Any organisation or company involved in some aspect of planning, designing, building, managing or influencing New Zealand’s towns and cities, can sign up to the New Zealand Urban Design Protocol. Organisations can apply to become signatories at anytime.
There are numerous benefits in becoming a signatory to the Protocol. These include:
All signatories are required to develop, monitor and report on a set of actions they will undertake to implement the Protocol. The Urban Design Protocol Action Pack provides guidance on the types of actions your organisation may consider taking to reflect your commitment as a signatory to the Protocol.
Becoming a signatory will require your organisation to:
Any new organisation wishing to sign up to the Protocol needs to write a letter to Ministry for the Environment (MfE) confirming their commitment to the Protocol. This letter should be signed by someone authorised to represent the organisation on this matter.
The letter needs to include within it the following statement:
"I confirm that <<title of organisation>> will become a signatory to the Urban Design Protocol. <<title of organisation>> is committed to creating quality urban design and we recognise our role and responsibility in achieving this. We have appointed <<name>>, <<title>> as our urban design champion. Within three months of signing we will develop a set of actions to implement our commitment. We will submit a monitoring report every two years, starting on 31 August 2010, to the Ministry for the Environment on these actions."
Letters should be addressed to:
New Zealand Urban Design Protocol
c/o Liaison and Review Team
Ministry for the Environment
PO Box 10362
Wellington
If your organisation is interested in becoming a signatory and you need further information, please contact the Liaison and Review Team at the Ministry for the Environment:
Email: urban.design@mfe.govt.nz
Phone:
Yvonne Weeber (04) 439 7564
Last updated: 9 April 2009