The Future Development Strategy (FDS) is Auckland’s long-term approach to growth and development. It sets out how Auckland will grow and change over the next 30 years.

The FDS is a key planning tool to identify strategic priorities for the coordination and alignment of the council’s infrastructure planning and investment decisions with the timing and sequencing of growth.

Spatial priorities are identified to focus investment and achieve FDS objectives. The timing and scale of the investment will vary over the next 30 years depending on the type of priority area.

Joint spatial priority areas are identified by the council and central government as priorities for investment. For the short to medium-term (years 1 -10), focused areas are identified for investment.

Long-term priorities (years 11-30) are signalled to show the need to commit to areas and projects to support enabled capacity and realise intended outcomes.

This layer is intended to be viewed at a regional scale, not to show information at the individual property level. In future urban areas, areas are indicative of the council’s high level, strategic approach to greenfield growth. Boundaries shown are indicative only.

Further information about the Future Development Strategy is available here.