22/04/2025
Time is running out to make a submission, we are almost there with our own comprehensive and expanded submission based on additional info backing up the issues we included in our earlier post.
Please consider supporting us in the need for further work on this draft special plan by sending in your own submission.
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/f0ac21d0233b494f83ee84d428aad58e
Then under 1, 3, 4, 5: tick “No”
Under 2 just say that you support the Vision Kerikeri submission.
Submissions must be completed and returned by April 22nd.
We will post our final submission as soon as we send it off to FNDC.
Te Pātukurea is the proposed Spatial Plan intended to guide growth in Kerikeri and Waipapa over the next 30 years.
Vision Kerikeri has a strong preference for a different approach than that identified as the Council’s preference in this document.
Please read this and consider submitting based on our approach as outlined below.
You can find the plan here www.fndc.govt.nz/spacialplan
Feedback is due by 22nd April.
A Spatial Plan outlines a vision for how and where a place should grow and develop over time, planning for future development.
This plan considers six locations for housing and commercial opportunities.
The council document ranks two options higher. They are Option D (south of the CBD along KK Road) and Option E (east of Waipapa)
Our preference Option F is currently ranked lowest.
Based on all the information Vision Kerikeri has reviewed, if these two centres are to grow to predicted levels, it is important to thoroughly research the best way to manage the very real risks and opportunities.
It is disappointing that council planners appear to have given Option F little thought, despite this having the potential to address the consequence of urban and industrial growth. We know that flooding from predicted increases in rainfall will have devastating consequences to existing infrastructure, homes and businesses, where are the plans to address this overarching issue?
Instead Options D & E are ranked as their preference based on limited feedback from the public, which cannot be seen as a majority perspective.
We believe that Option E deserves further discussion and consideration, as it has not been described as fully as it should be in the document.
Option F includes a current development proposal from the landowner of the Brownlie Farm, between Kerikeri Golf Course and the new Council sports fields on SH10 in Waipapa, with space for up to 4,000 new homes in an area not previously developed.
It includes a plan to create a road linking Kerikeri and Waipapa, with a new access to SH10, and covers infrastructure expenses for roadworks between Kerikeri CBD and Waipapa, cycle and walking tracks, recreational areas, and flood mitigation.
The lower cost of the previously undeveloped land would also enable more affordable housing, which we know is in high demand.
However, the lower ranking of Option F in Te Pātukurea (P48) is explained as having comparatively higher infrastructure costs, impacts on highly productive land and environmental constraints.
We consider this to be misleading. The land referred to is currently pastoral land, not the horticultural land the Spatial Plan aims to conserve. The developer has presented flood mitigation plans, which requires approval by consenting authorities to ensure proper water management and control.
Option F should be included in the plan alongside Options D & E, as it provides a timely opportunity to look at ways we can protect the whole area from flooding, ease traffic congestion issues and listen to ideas for development of benefit to the community.
This plan is the opportunity for Kerikeri and Waipapa to stop making short-term decisions and to put in place a long-term integrated risk management and development plan.
We urge everyone to make a personal submission to request the inclusion of Option F alongside Options D&E in the Draft Spatial Plan. The easiest way to do this is to open this link below to the submission form.
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/f0ac21d0233b494f83ee84d428aad58e
Then under 1, 3, 4, 5: tick “No”
Under 2. of the online form, you can briefly comment and explain your preferences incl. Option F based on our comment above.
Submissions must be completed and returned by April 22nd.
