South West Area Plan - Christchurch City
The South-West Area Plan (SWAP) is a strategic plan for managing urban growth and long-term development in the area between, and including, the established suburbs of Hornby, Hoon Hay and Halswell.
The study area comprises the upper catchments of the Heathcote and Halswell Rivers, is bounded to the north by Blenheim Road/Main South Road, in the east by Lyttelton Street, the Port Hills to the south, and Marshes Road (the boundary with Selwyn District) to the west. The area has been identified as a focus for future urban expansion in the Urban Development Strategy.
Issues associated with the SWAP that are likely to be of interest to Spokes include overall urban design and planning, provision for cycleways within new and existing development areas, and linkages between these areas and other parts of the city and public transport provisions. A summary of the SWAP is available at:
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/AreaPlans/SouthWest/files/SWAPSummaryDocument.pdf
Consultation on the SWAP ended on Friday 10 October. A late submission was lodged on Mon 13 with CCC agreement (see Attachments below).
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Draft SWAP submission
This has been added to the original post. I have left a message with CCC requesting that we have until Monday to put it in. So any comments need to be back by the end of the weekend.
SWAP Two
Having just looked at the plan I too think it has the start of some good ideas for future development. I would like to see some stronger wording around the use and incorporation of sustainable transport options both in existing areas but also as part of any new development. I would go as far as to say that prior to any development - commercial, industrial or residential being approved that they would need to show how they are going to provide for and incorporate sustainable transport into their development and how this will integrate with what is already in existance.
Cheers
Keith Turner
SWAP
Chrys H
I"ve had a quick look at the plan and the maps and overall it seems to me to be quite good as far as it goes. I was not left sighing after I had read the plan ... which is a good sign.
It would be good to commend the plan writers on the fact that they have recognised the need to privilege active and public (I hate the word passive!) transport users more and car drivers less and that the plan does talk about more sustainable forms of transport relatively often.
The devil is most likely in the detail ... and about this I have lots of questions but I doubt that they are appropriate at this point in proceedings
Cheers
Chrys H