Comment

Representation ID: 18509

Received: 30/11/2006

Respondent: HOWARD HUTTON & ASSOCIATES

Agent: HOWARD HUTTON & ASSOCIATES

Infrastructure
We are promoting the concept of 'deficit planning'. At present allocations for development avoid areas where there are infrastructure deficits e.g. highway, drainage, flooding problems or contamination etc.

Allocations are often directed to areas where there is spare capacity which means it gets used up, often at no cost to the developer.

Deficit planning starts with a different question, namely 'Where are there problems in the District that additional development might resolve?

Developer funded by passes are an example of deficit planning. We feel that the idea could be used more widely to secure infrastructure improvements.