Have Your Say on PC120
(Housing, Density, Rezoning & Hazard Mapping)
Information and Feedback Template Below
Auckland Council is currently consulting on Proposed Plan Change 120 (PC120), a major rezoning exercise that will decide where high-density housing can be built across the city.
What can be influenced, however, is the detail; the mapping, the height limits, the hazard rules, and how your neighbourhood is affected.
Right now, Council is asking for public feedback.
Even a short email counts. Every submission signals public interest and pressure.
Note: Several Auckland Councillors have indicated that, for them to stand up firmly and effectively against the details and implications of PC120, they need a clear show of public support and pressure. Your feedback gives them the mandate to challenge what’s being proposed and advocate on your behalf.
Not in Auckland? You might think this issue doesn’t affect you, but as we’ve all seen in recent years, problematic policies often start in one place and quickly spread elsewhere. Your community could be next. If you have friends or family in Auckland who would want to know what’s happening, please pass this information on so they can have their say.
How To Use This Post:
To make this information easy to navigate, we’ve grouped everything into clear sections:
This covers the basic facts: what PC120 is, why it matters, and how it may affect your property, street, and community. Start here if you want a simple explanation of what’s going on.
If you are being up-zoned, down-zoned, restricted by hazard overlays, affected by incorrect flood modelling, or negatively impacted in any way, this section guides you on what to look for, what to say, and how to highlight the effects on your home and neighbourhood.
This contains the copy-and-paste submission options and the email template. Use this section when you’re ready to send your feedback.
What is PC120?
- Building heights (e.g., 6, 10, 15 storeys in some areas)
- Zoning boundaries around town centres and rapid transit
- “Walkable catchments” determining which homes get up-zoned
- Rules about sunlight, shading, privacy, and neighbour effects
- Infrastructure, flooding, and hazard considerations
What you can influence is how these rules are applied to your street, your neighbourhood, and areas that are unsuitable or unsafe.
This is a massive shift.
And despite the scale, there is no detailed, funded, or sequenced infrastructure plan to support this level of growth.
- Stormwater and wastewater systems are already under pressure
- Roads and public transport networks are stretched
- Schools and early childhood centres are full
- GP clinics and medical services are turning people away
- Flooding, liquefaction, and slope-stability issues remain unresolved
Yet large areas are still proposed to be up-zoned, sometimes in places that are steep, narrow, flood-prone, or poorly served by transport.
Check how PC120 affects your property:
Use the PC120 Map Viewer here to enter your address and view the proposed zoning, height limits, hazard overlays, and walkable catchments.
IMPORTANT: Watch this video on X or Facebook to ensure you find the correct map view (flood hazard layers are invisible unless you know how to find them).
For help, the Council’s PC120 page links to a “how to view the maps” video.
If Your Property Is Being Rezoned Not In Your Favour
A Major Issue: Extreme Flood-Modelling and Incorrect Hazard Mapping
Council has used highly conservative, worst-case hazard assumptions, including RCP8.5 climate projections, that classify large areas as “at risk” of flooding, even where there is no history of flooding, or where local topography clearly drains water away.
- Restrict development on some properties, while
- Enabling high-density zoning in nearby areas with equally questionable modelling.
This lack of accurate, locally informed hazard mapping has major implications for homeowners and for the intensification programme as a whole, especially when RCP8.5 scenarios are applied without context, justification, or sensitivity testing.
If Your Property Is Being Rezoned Not in Your Favour
- Your home is being up-zoned in a way that harms sunlight, privacy, safety, or amenity
- Your property is being down-zoned or restricted due to hazard overlays you believe are inaccurate
- Intensification around your street will reduce your property’s value or reasonable use
- Infrastructure limits mean your area cannot safely or practically absorb more development
- “My property has been classified as flood-risk using RCP8.5 modelling that does not reflect real-world conditions.”
- “My property is being down-zoned without clear evidence or justification.”
- “The rezoning limits my future development options and creates reverse-sensitivity issues.”
- “The proposed intensification around my property will cause overshadowing, loss of privacy, and dominance effects.”
What To Send To Auckland Council
Feedback deadline: 5pm, Friday 19 December 2025
Follow these simple steps to provide your feedback by email:
2. Copy and paste the Council address into the “To” field: [email protected]
3. Copy and paste the subject line: Submission on PC120 – [Your Street/Suburb] 4. Copy and paste the template email (below) into the body of your message.
5. Under “My concerns include:”, copy and paste the bullet points that apply to you.
6. Add 1–2 sentences about how PC120 affects your property, street, or community.
7. Add your name and address at the bottom.
8. Hit send. Every email counts.
TEMPLATE: Email To Auckland Council
Fill in your details and paste the objections you agree with.
I am writing to make a submission on Proposed Plan Change 120 (PC120).
I oppose PC120 and request significant changes.
[Paste any of the bullet points people choose from the list below]
- Reduce the size of walkable catchments.
- Lower height limits and include transition areas next to existing homes.
- Refine boundaries to reflect actual walking conditions, terrain, and safety.
- Apply hazard-based exclusions for areas with flooding, liquefaction, or slope instability.
- Require updated, peer-reviewed hazard and infrastructure modelling.
- Amend PC120 to better protect neighbourhood amenity, infrastructure capacity, and community wellbeing.
I wish to be heard in support of my submission.
Thank you for considering my feedback.
Please acknowledge receipt.
[Name]
[Address]
[Email]
Copy-And-Paste Opinion Options (Against PC120)
Neighbourhood & Amenity
- I am concerned about the loss of sunlight, privacy, and the impact of tall buildings next to existing homes.
- The proposed height limits are excessive and not justified by local evidence.
- The neighbourhood character and amenity will be significantly affected.
- Increased traffic and congestion will create safety risks for residents and children.
- Noise, shading, and privacy loss will negatively affect well-being.
- Stormwater, wastewater, and flooding risks have not been adequately addressed.
- Infrastructure in my area is already under pressure, and upgrades are unclear or unfunded.
- The walkable catchment mapping is too large and does not reflect real walking conditions, safety, or terrain.
- The boundaries need refining so that steep, unsafe, or poorly connected streets are not included.
- My area is not suitable for high-density development due to narrow streets, steep slopes, or limited pedestrian safety.
- The proposal does not reflect real-world conditions in my neighbourhood.
- Hazard-based exclusions are needed before any intensification occurs.
- The hazard modelling RCP8.5 appears extreme, unverified, and not adequately peer-reviewed.
- The mapping does not reflect local drainage or topography.
- Updated, expert-validated modelling is needed.
- The plan change restricts reasonable future development and may create reverse-sensitivity issues.
- My property has been incorrectly classified as hazard-affected based on extreme modelling.
- The proposed zoning reduces my property’s development potential without clear justification.
- The rezoning imposes restrictions that do not reflect on-the-ground conditions.
Note: Indicating that you wish to be heard does not commit you to attending the hearing. It simply shows the Council that people care enough to be heard on this matter, on top of their written feedback. If thousands of submitters request the opportunity to speak, the Council must provide hearings for all of them, which sends a very clear message about public concern.
Stand Up, Speak Out!
Alia & Team
Alia Bland | Co-Founder RCR & VFF
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