📋 Tender Overview
Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones have welcomed the approval of the second housing project under the Fast-track Approvals Act.
Fulton Hogan Land Development Limited lodged an application for the Milldale project in April 2025, which has now been approved by an independent expert panel.
Minister Bishop says the Milldale development in the Auckland suburb of Wainui, is expected to deliver around about 1100-residential allotments.
The development will provide much-needed housing for the suburb of Wainui.
The project is expected to inject 595 million over a three-year period into the Auckland region. It is also expected to support 3,100 full time equivalent jobs over the development period for the project.
The Milldale approval, fast on the heels of the Maitahi Village development in Nelson, demonstrates Fast-tracks value as part of our wider resource management reforms, by speeding up housing development through reducing unnecessary planning and approval barriers.
Im pleased to see the system starting to deliver approvals in these key areas to help address our significant infrastructure deficit and increase housing supply.
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones said he was looking forward to more regional housing developments reaching the approval stage, along with other regional projects in the pipeline.
Im working with Minister Bishop on legislative changes to speed up the process and get projects under way faster.
For more information about the project:
Notes to editor:
Status update for Fast-track projects - 3 October:
Projects Approved
Bledisloe North Wharf and Fergusson North Berth Expansion
Maitahi Village
Milldale - Stages 4C and 10 to 13
Expert panels have been appointed for:
Sunfield Masterplanned Community
Drury Metropolitan Centre - Consolidated Stage 1 and Stage 2
Waihi North
Kings Quarry Expansion - Stage 2
Drury Quarry Expansion - Sutton Block
Taranaki VTM Project
Ryans Road Industrial Development
Rangitoopuni
Tekapo Power Scheme - Applications for Replacement Resource Consents
Homestead Bay
Stella Passage Development
Pound Road Industrial Development
Green Steel
Arataki project
Ashbourne
Projects currently being assessed prior to panel appointment
Takitimu North Link - Stage 2
Waitaha Hydro
Ayrburn Screen Hub
Southland Wind Farm
Haldon Solar
Waitakere District Court - New Courthouse Project
Projects referred into the Fast-track process by the Minister for Infrastructure:
Ashbourne - lodged substantive application
Auckland Surf Park
Ayrburn Screen Hub - lodged substantive application
Brymer
Gordonton Country Estate Development
Grampians Solar Project
Southland Wind Farm - lodged substantive application
The Point Mission Bay
Twizel Solar Project
Waipiro Marina
Waitakere District Court - New Courthouse Project - lodged substantive application
Lake Pukaki Hydro Storage and Dam Resilience Works
Southern Link Inland Port
