PHOTO: NICHOLAS BOYACK/STUFF Real estate agents Kimmi Seevens and Rupert Kemeys say there is a desperate need for more houses in Lower Hutt and they support moves to encourage intensification. The semi-detached homes behind them are selling for between $549,000 and $599,000
It is known as the Garden City but gardens could be a thing of the past as Lower Hutt sections and houses become smaller and taller.
A radical change to the town planning rules will change the way the city looks for ever.
On Monday councillors voted in Plan Change 43, making it easier to build infill and terraced housing, and multi storey buildings.
In November 2017, then Mayor Ray Wallace said the plan change was aimed at repositioning the city and making sure young people could afford a home.
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