What does the draft Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan do?

The draft Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan addresses six opportunities:

• Protect, restore and enhance historic heritage and sites and areas of significance to Māori, and provide for people’s physical and spiritual connection to these places.
• Reduce and manage risks so that people and communities are resilient to the impact of natural hazards and climate change.
• Protect, restore and enhance the natural environment, with particular focus on te ao Māori, the enhancement of biodiversity, the connectivity between natural areas and accessibility for people.
• Enable diverse and affordable housing in locations that support thriving neighbourhoods that provide for people’s day-to-day needs.
• Provide space for businesses and the economy to prosper in a low carbon future.

Prioritise sustainable transport choices to move people and goods in a way that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions and enables access to social, cultural and economic opportunities.

The draft Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan delivers five key moves:

• The prosperous development of Kāinga nohoanga
• A strengthened network of urban and town centres
• A mass rapid transit system
• A collective focus on unlocking the potential of Priority Areas
• An enhanced and expanded blue-green network