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Area plan being developed for land near airport
The future of undeveloped land on the city
side of Russley Road between Memorial
Avenue, Avonhead Park and Hawthornden/
Withells roads is being looked at by the City
Council. It is developing an Area Plan to do this. The
move is in response to appeals to the
Environment Court against Council decisions
in 1999 to keep rural and low-density
residential zoning over the land. Preparing the Memorial-Russley-
Hawthornden Area Plan is the first of a
potentially two-stage process. The Area Plan
Stage one is the basis upon which a
Variation to the Proposed City Plan Stage
two would proceed if urban rezoning of the
area is appropriate. With both stages people will have a chance to
help decide if the area should be rezoned urban
and, if so, to what extent. The first opportunity
is through informal consultation during
preparation of the Area Plan. The second is
through formal consultation during preparation
of a Variation to the Proposed City Plan. What we want to do is alert people that
the Area Plan is being prepared and why, says
Senior Planner Janine Sowerby. Were also wanting to identify how people
see the area developing and gather any other
information that may help the Council to decide
if the area is suitable for urban rezoning. Council staff will first talk to landowners and
occupiers in the study area, to those whose
properties border it and organisations with
interests in the area. They expect to do this
next month. Council staff will then consult with
landowners and occupiers in the wider vicinity. Where possible, the Area Plan will incorporate
the ideas and opinions generated by these
discussions. Where they are not able to be
included, the Area Plan will explain why not. |