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.

Nodes are major growth areas critical to accommodating a high concentration of residential and employment development. Each node is based around a significant centre and serves a large catchment. They encompass surrounding employment and high-density residential areas. Auckland’s urban nodes are the city centre, Manukau, Westgate, and Albany. Together with the rural nodes of Warkworth and Pukekohe, they form the multi-nodal model set out in the in the FDS.

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 indicate the council’s high level, strategic approach to greenfield growth. Boundaries shown are indicative only. Any changes to zoning at the individual property level will be determined through a plan change process and shown on the Auckland Unitary Plan maps.

Further information about the Future Development Strategy is available here.