Definitions background document
This document initially sets out the areas for regional agreement and wil then record what the regional agreement is. This work is being developed
as part of the Policy and Planning programme from the Wellington Regional Growth Framework and to ensure regional alignment with the National
Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPSUD) and the Freshwater Package including the National Policy Statement on Freshwater
Management (NPSFM).
Term
Any definition information available
Source/Information
Centre zone means any of
City centre is the city centre zone as described in Standard 8 (Zone Framework
NPSUD. No
the following zones:
Standard) of the national planning standards (the standards); or a reference to the
definitions are
• city centre zone
nearest equivalent zone, for local authorities that have not yet implemented the Zone
provided for each of
• metropolitan centre zone Framework in the standards (see clause 1.4(4))
these in the NPSUD.
town centre zone
However, definitions
• local centre zone
Metropolitan centre is the metropolitan centre zone as described in Standard 8 (Zone
of ‘city centre’ and
neighbourhood centre
Framework Standard) of the standards; or a reference to the nearest equivalent zone,
‘metropolitan centre’
zone
for local authorities that have not yet implemented the Zone Framework in the
are provided in the
standards
NPSUD
intensification
https:/ www.mfe.govt.nz/sites/default/files/media/RMA/national-planning-standards-
guidance document
november-2019.pdf
(section 4 –
Definitions and
section 5.2). These
align with the
National Planning
Standards zone
framework standard
zone descriptions
(Standard 8).
Qualifying matters
Means any of the following:
NPSUD Section
a) A matter of national importance that decision-makers are required to recognise and 3.32
provide for under section 6 of the Act
b) A matter required in order to give ef ect to any other National Policy Statement
c) Any matter required for the purpose of ensuring the safe or efficient operation of
nationally significant infrastructure
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Term
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d) Open space provided for public use, but only in relation to the land that is open
space
e) An area subject to a designation or heritage order, but only in relation to the land
that is subject to the designation or heritage order
f) A matter necessary to implement, or ensure consistency with, iwi participation
legislation
g) The requirement to provide sufficient business land suitable for low density uses to
meet expected demand under this National Policy Statement
h) Any other matter that makes high density development as directed by Policy 3
inappropriate in an area, but only if the requirements of clause 3.33(3) are met.
Rapid transit service -
Means any existing or planned frequent, quick, reliable and high-capacity public
NPSUD Section 1.4
definitions for frequent,
transport service that operates on a permanent route (road or rail) that is largely
Interpretation
quick, reliable, high-capacity separated from other traffic
(also NPSUD
intensification
guidance document)
Rapid transit stop
Means a place where people can enter or exit a rapid transit service, whether existing
NPSUD Section 1.4
or planned
Interpretation
(also NPSUD
(NPSUD intensification guidance document, section 5.5.1, ‘Existing rapid transit stops’
intensification
“…Examples of existing rapid transit stops include train stations on the commuter rail
guidance document
services in Wellington and Auckland and bus stations on Auckland’s Northern
– section 4
Busway.”)
Definitions and
examples in section
5.5.1)
Commuter rail service?
Rapid transit
A quick, frequent, reliable and high-capacity public transport service that operates on a GPS2021 Glossary
permanent route (road or rail) that is largely separated from other traffic.
Planned ie whether rapid
Planned in relation to forms or features of transport, means planned in a regional land
NPSUD Section 1.4
transit stop or service is
transport plan prepared and approved under the Land Transport Management Act
interpretations
planned
2003.
NPSUD
intensification
guidance document
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Term
Any definition information available
Source/Information
(section 4 –
Definitions)
Walkable catchment
A walkable catchment is the area that an average person could walk from a specific
NPSUD
point to get to multiple destinations. A walkable catchment of 400 metres is typically
intensification
associated with a five-minute average walk and 800 metres with a 10-minute average
guidance document,
walk. […]
section 5.5 Walkable
Catchments
Housing bottom lines
For the short-medium term, the sum of:
NPSUD Section 3.6
(i) the amount of feasible, reasonably expected to be realised development capacity
Housing bottom
that must be enabled to meet demand, along with the competitiveness margin, for the
lines for tier 1 and 2
short term; and
urban environments
(i ) the amount of feasible, reasonably expected to be realised development capacity
that must enabled to meet demand, along with the competitiveness margin,
For the medium term; and for the long term, the amount of feasible, reasonably
expected to be realised development capacity that must enabled to meet demand,
along with the competitiveness margin, for the long term.
Insufficient development
Must be based on a comparison of: the demand for housing referred to in clause 3.24
NPSUD Section 3.7
capacity
plus the appropriate competitiveness margin; and the development capacity identified
When there is
under clause 3.25.
insufficient
development
capacity
And section 3.27
with regards to
sufficient
Responsive planning -
Policy 8: Local authority decisions affecting urban environments are responsive to plan NPSUD Section 3.8
Every regional council must changes that would add significantly to development capacity and contribute to well
and Policy 8
include criteria in its regional functioning urban environments, even if the development capacity is: unanticipated by
policy statement for
RMA planning documents; or out-of-sequence with planned land release.
determining what plan
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Term
Any definition information available
Source/Information
changes wil be treated, for
the purpose of implementing
Policy 8, as adding
significantly to development
capacity.
By location
NPSUS – Section
3.27. Every tier 1
territorial authority
must identify, by
location, the building
heights and
densities required by
Policy 3.
Projections are the most
Every HBA must: set out a range of projections of demand for housing in the short term, NPSUD – Section
likely in each of the short
medium term, and long term; and identify which of the projections are the most likely in 3.24
term, medium term, and
each of the short term, medium term, and long term; and set out the assumptions
long term;
underpinning the different projections and the reason for selecting the most likely; and if
those assumptions involve a high level of uncertainty, the nature and potential effects of
that uncertainty.
Out of scope
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