Wellington City Council

 

PHOTO: ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF Two out of the four scenarios in the city’s spatial plan envisage changing the rules around 5000 houses in the city’s “character” suburbs.

Character homes could face demolition to accommodate a housing shortfall in the city over the next 30 years.

Wellington City Council has developed a plan with four scenarios to accommodate an extra 80,000 people.

Two  of the scenarios envisage changing the rules around 5000 houses in the city’s “character” suburbs, most of which were constructed before the 1930s.

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