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Published on: 10th May 2010 HOPE PLAN TO PROCEED HOPE PLAN TO PROCEEDCrematorium may be appealed A highly controversial crematorium at Hope has been granted consent. The development, which will include a gas-fired crematorium, a 25-seat non-denominational chapel, ticket kiosk, small office and memorial garden at Hope’s Gardens of the World, is being driven by Nelson funeral director Francis Day. The funeral director has also been granted consent to discharge combustion emissions from his crematorium. A three-day consent hearing to consider the application, headed by an independent commissioner, was held in November. The Living in Hope group, which has more than 50 members, fiercely fought the resource consent application. The group has not met to discuss the decision and wants to read the consent conditions before deciding whether to appeal. (The Nelson Mail, Monday 3 May 2010) MIXED RESPONSE TO PAKAWAU DEVELOPMENTAn application to turn Golden Bay’s former Pakawau Beach campground into a holiday village has attracted 84 submissions. Developer Landon Carter, of Sustainable Ventures Ltd, is seeking consent to build 20 condominium-style apartments at the picturesque spot. The three-day hearing on the venture will start in Golden Bay on May 12 and will be overseen by a commissioner independent of the Tasman District Council. The new application is seeking consent for the apartment complex, a takeaway food shop in an existing retail store and to modify and disturb a cultural heritage site. The application has attracted 35 opposing submissions, 43 supporting submissions and eight which are neutral. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 4 May 2010) FIRMS FALL FOUL OF COUNCILResidential building companies that consolidated during the downturn by relocating offices to their showhomes are in trouble with the Nelson City Council. Resource consents manager Mandy Bishop confirmed that abatement notices had been issued to Endeavour Homes, Orange Building Group and Peter Ray Homes, which all have show homes in the Champion Rd subdivision behind Garin College. Some neighbours opposed consent being granted in 2007 for 13 showhomes within the subdivision. It was proposed they be open only at weekends. The consent was limited to three years, but a couple of companies had been granted an extension, Ms Bishop said. The council had given the companies a few weeks to apply for an appropriate resource consent, she said. Endeavour Homes owner Dick Baker said his company had closed its Richmond office and was operating from its showhome. ‘‘We’re not big enough to run both.’’ (The Nelson Mail, Wednesday 5 March 2010) PROPERTY WATCHHigh price for grazing A 71-hectare grazing block in Golden Bay has sold for $5 million through First National agent Mike Turnball. ‘‘We have not seen prices like that in this area in my 16 years in real estate,’’ he said. The block, with a rateable value of $1.775m, is in the Motupipi-Clifton area and was formerly a small dairy farm. Its location and the fact that the buyer was struggling to find anything on the market in that area led to the high price, Mr Turnball said. ‘‘The new owners are from Timaru, and are looking at different options on what they will do with the land.’’ Rock Shop coming to Nelson Music retailer The Rock Shop has bought the former Linen Press building in Bridge St, Nelson. Retail operations director Brett Wells said the company was keen to open a Nelson store by the end of June, before the regional Rockquest final. The Rock Shop opened its first store in Auckland in 1986 and now has 21 throughout New Zealand. It had been eyeing Nelson for six years, but had not found the right location or opportunity before now, Mr Wells said. ‘‘We’re really confident and looking forward to it.’’ The Nelson store, at 930 square metres, will be bigger than the chain’s Christchurch store, and the directors have yet to decide how all the space will be used. Quotable Value records show that the property sold for $1.225 million and has a rateable value of $1.275m. Section price cuts pay off Three sections in the Old Coach Estate subdivision at Mahana have sold and another two have gone under offer since prices were dropped about a month ago, Ray White agent Mike Harvey says. The prices of some sections ranged from $325,000 to $250,000. ‘‘There was an immediate response, interestingly enough from people who had been looking at them for a long time,’’ Mr Harvey said. Businesses change hands Two inner-city Nelson businesses have changed hands this month. Kate Alexander has bought the Rooftop Cafe in the Nelson Central Arcade from Yvonne McLean. Mrs Alexander said she had spent 16 years working at the Junction Hotel in Takaka and doing some catering work before taking over the cafe. Meanwhile, The Great Mistake used-clothing store in Hardy St has been bought by Sandy Di Scianni. She has worked in the store ‘‘on and off’’ for seven years and bought it from Jenny Liley, who is retiring and moving to Australia to be with family after 12 years in the business. Top-end properties in demand Properties in higher price brackets are attracting more interest than previously, Bayleys agent Daniel Reed says. He has just had sales go unconditional on ‘‘a magnificent house’’, at 192 Stafford Drive in Ruby Bay, and a 34.7-hectare property with a four-bedroomed house, at 166 Trass Valley Rd. The Ruby Bay property has an RV of $930,000 and the Wakefield property was priced at offers over $1.1 million. ‘‘We’re in a situation now where there’s been a really good run on sales and we need more properties,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s still a challenge on price – there’s no doubt about that, but if you get a good property where vendors are realistic, you can definitely sell it.’’ New CRT store impresses Combined Rural Traders began to operate from its new purpose-built store in Gladstone Rd, Richmond, this week. Regional manager John Lennon said customers had been impressed by the change. ‘‘It’s all going really well. It’s a much, much larger space, and the big thing for us is extra parking.’’ A formal opening would be held later this month, he said. A new tenant has yet to be signed up for CRT’s former premises in McGlashen Ave. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 8 May 2010) THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKAt every party there are two kinds of people: those who want to go home and those who don't. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other. |
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