Summary of the Southern Marlborough Project

Project Aims

To achieve integrated urban design outcomes, where initiatives preferably achieve more than just one objective.
To align funding priorities and infrastructure upgrades with planning policy.
To take planning steps that will positively impact on the development of the settlements over a 25 year period between the last census in 2006, and 2031.

Project Outcomes

Concrete proposals to guide decision making.
Proposals for actions and interventions, which are practical and affordable.
Guidance for plan changes, including direction for the period beyond the project horizon, in the form of 'Deferred Township Residential' or 'Future Urban' zones.

Project Scope

Artist's impressions of Tuamarina. The settlements in this project are:

Blenheim
Tuamarina
Rarangi
Spring Creek
Grovetown
Renwick
Wairau Valley Township
Seddon
Ward

The issues considered within these settlements include: community infrastructure; ecology; landscape and open space; stormwater and flooding; infrastructure capacity; transport infrastructure; traffic behaviour; residential growth; urban character; planning policy; and industrial and commercial land capacity.

In this project, it is also acknowledged that several issues occur on a subregional or regional scale level. The composite growth picture for the Wairau-Awatere area will inform the District's overall growth strategy after completion of a similar project for the Marlborough Sounds area.