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Decisions made at the 10th March 2025 Community Board Meeting

12 March 2025

Every month the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board meets and makes decisions on behalf of the community. Our last meeting was on the 10 March 2025, and the following decisions were made.

The next Community Board meeting takes place on 7 April 2025 at 4.30pm in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board Room on the corner of Union and Beresford Streets.

Reports considered and decisions made

A summary of the reports that were considered (in the order taken) and the decisions made during this Community Board meeting follows. For the full detail, please see the minutes at the bottom of the page.


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00012 Original Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Requests that staff urgently investigate parking restrictions in the following locations to improve accessibility, safety, and availability of short-term parking for community and council facilities and businesses:

The North Beach car park.

Parking and accessibility improvements for the North Beach Surf Club, the North Beach Coffee Cart, the North Beach Memorial Hall, and nearby commercially zoned premises, including Bowhill Road (between Marine Parade and the North Beach Beer Garden).

Broadpark Road.

Leaver Terrace (from Tonks Street to Marine Parade) and Tonks Street (from Leaver Terrace to Bowhill Road) and other streets adjacent to key freedom camping sites, in anticipation of increased demand from new development and future commercial activity.

2. Requests that the investigation consider:

Parking restrictions, including time-limited and permit parking, and mobility parks to ensure equitable access to community facilities while maintaining availability during peak periods.

Significant demand on parking due to multiple community facilities, including a Council-owned facility, a surf club, and a café operating under a Council lease, as well as the beach and surrounding amenities.

A comprehensive parking and safety assessment of the North Beach car park, with recommendations for improvements to support safer and more accessible parking, including provisions for safety, movement, amenity, and mobility parking as outlined in the suburban parking policy.

Request for a comprehensive parking management plan to address ongoing parking challenges, balance competing demands, and ensure sustainable long-term solutions.

3. If funding is unavailable within existing budgets, requests that the Board consider allocating funds from other sources i.e. Discretionary Response Fund/Better Off Safety Fund and/or any remaining funds in the NB CRAF project to ensure timely implementation.

Celeste Donovan/Jo Zervos Carried

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00013

Part B

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the correspondence from the Southshore Residents’ Association in relation to swim safety signage at the end of Rocking Horse Road and notes that the following advice was sent to the Southshore Residents’ Association on 18 February 2025:

We have been working with Surf Lifesaving New Zealand (SLNZ) on signage for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula beaches. We are installing surf safety signs at Southshore Spit within the fortnight that are approved by SLNZ and meet the ASNZ 2416 -12010 Safety Standards. One sign will be at the end of Rocking Horse Road and a second will be at the closest pedestrian entrance to the beach.

Please note that the sign content may change later this year pending an official SLNZ audit.

Jo Zervos/Jackie Simons Carried

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00015

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the New Brighton Community Gardens - proposed new lease Report.

2. Grant a ground lease to New Brighton Community Garden Trust pursuant to section 73 of the Reserves Act 1977, for a lease period of 15 years including renewals for an area of approximately 4204square metres of Rawhiti Domain being Pt Res 1616, Lot 2, and part Sec 2 SO 491011as shown on the plan described in Attachment A of the Agenda report.

3. Notes

a. That the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

b. That appropriate consultation has been undertaken and the results of that support this proposal.

4. Requests that the Manager Property Consultancy do all things necessary and make any decisions at his sole discretion that are consistent with the intent of this report to implement the resolutions above including completing negotiations for, and administer, the terms and conditions of the new lease.

Jackie Simons/Jo Zervos Carried


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00016 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Rawhiti Domain - Christchurch Archery Club new lease application report.

2. Grant a new ground lease for the existing Christchurch Archery Clubrooms, on Rawhiti Domain (100 Shaw Avenue) pursuant to section 54 of the Reserves Act 1977, for a lease period of thirty-three years including renewals for an area of approximately 253 square metres as shown in 4.8 of the Agenda report. An annual rental will be set in accordance with the Council’s Sports Lease Charges Policy.

3. Endorse continued park use of the adjacent archery range, in conjunction with the term above. The Club is to book the archery range via the Council’s Parks Bookings system at the beginning of each season.

4. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

5. Authorise the Property Consultancy Manager to complete negotiation and administer the terms of the new lease.

Alex Hewison/Celeste Donovan Carried

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00017

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Stopping of selected roads in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor report.

2. Notes that the decisions in this report are of low significance in relation to the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy 2019. The level of significance was determined by the low number of residents affected, the low level of impact on those residents and the low ongoing cost to Council.

3. Instructs staff to commence the formal road stopping process under the Local Government Act 1974 for:

a. Brooker Avenue (between New Brighton Road and Istana Place);

b. Stour Drive (between Vivian Street and Brooker Avenue);

c. Tasman Place;

d. Kingsford Street (north of Broomfield Terrace);

e. Landy Street (east of the parcel described as 122 McBratneys Rd) and Locksley Avenue Between Landy St and #137; and

f. Chardale Street (north of the new driveway access to 123 Hulverstone Drive) and Hulverstone Drive from Chardale St to #123.

4. Authorises that if successfully stopped:

a. Brooker Avenue is to be operated and managed as an access drive with limited access, remaining open during daytime hours with night-time access restricted by a gate.

b. The other roads listed in 3. above will be incorporated into the adjoining OARC land.

5. In the event that there are no objections received through the road stopping process, authorise staff to complete the road stopping.

6. In the event there are objections, authorise staff to manage those in accordance with the Local Government Act procedures.

7. Delegate authority to the Property Consultancy Manager to do all things necessary and make any decisions at his sole discretion that are consistent with the intent of this report to implement the above resolution.

8. Instruct staff to carry out two one-month trials, restricting access alternately north and south of Sutton Place. Once completed, the results of these trials and the residents’ preferences will be reported back to the Board with a recommendation. For clarity, this will be:

a. Firstly 20 Cheam Street to Sutton Place; and then

b. 71 Birchfield Avenue/Cheam Street to Sutton Place

9. That staff organise a street meeting with residents to discuss the outcome of the trial.

Kelly Barber/Jackie Simons Carried

Community Board Decided CCBCC/2025/00020 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part A

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

4. Recommends that the Council approve demolition of the existing building shown in Agenda Attachment B.

Jo Zervos/Jackie Simons Carried


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00021 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receive the information in the Cuthberts Green (Linfield Park)) - New Sports Field Lighting Report.

2. Notes that the decision in this report is assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approve the installation of four (4) floodlights on Cuthberts Green (RoT: 667327) as shown in Agenda Attachment A.

Kelly Barber/Yani Johanson Carried


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00022 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Discretionary Response Fund Application 2024/25 - Queenspark Community Trust Report.

2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approves a grant of $4,000 from its 2024-25 Discretionary Response Fund to Queenspark Community Trust towards the Trust Manager Wages.

Jackie Simons/Alex Hewison Carried

Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00023 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 2024-25 Discretionary Response Fund Application - Avebury House Community Trust Report.

2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approves a grant of $1,200 from its 2024-25 Discretionary Response Fund to Avebury House Community Trust towards Volunteer Expenses & HUGS programme Materials.

Jackie Simons/Celeste Donovan Carried


Community Board Resolved CCBCC/2025/00024 Original Officer Recommendation accepted without change

Part C

That the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board:

1. Receives the information in the Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood - Better-Off Fund Applications for Consideration - Bromley School, Elder Net (for TIDE) and Boffa Miskell CPTED Report.

2. Notes that the decisions in this report are assessed as low significance based on the Christchurch City Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

3. Approves a grant of $5,295 from its Better-Off Fund to Bromley School towards the Outdoor Volleyball Space.

4. Note that the Community Governance Manager will approve a grant of $28,000 as per the delegation granted by Council on 21 February 2024 from the Better Off Funding Citywide Safety to The Eldernet Group for the Establishment of the TIDE group.

5. Note that the Community Governance Manager will approve a grant of $10,000 as per the delegation granted by Council on 21 February 2024 from the Better Off Funding Citywide Safety to Boffa Miskell towards a Rawhiti Domain CPTED report the results of which will be reported to the Community Board.

Celeste Donovan/Alex Hewison Carried


Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board 10 March 2025