Gisborne City Centre Framework / Gisborne

B&A developed a Spatial Framework encompassing an area of 300ha in and around Gisborne City Centre. The Framework was developed to identify strategic residential development opportunities and potential yields within the City Centre along with a series of ‘key moves’ required to support residential growth. The Framework also coordinated and prioritised further public investment in the built environment, streets, and open spaces in the City Centre to establish and inform a subsequent District Plan review. The purpose of the Framework was: to identify strategic residential development opportunities within the City Centre and adjoining urban areas, to help support Gisborne’s forecast population growth over the next 30 years; to assist the council in communicating a coherent vision for development, to provide confidence to private and government agency investors. The Framework also informed a subsequent review of the District Plan for the City Centre and accompanying Plan Change Strategy prepared by B&A to help implement its recommendations.