Could Tuakau East be the Location of Your New Home?

In the first joint planning process for Tuakau, Franklin District Council and RSSL Investments will be working towards providing more residential land in Tuakau East. This area (called Area ‘B’) was identified for growth in the Franklin District Growth Strategy released by Council last year.

The District Growth Strategy predicts that the Tuakau population will nearly double in population by 2051. Together Franklin District Council and RSSL Investments will work towards notifying a change to Franklin’s District Plan to make this growth possible.

“Council wants to make sure that urban growth happens in a way that enhances the community and doesn’t impact negatively on the rural lifestyle of the District,” says Franklin District Council Mayor, Mark Ball.

Working with RSSL Investments, Council can be assured that any change to Franklin’s District Plan will result in planned, affordable and designed growth in Tuakau without ratepayers funding the often expensive plan change process.

To formalise the relationship RSSL Investments and Franklin District Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which sets out how they will work together towards developing a plan for the area.

“This agreement doesn’t take away any of the resource management process, Council is still one hundred per cent committed to a fair and consultative process as required under the Resource Management Act,” says Mayor Ball.

The planning process will involve extensive consultation and the Tuakau community will be well informed of the opportunities to be involved in, and comment on, any planning proposals.