Welfare hostel land use change sought
! Vacant land between North! 'New Brighton School and [Tedder Avenue should be 'designated for use by a future hostel for girls under; [Department of Social Wei-! I fare care, a Christchurch! I City Council planning hear-| , ing was told yesterday. j No construction would I start on the site before 1982. but it was probable that buildings W'ould be small and placed around a central block. Some homes for staff : could also be built.
I The hostel for about 30 girls—both in regular caret and on remand from' the, : Children and Young Persons Court — would replace “Strathmore,” the present 'lOO-year-old facility in I Ferry Road where there is '.little room for recreation. I Last year, when the pro;posal to change the North; New Brighton land designa-; ition from education to wel-l ifare purposes was first mlade. a protest petition from near-; | by residents was lodged with [the council. ' The 5.3 ha site would have; its access from Tedder Ave ] |nue, where an accessway] house was bought by the; Government and demolished.! . Mr R. J. Wilson, assis-i tant director of the Social!
Welfare Department’s social iwork division in Christchurch, said it was necessary to keep the girls close to the community, not isolated from it.
i While there were no firm 'building plans, small resiIdential units were probable, none of them larger than a regular family home. There would probably be a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and playing fields.
A staff of 20 would care for the 30 girls, and the department hoped to buy several neighbouring houses i for staff as they came on the ' market.
Welfare hostel land use change sought
Press, 20 February 1979, Page 6
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