the Infrastructure Commission on the Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2025. Why this matters to our members Our members support certainty in the infrastructure sector and a more strategic, coordinated and long-term approach to infrastructure investment and delivery. Our view Property Council broadly supports the Commission’s goal of creating greater pipeline certainty for the infrastructure sector, but has made some recommendations to better align with the property sector. At a high level, Property Council recommends that the Commission: Consult Property Council New Zealand and our members to gain an understanding of how an overreliance on development contribution fees risks undermining development feasibility; Consider flow-on impacts of the new/pending Development Levies and congestion charging