Auckland Council’s growth projections indicate that the city needs to find development capacity for 400,000 new dwellings by 2041. To better understand the quantity and location of development capacity in their region the Council commissioned the ‘Capacity for Growth Study’. Through this study this presentation explores how FME was used to generate a number of innovative spatial data modelling algorithms to measure the vacant, redevelopment and infill development capacity across residential, business and rural-residential land use designations.
2. The Auckland Region
! Encompasses the Auckland
metropolitan area, smaller
towns, rural areas, and the
islands of the Hauraki Gulf
! Population of 1.5 million
! Is home to 1/3 of all New
Zealand’s residents
3. So what is the Capacity for Growth
Study (CfGS) ?
! The CfGS is a way to measure the capacity a
region has for accommodating residential and
business growth under an operative (or
proposed) planning rule book?
! The CfGS is a census of plan-enabled capacity.
4. The Strategic Context …
! A 30 year vision;
! For 1 million more people;
! For 400,000 more dwellings;
! Understanding WHEN, WHERE
and HOW growth may occur?
5. The Operational Context …
! The restructuring of Local Government in
Auckland …
! Combining the functions of a regional council and
7 city and district councils into an Auckland
“Super City”
! Transitioning from 4 regional plans + 7 district
plans to a single Auckland Unitary Plan
8. So what does the CfGS deliver?
Questions
Segmentations
! Residential
! Business Commercial
! Business Industrial
! Rural Residential
Assessments
! Vacant land
! Redevelopment
potential
! Infill capacity
potential
! Vacant potential
Data
Parcels
Rates assessments
Titles
Building footprints
Zoning
District plan provisions
Environmental data
Infrastructure/services
Floor space data
Employee counts
Dwelling counts
Capacity Model
14. INFILL is easy to conceptualise...
Residential parcel
Building footprint
District plan
set backs
Geo-processing
to calculate
vacant portion of
parcel
Geo-processing
to check for
vehicle access to
the street
Calculate capacity
Yield (dwellings)
Yield =
x additional
dwellings
34. Scenario Modelling …
Current Zoning
Net Redevelopment Yield
= 1065 new dwelling candidates
Test Zoning
Net Redevelopment Yield
= 2743 new dwelling candidates
35. Benefits from the CfGS
More informed decision making …
! Time and resource savings
! Project duration: 12 months, compared to 4 years
! Data modelling repeatability
! 1 to 2 days to run all models to completion
! Configurable “What if?” scenario modelling
! Improved information for stakeholders
! A data driven, evidence based approach
! Independent of the political pressures around outcomes
! Creation of data framework for additional research …