The bill should be welcomed by those who consider that existing plan policies and rules prevent innovation in housing form and the construction of more intensive flats, units, terraced houses, and apartments. It will succeed if it leads to more of those sorts of housing options, which provide a good daily living environment for their inhabitants, are close to public transport routes, are close to services such as shops and schools, and make our suburbs more interesting places to live. It will fail if its permissive approach to infill development blights neighbourhoods with poorly designed apartments and units which provide their inhabitants with cramped living spaces and damp living conditions, overwhelm their neighbours, and replace trees with expanses of concrete. Housing developers can design and build houses faster; it'll be the question of whether, with no need for a resource consent, they do that and focus on maximising their commercial return, or they respect residents and neighbourhoods and provide really good quality buildings.