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The Tasman Nelson map shows the proposal of the Future Development Strategy as a whole. You can view a larger version here: tasman.govt.nz/fds or on the Nelson City Council web site here: Photo from Tasman District Council's FDS web site. |
Deliberation hearings on the Nelson-Tasman Future Development Strategy 2022-2052 (FDS) have now concluded.
The FDS is important as it is a guide for future housing development and intensification in Nelson-Tasman.
The FDS Subcommittee, consisting of six elected members from Nelson City and Tasman District Councils and an iwi representative, considered the submissions at meetings on May 31, June 1 and June 2. These meetings were open to the public via Zoom.
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| Future Development Strategy meeting. Photo from Tasman District Council You Tube. |
There were 558 submissions from the community during the consultation period in March and April 2022. The officers’ report to the Subcommittee commented on the submissions under 14 main themes. The report also outlined the officers’ analysis, responses and recommendations for changes to the final FDS.
In moving ahead with the strategy, the Subcommittee has considered the FDS objectives are aspirational and implementing the FDS will require balancing and trade-offs between strategy objectives.
Key recommendations that emerged from deliberations included retaining the draft FDS core spatial proposal of consolidating growth largely along State Highway 6 from Atawhai to Wakefield, but also including Māpua and Motueka and meeting the needs of Tasman’s rural towns. The recommendations also include retaining the high growth population projections.
When making its decisions, the Subcommittee considered modelling of vehicle GHG emissions from the various areas being proposed for residential development.
A large number of submitters expressed concern about the impact on GHG emissions of the Councils enabling development in areas where residents would need to travel by vehicles to work and school.
Due to a high number of submissions on the split between intensification and greenfield development and some reworking of the capacity provided for housing, an increase in the amount of intensification, infill and development of vacant greenfield zoned residential sites is recommended.
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| New infill housing just off Salisbury Rd., Richmond Tasman. Photo Ray Therkleson. |
The region-wide split is now:
- 67% intensification, infill and development of vacant greenfield zoned residential sites
- 33% new managed greenfield sites not yet zoned and new rural residential sites.
In terms of the split by councils, Nelson could deliver:
- 56% through intensification and infill development of existing built-up urban areas.
- 20% of new housing via greenfield development on currently rural zoned land
- 24% on zoned but as yet undeveloped residential land
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| Residential intensification being developed on Ajax Ave Nelson. Central. Photo Ray Therkleson |
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| Townhouses and apartment being built between 44 - 48 Halifax St., Nelson Central. Photo Ray Therkleson |
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| Townhouses and apartment being built between 44 - 48 Halifax St., Nelson Central. Photo Ray Therkleson |
Tasman could deliver:
- 47% of new housing via greenfield and rural residential development on currently rural zoned land, 16% on zoned but as yet undeveloped residential land
- 37% through intensification and infill development of existing built-up urban areas.
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| Infill residential development on the corner of Queen St and Oxford St Richmond containing 7 residential properties. Photo Ray Therkleson. |
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| Infill residential development on the corner of Queen St and Oxford St Richmond containing 7 residential properties. Photo Ray Therkleson. |
The Subcommittee clarified that the rate of intensification assumed is not a target, and that the Councils will aim for a greater proportion of growth to be catered for by intensification.
In response to submissions, a number of new, amended and excluded sites were also recommended during deliberations.
In Nelson, this saw the expansion of areas N-011 (Saxton) and N-112 (Orphanage West) by adding two additional areas called N-115 (Saxton Extension) and N-116 (Orphanage West Extension) while leaving the area N-011 as a single residential greenfield expansion area with any other land use to be considered as part of a plan change or resource consent application.
Tasman amendments included removed sites in Tākaka, Eighty-Eight Valley and Teapot Valley, added sites in St Arnaud, Tapawera, Motueka, Brightwater and Motueka Valley and excluded sites in Tākaka and Brightwater.
Sites relating to the secondary part of the proposal - a new community near Tasman village - have been recommended to be removed from the final FDS.
Among the reasons for changes to recommended sites were ecological concerns, landowner opposition, greenhouse gas emissions, new sites proposed through submissions scoring better than previous sites assessed and alignment with boundaries of sites proposed in Tasman’s current growth plan change.
Recommendations will now go to the Joint Committee of the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils on 27 July 2022 to consider adopting the Subcommittee’s recommendations.
Following this, the FDS is proposed to be adopted by the end of August.
Recordings of the deliberation hearings can be viewed on the Tasman District Council Meetings - YouTube channel.
For more details on the FDS, go to tasman.govt.nz/fds or shape.nelson.govt.nz/future-development-strategy.
Editor's Comments
The Tasman and Nelson Councils and Planners have thankfully taken into consideration climate change in their decision making process and have decided to concentrate future development both residential and industrial in areas already developed.
The removal of a new community near Tasman Village is a good idea concentrating only on existing urban areas with infill housing and more intensive housing in certain areas.
The percentage of greenfield land development or rural land development being 47% in Tasman seems rather a high number. In Richmond any further ad-hock low density residential development like in the Berryfield Drive area would be very undesirable in my opinion, completely destroying prime horticultural land that can never be replaced.
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| A terrible mass of low density residential development in Appleby. Photo Ray Therkleson. |
Tasman District Council have one opportunity in a lifetime to create a leading New Zealand climate sensitive future city of Richmond with more creative intense residential development.
In regards to the other Planning issue Reimagining Richmond South the Council will need to pull something revolutionary out of the bag for this area to cope with climate change and preventing excessive loss of fertile land.
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