Plan for historic holiday park approved
By ANABRIGHT HAY The development of a 16ha site in Western Valley as an historic farm holiday park has been approved by the Wairewa County Council. The applicant, Mr A. G. Saunders, is the prospective owner of the steep, partly bush-clad site at the end of the formed public road. He plans to evoke the atmosphere of the pioneer settler period by forming walking tracks, building historic settlers cottages,
and a house. Farm animals and wildlife will roam in natural surroundings.
He hopes the park will allow visitors to see how Canterbury and Banks Peninsula developed from the early 1800 s. Tools and equipment from the period will be collected and displayed. Several objectors to the development who live nearby were concerned that their property values might drop. They considered enough such facilities existed and J.were
worried about parking, public toilets, waterway pollution, fire risks and road access. The owners of the Little River Holiday Park in Okuti Valley were concerned about the proximity of a competing attraction. The Ministry of Transport was concerned about a possible off-site advertising sign. The North Canterbury Catchment Board and Regional Water Board were concerned about the stability of the proposed building sites.
The council believes the site is suitable for the proposed development and that concerns can be controlled by the specified conditions imposed. These regulate accommodation plans and provide for off-street parking.
9 The establishment of a loess clay quarry on a property near Birdlings Flat has received interim approval by the council, pending a report from an engineering geologist on the stability of the hillside.
Renditions of consent
will then be finalised in consultation with the North Canterbury Catchment Board.
The proposed site is 2.2 km from the State highway and will not be visible from the highway. It will be on the Edge property, “Waikoko,” near Birdlings Flat. It is proposed to remove clay from the site at a rate of about 2000 cu m per annum. Once excavation is finished the site is expected to be partly backfilled and if necessary, trees planted. r
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