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Monitoring is an important part of carrying out the Future Development Strategy (FDS). The FDS Monitoring report builds on the previous Auckland Plan 2050 report.
Annual monitoring reports on the progress achieving quality compact growth and development.
The report tracks building consents, business floor area consents and Code Compliance Certificates for new homes across Auckland. It also monitors the status of the FDS actions.
Auckland is changing and growing. The vision of a quality compact future Auckland is becoming reality.
Over the past five years, most housing development in Auckland has happened in the existing urban area (as defined in 2016), mainly on previously developed land.
In Auckland, there are more building consents for multi-unit homes (like apartments and townhouses) than for stand-alone houses. This trend is mostly seen in major growth areas and spatial priority areas within the existing urban area.
Future urban areas continue to provide land for some urban expansion. Growth in rural areas is limited and focused in existing towns and settlements.
In 2023/2024, the locations of consented and completed homes mostly follow the quality compact approach and the multi-nodal In 2023/2024, the locations of consented and completed homes mostly follow the quality compact approach and the model outlined in the Future Development Strategy.
13,854 dwellings were consented in 2023/2024, a decrease of 27 per cent from 2022/2023.
The FDS identifies 23 actions to achieve the FDS vision, outcomes and principles.
In the first year of implementing the FDS: