Ruakura Board of Inquiry Approval

Approval of the proposed Ruakura Development Plan Change was announced in the Board of Inquiry’s draft report and decision of 5th August.

The development will see Hamilton’s urban area expand significantly on land that was returned to Waikato-Tainui as part of its Treaty of Waitangi settlement.

The introduction of a new inland port along with ultimately over 800ha of industrial, residential and open space land is of such a scale that the benefit to the regional economy is momentous for Hamilton.

Working with Tainui Group Holdings and Chedworth Properties, Boffa Miskell prepared the Plan Change providing planning, landscape, urban design and ecology services in developing the proposal and presenting evidence at the Board of Inquiry hearings.