Streamlined planning provisions to enable development of a new residential suburb.
Jacks Point is a new settlement on the shores of Lake Wakatipu at the southern end of the Queenstown urban area, designed to accommodate 10,000+ plus homes. This project sought to incorporate the existing zone into the first stage of the Queenstown Lakes District Plan Review. Its purpose was to re-focus and update the policies and rules to specifically recognise and respond to changes at Jacks Point, particularly in relation to projected urban growth requirements and a need for affordable housing, and to identify opportunities to remove unnecessary regulatory controls.
Boffa Miskell were engaged by the developer of Jacks Point to work collaboratively with Council staff to draft the new zone and provisions, prepare the section 32 assessment and a landscape effects assessment report.