On 13 March 2025, Property Council submitted on Hutt City Council’s Sustainable Growth Strategy.
In brief
Property Council supports Hutt City’s Sustainable Growth Strategy 2025-2055. However, we would like to see a more pragmatic and collaborative approach to developing a future national adaptation and natural hazards plan.
At a high level, Property Council recommends that Hutt City Council:
- Work closely with the development community and its own employees to encourage a collaborative and welcoming approach to future intensification and desired outcomes are met;
- Investigate options for mix-use development around the upgraded Waterloo Station;
- Investigate alternative funding and financing options for water and waste infrastructure prior to the Long-Term Plan 2026-2036. This could include a similar model to Wellington City Council’s Sludge Minimisation Levy;
- Takes a whole-of-system approach to housing affordability by reviewing their resource consent and building consent timeframes, ensuring their development contribution fees remain balanced and consistent with growth pressures to ensure Hutt City Council can appropriately provide services that support growth;
- Take a pragmatic individual location approach working closely with communities when developing an adaptation plan in high-risk areas; and
- Amend page 83 to highlight Greater Wellington Regional Council’s mapping is indicative and will not be used specifically for flood forecasting (as stated on their website).