Belfast people’s ideas needed for suburban Area Plan
4 March 2003
The future of Belfast is being investigated by the City Council, which
wants to hear people’s opinions about this fast-growing Christchurch
suburb.
The Council is holding two public meetings next week – on 10 and 12
March from 7pm at the Belfast Primary School – to talk about the process
of creating an Area
Plan for Belfast and listen to people’s ideas.
The meetings are the start of a string of information exchanges
between the Council and community groups, landowners, iwi and other interested
groups and individuals.
City Council planner Matt Bonis says area plans are put together
to help guide development so that it fits with community opinion, protects
the environment and recognises an area’s special characteristics.
“
Some of the questions we think need discussing are what do you
want to see in your community, what do you think are the most important
issues facing Belfast and what would you change about the suburb if you
could?
“
Belfast’s development has been mixed,” Mr Bonis says. “Some
areas have been well thought out, while others have been developed as an
opportunity has arisen.
“
With the rate of growth, the things the community recognises as
important – things like parks, wetlands, special places or great buildings – and
the important ecological areas like Styx
River and Wilson’s Swamp,
it makes sense to prepare a plan for how the area should develop over the
next 30 years.”
For further information about the creation of a Belfast Area
Plan, please visit
the website or call planner Matt Bonis on 941 8878 or email him at
matt.bonis@ccc.govt.nz
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