Western News: May 27, 2021

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Land sale up
for discussion
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Halswell Residents’ Association
secretary David Hawke said the association
was comfortable with that
arrangement as the area could do
with more recreational spaces.
“If it didn’t [go through], we’d be
pretty disappointed,” he said.
“The key outcome we
want is provision for
community use.”
The city council
planned to discuss the
sale at its meeting last
week, but it has been rescheduled
to a later date.
It is now being
discussed at the community
board’s meeting
next Tuesday before it proceeds to
the city council for a decision.
The city council always intended
to subdivide the land for its stormwater
work and eventually sell the
surplus.
More land was acquired than
needed as the original owner was not
willing to sell the part that the city
council wanted to develop, therefore it
purchased the whole site.
The association saw this as an
opportunity to save the land for
residents to use before it went to the
open market.
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But the community board identified
the need for more affordable
housing in Halswell as the area’s
population continues to grow, so
several housing providers were also
contacted to gauge interest.
In spite of what the association
wanted, Hawke was not against a
potential housing development
at this site as he also understood
its importance.
Kāinga Ora was not able to
confirm its intentions with the
land if it was successful.
“It’s not appropriate for us to
comment at this stage, ahead
of any council decision on the
sale of this land,” a Kāinga Ora
spokesperson said.
Halswell Ward city councillor
Anne Galloway said affordable
housing was needed, particularly
due to an ageing population and
that first-home buyers like young
families “need a place to live”.
But there was a “real opportunity”
for community involvement in
planning what this space could look
like.
“I’m keen to get a community panel
of people to work with to design
a space that is going to provide an
environment we want our families to
grow up in,” she said.
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