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Flood-zone apartment plan raises questions
Plans for a five-storey apartment block in a flood-hit part of Sunnynook were lodged three days before tougher council building standards for hazard zones came into force last month. The resource consent application to Auckland Council is for 18-22 Kapiti Pl, a
site bordering a walkway to the bus station. It backs onto a culvert that inundated homes on these and other nearby properties in the 2023 floods. Devonport-Takapuna Local Board chair Trish Deans says the restricted discretionary activity application presents a number of
problems “There are many risks for a development that seeks to build 86 apartments in a flood plain area.” Council’s flood hazard maps spelled out the problem in Kapiti Pl, she said. “As we are all aware, Sunnynook was badly affected To page 2
Sizzling summer, here we come
Wet, wet, wet... Lockie Webster (front) and Spencer Kirker (both 3) cool off during the Takapuna Christmas Carnival in Waiwharariki Anzac Square. More pictures, see pages 7-9