tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post8607690349158000029..comments2023-08-26T01:09:07.337+12:00Comments on Reflections on Auckland Planning: Mangawhai Ratepayer Rort ContinuesJoel Cayfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-8158929052190465232014-04-23T15:12:53.753+12:002014-04-23T15:12:53.753+12:00Thank you Joel. It is v. heartening to read your b...Thank you Joel. It is v. heartening to read your blog today as I try to prepare for a Thames/Coromandel DC hearing of submissions on the ADP, which leads into a new TYP,2015-25.<br />Until now, I was ignorant of the Mangawhai situation but see SO MANY parallels to what has been (and is) happening here - mostly related to huge debt created by 3 E.Coromandel Waste/water schemes and a Waterways Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-24701791224358453552012-10-10T17:06:56.624+13:002012-10-10T17:06:56.624+13:00What you have missed in your comment David, is tha...What you have missed in your comment David, is that the $52,000 relates only to wastewater. So your comparison is not applicable. There are other developer charges that are payable in Mangawhai. As for your example for soil erosion prevention measures - it is an extreme one that you give - ie not all properties have to pay that - and it is not a developer levy. In addition, extensive soil runoff Joel Cayfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18333945842340425946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-52592224406687956792012-10-10T16:55:42.847+13:002012-10-10T16:55:42.847+13:00Interesting to note the fuss over a mere $52,000 f...Interesting to note the fuss over a mere $52,000 for "development charge". Alone, soil erosion "prevention" measures in Auckland today cost (including land/stream set-asides, planting and protection works etc, never mind annual running costs) from $50,000 to $70,000 per new section. Which "extra value" of course flows back onto all Auckland sections created before David Willmottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1763366316092865103.post-57052648063250840662012-10-10T09:24:16.633+13:002012-10-10T09:24:16.633+13:00Well done Joel. We've lived here for 3 years ...Well done Joel. We've lived here for 3 years now, own our home and have just last week settled on a commercial building here to continue to run and grow our business from, we are "hooked up" to the Ecocare at both properties. The new shiny rates notices we got are still a crippling rise on what were already very steep rates for the little services we enjoy in this town. Sure the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com