"To reach 10,800 dwellings a year, a further 7,700 construction workers will be needed, which we believe could easily be sourced locally, based on the Canterbury experience.
"We anticipate that 10,800 dwellings a year will be consented by the June 2017 year. However, we must overcome a range of other impediments to reach this target including maintaining build quality through more training and supervision, incentivising land-owners and developers to bring sections and new-builds to market faster, moving faster and more realistically in planning and approving subdivisions and adopting a more pragmatic approach to building consents and inspections," the report said.
The Property Council has also raised issues about the future supply of Auckland land for residential development.
"Auckland Council must suspend any analysis about future areas of urban land within Auckland's rural urban boundary until the Independent Hearings Panel has completed its work on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan," the council said.
The Property Council called for staged planning for Auckland's growth within the boundary over the next 30 years, "but it is appalled that about 11,000 hectares of future urban land in the Draft Future Urban Land Supply Strategy is being considered in isolation of the plan," the council said.
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