The Central City consists of a compact urban core that contains a wide mix of uses that reflect Wellington’s role as our capital city. These include government, retail, education, entertainment, tourism and residential activities. Further residential development is encouraged given the contribution it makes to the overall vitality of the area, reducing car congestion and greenhouse gas emissions and the support it lends to the central city’s primary commercial function.The development pattern reflects the nature of the activity mix with much more intensive, fine-grained commercial/residential development, and higher levels of population density evident relative to other parts of the city. It is further reinforced by the ‘high city/low city’ approach to building height in the area.For more information contact the Planning for Growth team: planningforgrowth@wcc.govt.nz</pre>
