The proposed zone changes will help us meet Richmond’s projected housing demand and provide additional capacity, supporting towns like Motueka and Brightwater that face housing land constraints. The focus for Richmond is to grow up, not out.

Over the next 30 years (2055), 63% of Tasman’s new dwellings are needed in urban areas like Richmond, Brightwater, Wakefield, Māpua, and Motueka, highlighting their importance for commuters to Richmond and Nelson.

Richmond's rapid growth means more demand for commercial, and light industrial land so PC81 includes rezoning FDS business sites to sustain employment opportunities.

Proposed Changes:

• Adopt the Medium Density Residential Zone in central Richmond, replacing the Richmond Intensive Development Area to allow for more housing.
• Modify rules for Richmond’s Commercial and Central Business Zones to enable residential intensification in the town centre.
• Rezone land along Main Road Hope to accommodate more business land, likely as a mixture of Mixed Business and Light Industrial Zones, with site-specific rule interventions as needed to manage adverse effects.
• Rezone the existing Mixed Business zoned land in the Berryfields area to MDRZ and commercial to provide more residential and commercial capacity.

Check out the options for Richmond on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.

Over the next ten years Wakefield’s small dwelling shortfall will be addressed by development in Richmond.

In the long term, with better water and sewage systems in place in the Waimea Plains, Wakefield will have sufficient housing and business land capacity.

Proposed Changes

• Rezone central parts of Wakefield to the Medium Density Residential Zone to facilitate intensification.

• Establish a new greenfield growth area with mixed housing densities.

• Establish a new Light Industrial Zone location for industrial businesses.

Check out the options for Wakefield on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.

Brightwater will face a small housing land capacity deficit over the next ten years until new trunk infrastructure, including the Waimea Plains Water and Wastewater Plan, is in place.

In the long term, Brightwater will have sufficient housing capacity. For light industrial land, Richmond can meet some of Brightwater’s demand in the next decade due to its proximity, until additional serviced capacity becomes available

Proposed Changes

• Rezone central parts of Brightwater to the Medium Density Residential Zone.

• Provide new development opportunities at Katania Heights.

• Introduce a Rural Residential Zone that balances development with the protection of key areas.

• Correct technical zoning issues, such as adjusting the Light Industrial and Tourist Services Zones.

Check out the options for Brightwater on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.

According to Council’s 2021 Housing Preferences Survey, Motueka is Tasman’s most popular town.

However, many people cannot afford to live there due to the lack of suitable land as Motueka is constrained by low-lying land, natural hazards, and highly productive land, making significant additional residential zoning difficult.

As a result, there will be significant housing land shortages in the medium future, notwithstanding that some demand is being met by surplus capacity in Richmond.

Plan Change 81 will start to address this by allowing for intensification with an expected benefit to community and economy.

Motueka has the highest concentration of Māori residents in Tasman, with 15% identifying as Māori, compared to 8% across the district (as at 2018).

PC81 includes provisions for papakāinga opportunities in Motueka.

Proposed Changes

• Rezone land to Compact Density or Medium Density Residential Zone.

• Accommodate iwi and hapū values by providing more opportunities for papakāinga development.

• Expand rural residential living options in the Motueka Valley and the western end of College Street in a future proof resilient location.

Check out the options for Motueka and Moutere on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.

Lakes-Murchison ward, which includes St Arnaud, Murchison, and Tapawera, face constraints to growth however, the proposed rezoning can provide sufficient land for housing and business.

Murchison has seen considerable increase in demand for dwellings in recent years and remaining light industrial land availability is very sparse. The recent PC77 rezoned land for rural residential and residential to meet demand. PC81 proposes a new light industrial site and rezoning some residentially zoned land to commercial.

To help people find homes, PC81 also wants to rezone some land to rural residential outside St Arnaud in Tophouse.

Proposed Changes

• Rezone a site at Tophouse to Rural Residential Zone, ensuring protection of wetlands and defining minimum lot sizes.

• Rezone land at the eastern end of Murchison to Light Industrial to support economic growth.

• Rezone properties in the commercial centre of Murchison to Commercial Zone to address business land shortages.

• Rezone a light industrial section in Tapawera as Residential Zone.

Check out the options for Murchison, Tapawera, St Arnaud and Top House on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.

Overall, there is sufficient housing land capacity in the Golden Bay ward, and Tākaka’s planned wastewater treatment plant will address future capacity constraints.

PC81 proposes a mix of sites for rezoning, including rural self-serviced sites and sites that will use existing wastewater capacity allocation.

PC81 includes three sites for rezoning in Tākaka to offer both short- and long-term options for businesses and to address the shortage of light industrial land.

Proposed Changes

• Provide short- and medium-term capacity for Light Industrial growth in Mohua / Golden Bay.
• Rezone existing Light Industrial land in Takaka to Residential or medium density residential zone, subject to wastewater treatment plant capacity limitations.
• Rezoning Onetahua Marae in Pōhara from Residential Zone to Papakāinga Zone.
• Potentially rezone further residential zone land at Park Avenue, and Rototai Road, subject to wastewater treatment plant capacity limitations.

Check out the options for Tākaka and Golden Bay on our interactive map or you can download them as a PDF if you prefer.