Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has a raft of proposals that are currently open for feedback from the community in the form of formal submissions, requests for feedback and surveys. We’ve listed here the ones most likely to affect Arrowtown but you can find a full listing at Council’s Let’s Talk website. Social Impact […]
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After a massive turnout at the Athenaeum Hall on Tuesday, and a survey that found that our members are overwhelmingly in opposition, it’s abundantly clear that the majority of residents of Arrowtown are against a variation to the Proposed District Plan that would allow the construction of 12m buildings in one part of Arrowtown, and
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As you may be aware there is currently a proposal from QLDC to encourage urban intensification in Arrowtown and other parts of the district by substantially increasing height and density limits in some residential zones. It’s important to acknowledge that what’s being proposed is not developer-led nor is it an initiative of QLDC. It’s a
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Recently Julie Scott from the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust got in touch to update us on progress at Tewa Banks (earthworks will continue until April and construction is expected to start in the middle of the year). She let us know that the initial allocations of assisted ownership housing at Tewa Banks will be made in mid 2023, with the household allocation for public housing and affordable rentals later in the year.
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The Arrowtown Village Association has for more than 12 years advocated for the protection our current urban boundary, as a reflection of our community’s desire to protect and preserve the unique heritage and character of our village. This is detailed in the original 2017 Shaping Our Future Community Visioning Report and its recent review in 2022. In
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On a stunning Arrowtown morning last week the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust held an intimate site blessing and ground breaking ceremony for the Tewa Banks housing development in Jopp St. If you’d like to know more about this project to build housing that local families and singles can afford to live in, read on – Julie Scott,
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We all choose to live and stay in the Queenstown Lakes District for many reasons. The unique environment, outdoor lifestyle, beauty and vibrancy of our places and diverse cultures make it easy to see why so many people want to make this special place their home. Unfortunately many struggle to…
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The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has approached QLDC to conduct Geotech exploration of Council-owned land at Jopp Street, Arrowtown. While the Council has made no decision at this time about the use of this land, it has agreed to allow QLCHT to conduct these investigations in the next few weeks. Utilising this undeveloped 3.68
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