PC 120: Housing Intensification and Resilience

Status of PC 120

Notification: 3 November 2025

Submissions closed: 19 December 2025, 5.00pm.

In accordance with section 86B (3) of the Resource Management Act, some of the proposed plan change rules have immediate legal effect. For more information, read PC 120 Proposed Plan Change – Explanatory Note [PDF 1MB].

Further submissions: Open on 26 February 2026. Further submissions close on 18 March 2026.

About the plan change

This proposed plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan Operative in part aims to:

• better manage development for natural hazards across the region, and
• amend regional and district plan rules that will enable further intensification of housing mainly around rapid transit stops, along many major bus routes and around centres.

Timeline

24 September 2025

On 24 September 2025, Auckland Council’s Policy and Planning Committee voted to endorse PC 120 for public notification.

2 October 2025

PC 120 was sent to Government Ministers Hon Chris Bishop and Hon Tama Potaka on 2 October 2025 respectively requesting a direction for Auckland Council to use the streamlined planning process (SPP) to prepare the Auckland Housing Planning Instrument (known as Proposed Plan Change 120 - Housing Intensification and Resilience) as required under Clause 5(1) of Schedule 3C to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).

29 October 2025

The Ministers wrote to the council on 29 October 2025 confirming the use of the streamlined planning process and issued a direction and gazette notice on the process.

The Streamlined Planning Process is different from the usual Schedule 1 RMA process. The differences are explained in this document:

31 October 2025

The Housing Capacity Modelling Report: Housing Intensification and Resilience (Plan Change 120) together with accompanying memo were also sent to Ministers Bishop and Potaka on 31 October 2025.

19 November 2025

Housing Capacity Modelling data is now available.

Friend of the submitter

We understand that RMA processes can be a little daunting, so we have appointed a 'Friend of Submitters' who is an independent advisor to help submitters.

The Friend of the submitter can help explain the process, advise you on lodging your submission, how to express your views, and what to do after lodging your submission.

This free service is available throughout the submission period and in the lead-up to the hearings. This service will be unavailable from 19 December 2025, 5.00pm to 12 January 2026, 9.00am. We will respond to messages left during this period when the service resumes.

Contact a Friend of Submitter

Friend of submitter 1:

• Email: FOS1PC120@rdbconsult.com
• Ph: 0274 612 315

Friend of submitter 2:

• Email: FOS2PC120@planningplus.co.nz
• Ph: 027 525 7214

Friend of submitter 3 (specialising in Māori planning issues):

• Email: FOSMAORIPC120@duenorth.nz
• Ph: 021 380 985

Plan change documents

View the Plan Change 120 map viewer

How to use the Plan Change 120 Map viewer

You can also review the YouTube video explaining how to use the PC 120 map viewer.

Background information

Contact unitaryplan@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz if you have trouble downloading these documents. 

Special character documents

Notification documents

Section 32 report documents