NORTH SHORE TOWN PLANNING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 114, 17 May 1927, Page 3

NORTH SHORE TOWN PLANNING.

BIRKENHEAD AHD XORTHCOTBj GREATER AUCKLAND SCHEME FAVOURED. *1 A joint meeting of the Birkenhead and j Northcote Borough Councils was held at j Northcote last evening to consider thaj requirements of the Town Planning ActfThe Mayor of Northcote, Mr. A. Es- t Greenslade, presided. , The objectives of town planning, am| : the procedure under the Act, were fulljj/ explained by the Director of Town Planar nng, Mr. R. B. Hammond, who also sub-; sequently answered a large number of -' questions on all aspects of the subject, j After full discussion, it was unanMjf mously resolved, on the motion of th«> chairman, seconded by the Mayor of/ Birkenhead: "That this combined meet-4 ing of the Birkenhead and Borough Councils favours the of the whole of the North Shore area ina comprehensive town-planning schema: forj Greater Auckland, and to that end? supports the convening of a conference all the local authorities concerned; this*, course meeting with the approval of thq| Director of Town Planning, Mr. R. Bj Hammond." ~j It was also agreed that meanwhile th«? Birkenhead and Northcote Councils, would hold any local proposals for planning in abeyance.