Description of proposed activity:

This proposed Private Plan Change relates to land at 144, 156 and 176 Turners Road and 174, 220 and 240 Spencerville Road and 161 Lower Styx Road. The proposed Private Plan Change seeks to enable residential development at 144, 156 and 176 Turners Road and 174, 220 and 240 Spencerville Road. It is anticipated that 800 households and a neighbourhood commercial centre could be developed. If the rezoning is approved the scope of the private plan change includes:

• To rezone operative Special Purpose Golf Resort Zone and Rural Urban Fringe Zone upper terrace sites to Residential New Neighbourhood Zone; and
• To rezone lower terrace areas subject to the High Flood Management Area from Special Purpose Golf Resort Zone to Rural Urban Fringe Zone;
• To enable a Neighbourhood Centre to be located at the site;
• Retain the existing Open Space Waterway and Margins Zone along the Styx River; and

Amend provisions in the Christchurch District Plan that are relevant to the site, including inserting a new Outline Development Plan to guide development of the site.