Campbell Dunoon: LJ Hooker Head of Network on the Government requiring taller apartments near Auckland's CRL stations

Some in the Auckland real estate sector are giving the Government's move to require taller apartments near key rail stations the tick of approval.  

The Resource Management Bill will be amended to force Auckland Council to allow apartments at least 10 or 15 storeys tall around City Rail Link stops. 

LJ Hooker Head of Network Campbell Dunoon hopes locals get behind what he believes is a good idea.  

He says everyone's been looking forward to the City Rail Link, and more accommodation around those hubs makes sense.  

But Dunoon says green spaces and carparks will need consideration. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gentleman announcing yesterday it's going to force all con Council
to allow new developments of at least fifteen stories next
to key stations for the City rail Link. The new
rules will apply to developments within walking distance of Munga Foe,
which is the new station, Kingsland Morningside. A ten story
limit would apply around Mount Albert and Baldwin have stations.
Campbell Dunoon is head of network at L J. Hooker

(00:22):
and with me this morning. Campbell, good morning, Good morning Ryan.
Is this what people want?

Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well? Well, hopefully. Look, I think it's a positive move
by the government. We need to do something to address it.
But I think we have to accept we need consultation
here and we need to I guess a balanced approach
to the development.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
What do we need to consult about? I mean, does
it not make sense to go up? Given the traffic,
given all the problems we've got in this city. If
we're going to build spend billions building a city rail link,
then you know it doesn't not make sense to have
big buildings to house people next to them.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah, look it does. I mean, yes, you have to
go up. There's not the land to go Sideway so
to speak. But I think people and our research shows
this is the key. We certainly want to have living
accommodation that gives them some sort of green space and
practical amenities and so on and so forth. And I'm
also slightly concerned about the parking issue as well, because

(01:19):
you don't want cars all parked during the evening on
what is it, New North Road. So it'd be interesting
to see what sort of the detail is in these plans.

Speaker 1 (01:29):
Yeah, and whether the government will force the council to
do that, because if you leave leave it up to
the council, they don't like car parks, do.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
They No, they don't. But look at the end of
the day, it's about, you know, do you want to
force this on people do you want to work with them?
And I would prefer to see the latter. But all
in all, I think it's a pretty good idea and
it's something we need. We just have to be pretty
careful how we manage the implementation of it.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
Yeah, Yeah, Campbell, appreciate your time this morning. Campbellton noonhead
of network at l J hockat.

Speaker 2 (01:57):
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