Northern Growth Management - Johnsonville Town Centre Plan

Johnsonville Town Centre

The Wellington City Council is developing a plan that will help manage the future growth of Johnsonville town centre and its immediate surrounds.

The plan will provide a framework to guide the development of Johnsonville over the next 20 years, and will identify how the expected population, residential, retail and business growth will be managed.

Background

The planning process, which started in July 2006, highlighted the significant growth likely to happen in Johnsonville and the northern suburbs. This growth includes 2,000 more people and 3,500 new jobs in Johnsonville by 2026.

An ‘Issues and Context Report’ was released for public consultation in late 2006. In all 200 submissions were received, as well as comments from a survey of businesses in the town centre.

The consultation revealed strong support for redevelopment in the town centre. There was also concern about transport issues, including traffic congestion, parking, and the quality of public transport facilities.

• Issues and Context Report (987Kb PDF)
• Summary of Submissions (414Kb PDF)
• Land Use Survey of Johnsonville Town Centre Businesses (485Kb PDF)

Key Initiatives

The draft plan identifies a number of key goals for making Johnsonville into a more attractive and multi-functional town centre. They include:

• Housing - facilitating greater housing choice and encouraging more people to live in and around the town centre
• Mainstreet - further developing Johnsonville Road as the ‘mainstreet’
• Design Quality - improving urban design and building a unique sense of place
• Entertainment - widening the range of shops and encouraging new leisure and entertainment facilities including cafés and restaurants
• Compactness - retaining a compact town centre and enhancing its walkability
• Public Transport - making better use of existing public transport systems
• Traffic - improving traffic management and reducing pressure from through traffic on Johnsonville Road
• Community Facilities - improving the range and accessibility of community facilities
• Public Space - facilitating the creation of a new public space in the town centre
• More Jobs - widening the economic base to include a greater range of businesses and jobs.

The draft plan also outlines the Council’s intentions for building new infrastructure and other operational actions. An action plan sets out the timing of the actions as well as relative priorities.

Draft Johnsonville Town Centre Plan (1.85Mb PDF)

Public Consultation

The Draft Johnsonville Town Centre Plan was open for public consultation between May and July 2007. The consultation received 104 submissions.

Summary of Consultation and Feedback (190Kb PDF)

More Information

Luke Troy
Principal Advisor

Related Links

• Draft Johnsonville Town Centre Plan (1.85Mb PDF)
• Urban Development
• Suburban Centre Review
• Infill Housing Review

Department Details:
Urban Development & Transport