Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm on Tuesday, 16 November 2021

The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill has been referred to the Environment Committee, and the Chairperson of the committee is calling for submissions.

The bill proposes to amend the Resource Management Act 1991 to enable greater supply of housing in urban areas. In particular, the bill seeks to address issues relating to housing affordability and choice by bringing forward the implementation of intensification policies contained in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development (NPS-UD). Bringing forward the NPS-UD would:

• ​require territorial authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand's major cities to set more permissive land use regulations
• require tier 1 territorial authorities to amend their RMA plans to enable intensification.

The bill would also introduce medium density residential standards in all tier 1 urban environments, and introduce an intensification streamlined planning process.

This bill is available online from the ‘Related links’ panel.

What do you need to know?

• Submissions are publicly released and published to the Parliament website. Only your name or organisation’s name is required on a submission. Please keep your contact details separate, as if they are included on the submission they will become publicly available when the submission is released.
• If you wish to include information of a private or personal nature in your submission you should discuss this with the clerk of the committee before submitting.
• If you wish to speak to your submission, please state this clearly.

Further guidance on making a submission can be found from the ‘How to make a submission’ link in the ‘Related documents’ panel.

If you have any questions about your submission or the submission process please contact the Committee Staff through the contact details provided on this page.

Update about oral submission requests (11.11.2021): Please note that we are planning to schedule oral hearings for the week commencing Monday 15 Nov, including that day, Thursday 18 Nov, Friday 19 Nov, and Saturday 20 Nov, depending on the number of submissions to be heard. Committee staff will contact submitters once their written submission is lodged to advise them of dates and times.