Akaroa Historical Overview - Christchurch City Council

This expectation was fulfilled. In 1973 there were about 150 sections approved by the
County Council which had not yet been built on. The Council suspected that the rash of
applications for subdivisions in the early 1970s had been prompted by land-owners’
wishes to secure approval for the subdivisions before the Council adopted a district
plan. 49 But even after the District Plan had been adopted, subdivision pressure was
maintained.
The middle stretch of Selwyn Avenue and Seaview Avenue had been subdivided before
1950. Subdivisions crept further up Selwyn Avenue in a series of small, slow steps,
starting in the early 1950s and continuing until the 1990s (when Rue Noyer was formed).
On the north side of Selwyn Avenue, including Walnut Avenue, sections were created in
1950 and 1966, then more later in the century (refer figure 7.10 & appendices 9.12 &
9.13).
Figure 7.9. The lower stretch of Selwyn Avenue and its little side street, Seaview Avenue, were
formed when land in the area was subdivided between the two World Wars, but it was only after
the end of World War II that Selwyn Avenue became built up along its full length. Ref: 2095
Figure 7.10. Houses typical of the 1960s and 1970s are found in many of the newer areas of Akaroa.
These houses are up Selwyn Avenue, an area subdivided in stages mostly after World War II.
49 Akaroa Mail, 11 May 1973, p. 1
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