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Published on: 9th August 2008 GROUP EYEING RABBIT ISLAND FOR RACE TRACK GROUP EYEING RABBIT ISLAND FOR RACE TRACKA group of motorsport enthusiasts has asked the district council for permission to use Rabbit Island as a site for a multi-million dollar motorsport track. John Dobbe, a spokesman for Motor Sport on Track, addressed the Tasman District Council’s community services committee on Thursday. Mr Dobbe said the group had inspected a large number of sites around the district over four or five years, and believed that Rabbit Island was the best site for a large motorsport park. (The Nelson Mail, Monday 4 August 2008) RESIDENTIAL ZONING HURDLE CLEAREDThe first hurdle has been cleared in a rezoning scheme relating to two areas on Nelson’s city fringes, Cr Rachel Reese says. The council’s environment committee last week agreed to adopt a plan change in the Marsden Valley as a council plan change, which will give the council more control of development in an area it sees as appropriate for residential growth. Cr Reese, who chairs the environment committee, said the plan could have been adopted as a private plan change. Council staff will now also look into integrating the changes with potential plan changes for the Enner Glynn to the Brook area, and report to the environment committee. (The Nelson Mail, Monday 4 August 2008) HEALTH CENTRE PLANS OPPOSEDA resource management consultant has suggested refusing consent for Nelson Nursing Service’s planned new building in Stoke, saying it could be located in a commercial zone rather than a residential one. Consultant Katrina O’Connor said in her report to the Nelson City the applicant planned to provide a positive service to the community, the type of activity did not need to be in a residential zone. The resource consent hearing for Nelson Nursing Service to establish and run a health centre on a site in Main Rd Stoke was due to start today. The application, which sets out plans to remove existing buildings and construct a purpose-built centre, attracted 48 submissions, of which nine were opposed. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 5 August 2008) STORM TOOK BIG TOLL ON HERITAGE TREESStoke might have lost one-third of its heritage trees after hurricane-force winds struck Nelson City Council horticulture supervisor Peter Grundy says. The council will start compiling a comprehensive list of heritage trees lost to the storm, as arborists continue to count the cost of damage to Isel Park’s heritage woodland. Mr Grundy said a lot of private heritage trees were also damaged, but the council’s priority was cleaning up public parks. He said a “significant number” of Isel Park’s several hundred trees were damaged, with almost all the damage occurring as a result of one especially strong gust just before 3pm. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 5 August 2008) PARK UPGRADE BACK ON AGENDAThe Tasman District Council could be asked to contribute $2 million towards the Nelson City Council’s plan to spend $7 million upgrading Trafalgar Park. The joint regional funding forum was to discuss Trafalgar Park at a meeting today, after the city council asked it to consider the park as a regional facility. The issue of a $2 million contribution from Tasman will be part of the discussion, but Nelson could struggle to get the neighbouring council’s financial support. The Tasman council will discuss funding for Trafalgar Park on Thursday, and will also hear from consultant Siobhan Hanley on the bid to host world cup teams in the Nelson region. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 5 August 2008) PLANS FOR 30 APARTMENTS AT PAKAWAUThirty apartments will be built at Pakawau Beach Park if amended plans submitted by developer Landon Carter get the go-ahead. Mr Carter originally planned to build 48 apartments, a multi-function centre and café on the 1.6ha site but put the plans on hold last October following strong opposition. Of 200 submissions to the Tasman District Council on the original proposal, 179 opposed the development. Mr Carter has now dropped the function centre and café from the plans but intends to retain the existing shop, manager’s flat and petrol pump facilities. His amended resource consent application says he has modified his plans in a bid to mitigate submitters’ concerns. If approved by the council, the apartments will be built in four clusters in stages over a 10-year period, with each having a separate unit title. Submissions on the application close on August 15. A hearing is proposed for September 8. (The Nelson Mail Tuesday 5 August 2008) COUNCILLORS SET TO DISCUSS FUTURE USE OF RABBIT ISThe future of Rabbit Island is due to be discussed at a private Tasman District Council workshop tomorrow. The council has said it is looking at a long-term plan for the island and what type of activities, if any, should be based there. Community facilities manager Lloyd Kennedy said the council would discuss options such as whether the island should remain the same or whether more walking or cycling tracks should be developed. Different groups had expressed interest in using the island, and the council would also discuss whether it should go as far as allowing those groups to set up on the reserve, he said. Motorsport enthusiasts have expressed interest in building a motorsport park on the reserve. Rowing is another group that wants to put a facility there. The Tasman Aquatic Multi-Sport Development Trust wants to build a $6 million course to the west of the island. Mr Kennedy said the meeting was part of the council’s long-term plan review and any decisions would go out for public consultation. (The Nelson Mail, Wednesday 6 August 2008) CATCH-UP PLEDGED AS NEW NMIT BUILDING FALLS BEHINDConstruction of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology’s new $7.4 million tourism and hospitality building is behind schedule but the time will have to be made up so it can be open at the start of the next academic year, chief executive Tony Gray says. Richmond firm Wilkes Construction was awarded the contract to build the block, which will include a training restaurant, café, bar and kitchens on the ground floor, hairdressing and beauty salons on the second floor and study space on the top floor. (The Nelson Mail, Wednesday 6 August 2008) PIPFRUIT IN NELSON FACES BLEAK FUTUREClimate change means Nelson will become too wet to grow pipfruit, says Niwa principal scientist Jim Salinger. Pipfruit growing would spread south and the optimal growing areas would be in Wairarapa, Canterbury and central Otago, he told the Pipfruit New Zealand conference in Nelson yesterday. By 2040, New Zealand would be 0.9degC warmer, with less frost. By then, there would be too little chilling in Hawke’s Bay and it would be too wet in Nelson. (The Nelson Mail, Thursday 7 August 2008) TDC DEFERS TRAFALGAR PARK DECISIONThe Tasman District Council has put off deciding whether to put $1.5 million into helping upgrade Nelson’s Trafalgar Park, but has lent its tentative support to a regional bid to host teams for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The district council narrowly agreed to re-look at the Nelson City Council’s request for funding towards the $7 million upgrade of the park as part of its long-term plan review. The district council yesterday said it supported the region putting in a bid to host teams for the World Cup, but would make a final decision later when it had more information on the cost of the bid and its expected economic spin-offs. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 8 August 2008) PROPERTY WATCHLindup’s recording studio sellsAn inner city Nelson building which jailed orchestra conductor David Lindup had converted into a recording studio has sold in a mortgagee auction for $172,000. The property at 130 Rutherford St was purchased by Lindup for $250,000 last October and has a GV of $310,000. Ray White agent Jenny Dickie said it was a “good auction” with five parties bidding. She didn’t know what the new owner intended to use the building for. Meanwhile, the mortgagee sale of a St Arnaud section also owned by Lindup has gone unconditional but the price wasn’t available for publication. Its GV is $185,000.
(The Nelson Mail, Saturday 9 August 2008) |
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