Research and technical documents
Below is a list of research carried out as part of the Nelson Plan development.
Infrastructure and energy
Character and amenity
- Nelson Centres Study – Strategic Land Use and Planning Assessment - Urbacity - November 2012 (17MB PDF)
- CBD Economic Risk Assessment - Mike Cullen Urbacity - September 2014 (5.5MB PDF)
Social and economic wellbeing
- Nelson Housing Issues, Housing need, choice and affordability - March 2015 (888KB PDF)
- Nelson Centres Study – Strategic Land Use and Planning Assessment - Urbacity - November 2012 (17MB PDF)
- Growth and Development Analysis Report - TPG - July 2015 (7MB PDF)
- Nelson/Tasman Commercial Centre Assessment - Property Economics - September 2012 (11MB PDF)
- CBD Position Paper - Mike Cullen Urbacity - July 2014 (842KB PDF)
- CBD Economic Risk Assessment - Mike Cullen Urbacity - September 2014 (5.5MB PDF)
- Growth Model 2016 Property Economics Business Land Forecasting Model REPORT - Oct 2016 (2.8MB PDF)
- Nelson Plan - Land Demand and Capacity - Jun 2017 (198KB PDF)
Natural Hazards
- Slope Risk Overlays, Mike Johnston – February 2015 (3.6MB PDF)
- Assessment of the location and paleoearthquake history of the Waimea-Flaxmore Fault system in the Nelson-Richmond area with recommendations to mitigate the hazard arising from fault rupture of the ground surface – GNS Johnston Nicol - 2013 (3.5MB PDF)
- Maitai River Flood Hazard Mapping Modelling report - Tonkin and Taylor - August 2013 (13MB PDF)
- Revised Preliminary Assessment of the Liquefaction Hazard in Tasman and Nelson (desktop study) - February 2013 - Mike Johnston (790KB PDF)
- Tahunanui Area Liquefaction Assessment (Stage 2) - Tonkin and Taylor (16MB PDF)
- Tahunanui Area Liquefaction Assessment - Tonkin and Taylor (38MB PDF)
- Desktop assessment of the liquefaction hazard at The Glen - Nelson (276KB PDF)
- Nelson Regional Coastal Plan Update: Review of Coastal Erosion Studies and Recommendations to Inform Policy Review - Tonkin + Taylor - November 2016
Māori values
Heritage
- Nelson Plan Built Heritage Assessment Methodology - Ann McEwan - HCS - 19 Jun 2015 (5.2MB PDF)
- Thematic Historical Overview of Nelson City - Wilson - 2011 (9MB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Alton Street May2019 (608KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Dear Cottages May2019 (614KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Elliott Street May2019 (659KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Fountain Place May2019 (985KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Russell Street May2019 (489KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review Seymour Avenue May2019 (682KB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Heritage Precinct Design Guide review South Street May2019 (529KB PDF)
Landscape
- Landscape Character Assessment - Boffa Miskell - 2015 (37MB PDF)
- Nelson Plan Boffa Miskell visual amenity landscapes report 27 April 2016 (6.8MB PDF)
- Nelson Landscape Study 2016: Landscape Evaluation - Boffa Miskell - November 2016 (6MB PDF)
Coasts
- Pressures and Threats to Nelson’s highly valued parts of the Coastal Environment - Boffa Miskell - June 2014 (1.3MB PDF)
- Advice for the NCC Whakamahere Whakatu Nelson Plan: Coastal Indigenous Biodiversity - Cawthron Institute - November 2016 (703KB PDF)
- Nelson Coastal Study: Natural Character of the Coastal Environment - Boffa Miskell - November 2016 (7.1MB PDF)
- Advice for the NCC Whakamahere Whakatu Nelson Plan: Water Quality - Cawthron Institute - October 2016 (2.1MB PDF)
- Cawthron report on vehicle impacts, Delaware Inlet 2017 (4.8MB PDF)
Freshwater
- An assessment of Groundwater Potential - Mike Johnston – December 2014 (896KB PDF)
- Aquatic Sites of Significance - Catalyst - June 2017 (2MB PDF)
- Roding and Maitai River Users Survey - June 2015 (2.9MB PDF)
Air quality
- Health and Air Pollution in Nelson - outputs from HAPINZ and evaluation of impact of changes from 2001 to 2013 - Environet - July 2014 (1.4MB PDF)
- Assessment of trends in PM10 concentrations in Airshed A and evaluation of airshed capacity - Environet - August 2014 (759KB PDF)
- Nelson Air Emission Inventory – 2014 - October 2014, Environet (2.7MB PDF)
- Nelson Air Quality Assessment - meeting the NES for PM10 - 2014 update, October 2014, Environet (1.3MB PDF)
- Development of an Air Quality Model and Meteorological Data Sets for the Nelson-Richmond Urban Area (14MB PDF)