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Plan modifications

From City Scene, published on 19 January 2008

454 Great North Road, Arch Hill – former St Josephs convent and site

At its meeting on 13 December 2007, the council resolved to adopt the following plan modification 213 to the isthmus district plan following the completion of the statutory processes.

Proposed plan modification 213 is a plan change which rezones approximately 1477m2 of land at 454 Great North Road, Arch Hill (known as Lot 1 DP 30936) to mixed use, the scheduling of the former convent building on the site as a category B item in appendix one of the isthmus section of the district plan, and removal of the current tree scheduling on the site.

The plan change also includes the following modifications.

  •  That the interior of the former convent building also be included in the scheduling which would include the following – "All original and/or reconstructed spaces, components and materials (reconstruction as per ICOMOS charter means "to be built again in original form using old or new material").
  •  That the site surrounds also be protected as part of the scheduling. The definition of protected site surrounds should be "all land within the Certificate of Title Boundary".

Also, any additional development on this site shall be subject to the following controls:

  •  no building or part of a building shall exceed a height of RL69m LINZ datum, provided that a hipped roof may be constructed to a height of RL72m LINZ datum.
  •  there shall be a building set back of 1.2m on the eastern and western side boundaries.

The plan modification will become operative on Friday, 25 January 2008.

32 Balfour Road, Parnell

The period for accepting submissions to proposed plan modification 225 – private plan change has been extended to Friday, 8 January 2008.

Please phone the duty planner, inner isthmus team, on 379 2020 if you have any questions about either of these plan modifications.

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