Locals fight back against developer seeking to transform Auckland's Devonport Village
Residents of Auckland's Devonport suburb are opposing a $400 million development proposal that includes high-rise apartments and a hotel. Locals argue the project threatens the area's heritage character and historic views.
Why it matters
The conflict illustrates the tension between urban densification needs and the preservation of local heritage and community identity.
A quaint seaside suburb in Auckland could soon have buildings towering up to six storeys above its heritage main street, if a property developer's plan gets fast-track status.
A 36-page plan by Devonport Property Management Limited, or Peninsula Capital, shows a transformed Devonport Village with four new residential buildings with a total of 80 to 90 apartments, a hotel with up to 50 rooms, a third of a hectare of retail, and a quarter of a hectare of commercial space, with up to 200 car parks.
The plan was initially leaked to a community paper, The Devonport Flagstaff , but Peninsula Capital had since shared it with RNZ.
Peninsula was seeking fast-track consent for the roughly $400 million development.
An artist impression of Peninsula's proposal.
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