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PROVINCIAL URBANISM Growing the Marlborough District Wayne Bredemeijer – Urbanismplus Ltd
delivering sustainable communities
THE PROVINCE:
NOT USUALLY THE DOMAIN OF URBANISM
MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT
SCOPE: BREADTH
Okiwi Bay
Rai Valley
Ohingaroa Bay Anakiwa / Tirimoana Kaiuma Momorangi Bay Bay Ngakuta Bay Havelock
Canvastown
Linkwater The Grove
Whatamango
Picton
Rarangi
Tuamarina
Spring Creek Grovetown
Renwick Blenheim Wairau Valley
Seddon
Ward
SCOPE: DEPTH
PLACE picnic table, jetty, car park, playground
PRECINCT town centre amenities, community facility, activity centre, business park
SETTLEMENT residential growth area, industrial zone, open space distribution
REGIONAL recreational network, employment strategy, ecological network
DISTRICT-WIDE vision, growth distribution, state highway network
SCOPE: WIDTH
ECONOMY employment, retail, residential, affordability
MOVEMENT public transport, traffic, pedestrian cycle, parking
OPEN SPACE public open space, parks, squares, recreation, biodiversity, energy
SOCIAL identity, community facilities, social issues, crime, affordability
INFRASTRUCTURE storm water, waste water, water, power, broadband
GROWTH intensification, expansion, urban, ruralresidential
DELIVERY District Plan - implementation
GROWING MARLBOROUGH PROJECT PROCESS Consultation On-site multi-disciplinary workshops dedicated to a settlement or group of settlements Tidy up and analysis of results for each settlement Stock-take of collective set of settlements Reconciling an overarching picture Marlborough-South Presentation of outcomes per settlement and overarching picture to communities and Council Reporting after adjustments Repeat for Marlborough-North area Forming a District-Wide picture Reporting Implementation
TIMES ARE CHA(LLE)NGING
Low growth projections Ageing population, shrinking households Seasonal influences Wine industry under pressure Small budgets spread out thinly Local impacts of urbanisation on ecology National need for affordable housing (capex and opex) Global trends on economy, sustainability, energy and online shopping
KEY MESSAGES Don’t waste your growth Use all embers to make a fire Small changes are big changes in small places Think vertically, act locally
DON’T WASTE YOUR GROWTH
BLENHEIM
Dillon’s Pt/ Riversdale Mayfield
Springlands
TOWN CENTRE
Town’s end/ Main St Whitney Burleigh
Blenheim-East Redwoodtown
Witherlea
SOCIAL NETWORK
Dillon’s Pt/ Riversdale Mayfield
Springlands
TOWN CENTRE
Town’s end/ Main St Whitney Burleigh
Blenheim-East Redwoodtown
Witherlea
SOCIAL NETWORK
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
N2
N1 NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
infrastructure Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
community Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
ecology Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
open space Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
soils Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE
KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
landscape character Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
activity centres Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
employment Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
storm water Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
BLENHEIM GROWTH EVALUATION
transport Size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
NW
39.3
W1
27.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
E2
92.5
SE
28.9
NE RC
NW
E1 DS
E2 W1
W2
KV
SE KV NE
64
RC
31
DS
29
Negative
Growth pocket
Neutral
N1
Positive
N2
SELECTED GROWTH AREAS growth area N2
N1
E1
size (ha)
N1
55.1
N2
15.8
W2
21.7
E1
38.6
SE
28.9
E2 employment land E2 SE
W2
BLENHEIM-EAST BARRIERS
RIVERSDALE
ISLINGTON TOWN CENTRE
GROWTH AREA EAST 1
GROWTH AREA EAST 1 Park
Neighbourhood Centre School
Employment
GROWTH AREA EAST 1
USE ALL EMBERS TO LIGHT A FIRE
BLENHEIM TOWN CENTRE
Where to locate the library, the art gallery and associated urban green space?
BLENHEIM TOWN CENTRE
QUEEN STREET CARPARK
QUEEN STREET POCKET PARK - short term
move toilets NEW ART GALLERY NEW LIBRARY
add planters retain carpark
QUEEN STREET POCKET PARK -long term
NEW ART GALLERY NEW LIBRARY
LIBRARY
ART GALLERY
SQUARE
POCKET PARK
SMALL CHANGES ARE BIG CHANGES IN SMALL PLACES
WAIRAU VALLEY TOWNSHIP
CURRENT DISTRICT PLAN
SCHOOL
LEGEND
Rural Four Zone Rural Residential Zone Rural Township Zone Township Residential Zone Local Recreation Zone Designated Area
POPULATION GROWTH PROJECTION 2006 Census 162
2031 increase projection 252 90
Equates to 38 dwellings with 2.4 people per household
PROPOSED GROWTH ALLOCATION
LEGEND
Rural Five Zone – Proposed (4000sqm min) Primary Connection Township Residential Zone Deferred Township Residential
PROPOSED FUTURE GROWTH (BEYOND 2031)
LEGEND
Rural Five Zone – Proposed (4000sqm min) Primary Connection Township Residential Zone Deferred Township Residential
WAIRAU VALLEY TOWNSHIP Paper road to be retained for long-term future
THINK VERTICALLY ACT LOCALLY
DISTRICT-WIDE ECOLOGY HAVELOCK
PICTON
RENWICK
BLENHEIM
SUB-REGIONAL ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY -PROPOSED
LEGEND Indigenous forest Indigenous forest (DOC) Important estuary environment (DOC) Proposed ecological node Important ecological valley system Major road
Pelorus Sound Queen Charlotte Sound
N
Havelock
Picton
HAVELOCK
HAVELOCK
WETLAND INITIATIVE to Picton
Havelock settlement
Biodiversity node Solution for dredging spoils Tourist attraction Attractive entrance into Havelock Reduces sewerage overflow hazard Increases ‘storage’ Kaituna River
Kaituna River
WETLAND DESIGN Oxidation ponds
Kaituna River
State Highway
Series of ponds
Mahakipawa Road
Queen Charlotte Drive
Bird watching Walkway to Cullen’s Point
LESSONS LEARNT Workshop-based approaches resulting in integration between technical disciplines Aligning Assets & Services budgeting with Policy & Statutory Planning Combining big picture vision with place-based initiatives Urban Design to integrate specialist expertise with community input and local knowledge Long term growth plan sets direction with time as a flexible factor
NEXT STEPS Formal Consultation in three parts Strategy informing the Review of the Regional Policy Statement and Resource Management Plan Detailed Streetscape upgrade programme Blenheim Town Centre Urban Design Guidelines for residential and town centre Development Acquisition of key town centre property and request for tenders for development Detailed technical investigation of all growth areas Structure Plans for some of the larger growth areas
END
PROPOSED URBAN FRAMEWORK
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LEGEND Rural Five Zone – Proposed (4000sqm min) Primary Connection Township Residential Zone Deferred Township Residential
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Proposed Gravel Footpath
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Township Gateway
Pedestrian Refuge
Township Welcome Sign
CURRENT SITUATION
PROPOSED