Auckland 'megalot' subdivision gets fast-track approval

October 25, 2023
The Carrington residential development.

An independent panel has approved subdividing Unitec's former campus site in Auckland's Mt Albert into "seven megalots", paving the way for thousands of new homes as part of one of the country’s biggest developments.

Under fast-track legislation, the Housing and Urban Development Ministry applied for resource consent to subdivide existing lots into seven new "megalots" for development and five potential open space lots.

The Carrington residential development was expected to take around 15 years to complete and supports at least 3000 new homes in the Central Auckland suburb.

As one of the country's largest developments, the project covers nearly 40 hectares of land next to Unitec's remaining campus buildings nearby.

Renders of Carrington development.

While the subdivision application was made by the Government, the proposed megalots will eventually be transferred to Waiohua-Tāmaki, Marutūāhu and Ngāti Whātua rōpū.

The development is led by the three Auckland rōpū and facilitated by the Crown.

No physical works are enabled by the subdivision resource consent.

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