Papamoa will be host to more than 350 new homes as the Government fast-tracks two key developments to meet the city's ballooning population.
Tauranga City Council yesterday announced a special housing accord which will allow for about 283 new dwellings to be built in the Golden Sands area in Wairakei and about 68 in Palm Springs in Papamoa East. The new areas will avoid the lengthy paperwork process and be developed alongside the existing special housing areas already under way at Wairakei and Palm Springs.
Tauranga Mayor Stuart Crosby said this housing accord was likely to be the last due to timeframe restrictions within the Special Housing Area legislation but it recognised the need for more housing in the area.
"This re-analyses the rapid growth of Wairakei and looks for further opportunity to get mixed housing there," Mr Crosby said.
"It is important to have a range of houses and it is good to see the the developers are picking up these issues of smaller homes on smaller lots."