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It'll be great if it does, but there appears to be a big focus on greenfield both explicitly and giving opt outs to councils that can push to "other" areas if they don't upzone so called character areas.
So pushing development to the fringes that are less served by existing infrastructure and services, and therefore more expensive or just downright worse in that regard.
Does that give incentive for the council to not use the character clause? They can use it, but if they do they will face more expensive servicing of properties.
Yes I'd imagine so, and they might take it that way.
On the other hand, they might make the politically easier decision in the short term if those more expensive servicing costs are incurred in the future when it comes time to maintain/replace greenfield infrastructure.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure councils bend to NIMBYs all the time, even when it's a bad idea.
But there have been some recent examples, Auckland, Wellington, where they haven't so I guess there's hope!
There is a greenfield development in Upper Hutt that is nearing completion, on a former Ag Research piece of land. It's a very dense development, a mixture of townhouses and stand alone buildings, with the standalone buildings mostly multi story. Still has walking access to public transport and shops, too.
It's definitely easier to build on a large scale when starting from scratch like that.