Submissions close on 24 September, and people who already had their say do not need to repeat it.
Aucklanders have until 24 September to comment on changes to the rules that decide where new homes can be built.
Auckland Council reopened submissions on Plan Change 120 on 27 August. The plan sets out how much housing is allowed in each part of the city, and where taller buildings can go.
The Council first put the plan out in November 2025 and more than 10,500 people and groups made submissions. The Government then cut the number of new homes Auckland has to make room for from about two million to 1.4 million, so the Council has changed the plan and is asking again.
The new version allows fewer homes in the parts of Auckland most at risk from flooding, using newer flood modelling and rainfall figures.
The changes “make better use of the transport, water and other infrastructure Aucklanders have already invested billions of dollars in, while providing stronger protections in places at high risk from flooding and other natural hazards”, Council Policy, Planning and Development Committee chair Richard Hills said.
The extra housing is aimed at places close to town centres and public transport. Within about a 10-minute walk of the bigger centres more than 10 kilometres from the city centre, including Botany, the Council says the Government requires it to allow buildings of at least six storeys.
The Howick Local Board gave its feedback in July. It asked for the six-storey buildings proposed around Howick Village to be moved to Meadowlands instead, and for the Bucklands Beach Peninsula to go back to single houses only because of coastal erosion and access problems.
It also asked the Council to check whether the new rules were right for streets near the Botany town centre that are known to flood.
About 15 per cent of Auckland’s built-up area is covered by the changes, the Council says. The rest keeps the rules set in 2016.
Anyone can make a submission. People who submitted on the earlier version do not have to do it again, and their submission still counts, though they can send another if they want to.
An independent panel will hold hearings and then make recommendations. The Council is expected to make its final decision in the middle of 2027.
