A limit of 500 residential units has been dropped for a massive $750 million development for Mangawhai, but any new homes must fit in with the small town's coastal character.
Kaipara District Council (KDC) has completed the final step to adopt Private Plan Change 78 (PP78), which amends the planning rules that apply to the Mangawhai Central Development.
This was required under the Resource Management Act, before the changes become operative in Chapter 16 of the District Plan. The change will be notified over the next two weeks and will come into effect on July 22.
Auckland-based Mangawhai Central Ltd applied to KDC for a private plan change to develop about 130 hectares of former sheep and beef grazing land between Mangawhai Village and Mangawhai Heads.
Touted as one of the biggest coastal township commercial developments in New Zealand history, the proposal includes a light industrial business park, supermarket, retail shopping centre, retirement village and residential enclave.