The Star: May 11, 2017

4 Thursday May 11 2017
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Retirement
village fence
dispute resolved
• By Sarla Donovan
A DISPUTED fence in an over-
60s retirement village is to be
moved.
Sanctuary Villas resident Patsy
Clegg had the fence (above) built
six years ago to provide her corner
unit with privacy but neighbours
Kathleen and Glyn Hardy
claimed the fence was illegal and
dangerous.
It borders an access road used
by residents and the Hardys said it
intruded onto common property
and limited the visibility of vehicles
rounding the corner.
Mrs Clegg has agreed to move
the fence back from the road at
her own expense, after being
asked by the Sanctuary Villas
body corporate committee, which
oversees the affairs of residents.
A plan for the alteration was
drawn up and the Hardys have
now agreed to it.
The fence is to be shifted in June.
CAR PARKING CRISIS: A Photoshopped (left) image of what car parking at Hospital Corner could be, and (right) what it is today.
HAVE YOUR SAY: Email gabrielle.stuart@starmedia.kiwi on whether Hagley Park should be used as a temporary car park.
Idea to tackle hospital car parking issues
•From page 1
Using Hagley Park for car
parking is likely to be a contentious
issue.
The Star asked Mayor Lianne
Dalziel what she thought of the
idea.
But she did not answer the
question, saying only it had
not been raised in any formal
discussions with her, and it was
not something she was currently
considering.
Hands Off Hagley, the group
which fought against the cricket
oval in the park, says the idea to
use it for temporary car parking
had merit.
Spokesman Martin Meehan
said he would be open to seeing
it used, so long as it was public
parking, only for a set period of
time, and had strict safeguards
around it.
“The cricket was a permanent
acquisition, whereas this is temporary
and for the greater good.
So I wouldn’t be out there with
placards,” he said.
Part of Hagley Park was used
temporarily for hospital car
parking after the February 22,
2011, earthquake, but that land
is now part of the Hagley Oval
development.
Mr Meehan said the city
council spent $1.2m upgrading
the Hospital Corner sports fields
last year, and he was worried that
would be wasted.
“Logic would say yes, it’s
an ideal spot to use. But for
goodness sake, where was the
planning around parking? This
should never have been allowed
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
to happen,” he said.
A Government Act has strict
rules around how Hagley Park
can be developed, and says the
city council cannot “appropriate”
any part of the park for car parking
without consent from the
Minister of Conservation.
But a spokeswoman for
Minister of Conservation
Maggie Barry said her advice
was that the proposal would be
classed “temporary use,” so it
would not require the minister’s
consent.
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