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Published on: 30th March 2009 BUSINESS ZONE PLAN DROPPED BUSINESS ZONE PLAN DROPPEDPlans for a piece of land to be rezoned as mixed business under the Richmond West rezoning proposal have been canned. The Tasman District Council has released a decision that the Beach Rd-McPherson St area will be retained as a light industrial zone. This followed private deliberations on Thursday. In 2007, the council announced a proposal in which 200 hectares would be rezoned for residential and business purposes. After the proposal was publicly notified, about 150 submissions were received, with public hearings finishing on Tuesday last week. Tasman Mayor Richard Kempthorne said many of the submissions outlined concerns that redevelopment opportunities would be “unreasonably constrained” if the Beach Rd-McPherson St area was zoned for mixed businesses. (The Nelson Mail, Monday 23 March 2009) GRAPE GROWERS DESPERATELY SEEKING BUYERSNelson grape growers without contracts to sell their crops have been contacting wineries, desperately seeking buyers. Kahurangi Estate winery has received calls at a rate of two a week for the past six weeks from uncontracted growers in the Nelson region, as well as email inquiries from brokers saying they have crops available from Marlborough. However, winery office manager Lynn Mabon said they already had contracts with eight growers and would be full to capacity. She said they had therefore had to turn offers down. This year’s grape harvest begun in Nelson, and yesterday Kahurangi took 20 tonnes of sauvignon blanc grapes grown at Milcrest Estate in Hope. Milcrest grower Terry Milton, a former Nelson detective, said he had contacted 75 wineries over the last year until he secured his Kahurangi contract. “It’s certainly a relief, I would not want to go on the spot market this year. It’s nice to have the contract and peace of mind,” he said. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 24 March 2009) PLAN TO CUT CBD RATE FOR NEW SUPPLYTakaka’s central business district may be let off paying for half the $1.1 million cost of a new reticulated fire-fighting water supply for the town, with the Golden Bay ward soaking up the excess cost. As a result of the 54 submissions received by the Tasman District Council on the proposed targeted rates that will fund the project, a panel of councillors will recommend that the Takaka commercial central business district pay 38 per cent on the total cost, instead of 50 per cent as originally planned. They will also recommend that ratepayers in the Golden Bay ward – those outside the Takaka area – pay 35 per cent, instead of paying 23 per cent. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 25 March 2009) WATER REVIEW WELCOMEStandards ‘too strict’ The Tasman District Council is welcoming Local Government Minister Rodney Hide’s calls for a review of water quality standards, which have added more than $13 million to the cost of the council’s 10-year plan. Mr Hide has labelled the drinking water standards introduced in June as “ridiculous” and “over the top” and is asking for a moratorium on their implementation. Health Minister Tony Ryall said he was considering Mr Hide’s appeal for a review of compliance around the standards. The Tasman council is one of a number of councils around the country to have criticised the laws, arguing the standards are too strict and implementing them will come at huge cost to ratepayers. Most of the council’s 16 drinking water supplies failed to meet the tough new standards, with a report released last year showing 95 per cent of the district’s water supplies were at risk from the diarrhoea-inducing parasite cryptosporidium. The council had set aside $13.1 million in its long-term plan to meet the water supply upgrades, with work spread out from 2011 to 2018-2019. The Nelson City Council spent $26 million upgrading its water supply in anticipation of the laws, opening the Tantragee water treatment plant in August 2004. (The Nelson Mail, Thursday 26 March 2009) PLAN CONSULTATION OPENSConsultation opened today on the Nelson City Council’s 10-year community plan. The council says a summary of the draft plan will be delivered to every Nelson home during the next few days, but both the draft summary and draft full plan are available from Civic House and Nelson public libraries, or can be viewed at www.nelsoncitycouncil.govt.nz, using the search phrase “nelson community plan”. Consultation closes on May 8. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 27 March 2009) WHARF TO BE HERITAGE SITEMotueka’s old wharf has been recognised as a site of heritage value and may be placed on the National Register of historic places. The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is researching heritage sites in the Tasman district, and “Motueka wharf is the first heritage site we will look to hopefully give formal recognition to in the coming months”, said Ann Neill, the trust’s central region manager. The trust is working with the wharf’s co-owners, the Tasman District Council and Department of Conservation, on a proposed restoration project. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 28 March 2009) PROPERTY WATCHAfter-auction deal A three-bedroom, one-bathroom home on a 1.3849ha block of land at 116 Champion Rd, Richmond, was passed in at auction this week when bidding reached $976,000, but Harcourts auction manager Mike Rollo said it sold for “a significantly higher figure” during negotiations afterwards. The property, neighbouring the Park Drive subdivision, has a rateable value of $990,000. Mr Rollo said it may be suitable for subdivision although no consents had been obtained. He wasn’t sure what the new owners planned to do with it. Meanwhile, a two-storey commercial building which used to house the Nelson Credit Union at 32 Bridge St, Nelson, was passed in at $600,000, while a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 25 Tui Glen Rd, Atawhai, was passed in at $450,000. Hallensteins trial over Hallensteins is closing its shop in the Richmond Mall on March 31 following a three-month trial. Mall manager David Hill said the premises used to house the menswear chain’s site were needed to accommodate other stores during the mall’s redevelopment. Hallensteins may look at joining the mall again following a further redevelopment stage, he said. Downturn continues The property downturn is continuing to see some home owners lose money when they sell. A 1970s, four-bedroom home on a 769sq m section at 50 Marlborough Crescent, Richmond, last month sold for $366,000 which was $84,000 less than it fetched in May last year and $14,000 less than its RV. Another property at 23 Orsman Crescent, Nelson, sold for $223,000 last month after selling for $237,500 in February last year; 22 Marlowe St in Stoke sold for $325,000 in January after being sold for $335,000 in October 2007 and 99 Cambria St in the Wood sold for $485,000 in December after fetching $575,000 in January last year. All three properties sold above RV. Meanwhile, a modern four-bedroom home at 6 Havenview, Atawhai, with a RV of $760,000 sold for $970,000 through Haven Realty which had it listed for $1.1 million. Games, internet store The Poppies bookshop store at 128 Hardy St has been leased by First National commercial agent Jim McNabb to a German immigrant couple who plan to open a new business called Games and More. Mr McNabb said the change would take place in about six weeks, with the new business serving as a gaming retailer and an internet café specialising in internet-based computer games. Village properties sell The last three months has seen an upswing in the number of properties selling in Richmond’s Waimea Village, owner and manager Michael Wright said. The village has 170 freehold units for the elderly. Mr Wright said none sold between June and mid-December but 11 had sold since then. “Another two properties are being built and interest in them is strong as well.” Mr Wright said unit prices started around $200,000 and all but a couple sold over RV. “Prices have come back a little bit from two years ago but not as much as those outside the village.” Rush to buy GB block A two-bedroom home on a lifestyle block at 168 Pah Rd South, Rockville in Golden Bay suddenly attracted a wave of interest after sitting on the market for a year, First National agent Roger Handisides said. “I could have sold it five times over in the last couple of months.” The property was advertised on the Trade Me property website for $210,000, attracting more page views than any other property in the Nelson Tasman region last month. Mr Handisides said another bit of land from an adjacent farm was signed up for $260,000. Mr Handisides said the recession had brought a change in the market, with more top-end inquiries from overseas and more people looking at the lower end of the lifestyle market with the idea of living self-sufficiently. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 28 March 2009) DID YOU KNOW?The Duke & Cooke range of services includes market valuations of subdivisional block land |
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