"Urban Design Strategy - great city great design"

Vision

A coastal city of neighbourhoods nestled into the landscape in which people embrace their rich heritage and culture through contemporary design.

Introduction

With urban growth comes the pressure to expand outward and upward. Taurangas outward growth, the subdivision of greenfields areas, has been progressing at a rapid rate over the last 15 years and continues to do so. Assurance is needed that this happens in a way that supports not only identity, but a range of other values held by Taurangas people and their wish to live in a high quality environment. Residential growth upward, in the form of townhouses, terraces and apartment blocks, is a more recent phenomenon and has largely occurred to accommodate visitors. That is slowly changing in some suitable locations. This creates some tension with existing neighbourhoods as the local environment changes. With this comes a greater need to understand how we can deliver higher density development which still provides a high quality living environment

Strategy

The Urban Design Strategy is very large so you may wish to use the interactive Contents page to select each section individually.

• Contents - Urban Design Strategy  (91kb pdf) - once in the document, click on the heading of the section you wish to view
   
• Urban Design Strategy - full document (11mb pdf)

Urban Design Development Guide

• Part 1 - Cover and Index  (77kb pdf)
• Part 2 - Introduction  (2.9mb pdf) 
• Part 3 - Site Design  (5.9mb pdf) 
• Part 4 - Mixed Use  (3.5mb pdf) 
• Part 5 - Medium Density Housing  (4.5mb pdf) 
• Part 6 - Appendicies  (84kb pdf)