Submission on Linkage Zoning for Queenstown

Plan Change 24 Community and Affordable Housing

STATEMENT of EVIDENCE of FRASER COLEGRAVE

Focus of Submission

Plan Change 24 (PC24) is a highly-ambitious proposal with far-reaching effects. The potential costs are beyond comprehension – they will be intergenerational. As a result, Council faces a strong onus to convincingly prove that (i) there was a definite need for intervention, and (ii) that its chosen intervention was the most efficient and effective.

In this paper, I use a range of local and international information to show that neither condition has been satisfied. Specifically, this paper shows that:

· Council has not clearly proven the need for its housing affordability policy,

· In any case, the design of PC 24 is seriously flawed,

· Council has failed to prove the efficacy of its plan, and

· The effects of the plan change will largely be negative