PC 119 (Private): Ara Hills (Hall Farm)

About the plan change

​This private plan change aims to rezone approximately 84ha of land known as Ara Hills located west of Ōrewa from the Future Urban Zone to Residential - Terraced Housing and Apartment Zone, Residential - Mixed Housing Urban Zone, Open Space - Informal Recreation Zone, Open Space - Conservation Zone and Business - Neighbourhood Centre Zone.

The PPC Request includes a proposed new precinct which includes:

• provisions to recognise the ecological and amenity values of the adjacent Nukumea Scenic Reserve;

• requiring all open space to be accessible to the public even though most of it will be owned and managed by the residents;

• riparian planting along the streams;

• a Flexible Commercial Sub-precinct to provide flexibility for additional ground floor commercial floor space adjacent to the Neighbourhood Centre. 

• Mixed Density Residential Standards. 

The private plan change also adds the area to the Stormwater Management Control Area – Flow 1 on the Planning Maps and amends an area of native vegetation in the SEA Overlay on the Planning Maps.

Status

​Notification: 22 August 2025

Plan change documents

Notification documents

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