Draft Proposed opportunities 1. Improve the High Street to tennis club area in Boulcott – better pedestrian safety and traffic flows 2. Place a Slow Zone on Connolly Street to help pedestrians to safely access the river Avalon 3. Redevelop Avalon Park playground 4. Connect to river and to other Connect across residential villages across the Railway line railway line 5. Improve alleyway connections in Avalon Park Epuni and enhance lighting and maintenance of trees along streets 6. Make roads safer for walking and cycling and encourage people to use the off roads e.g. add cycling shoulder along River Road 7. Harcourt Werry Rd stop bank Boulcott Theatre 108
Traffic Epuni congestion
Connect to river
Connolly Street Western Hills Villages
Korokoro, Maungaraki, Normandale
Belmont, Tirohanga, Harbourview
Kelson, Manor Park, Haywards Draft Western Hills What makes them unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure • Communities separated from city • Belmont Regional • Maungaraki shopping •Stormwater by river, hills and highway Park is a regionally centre • Good access to SH2 improvements significant • Huge quarry operations •Substandard roads • Spectacular harbour views and destination (90,000 beside SH2 next to Kelson valley programme visitors per annum – • Semi-industrial areas •Reservoirs • Regional park and bush most used along the river around • Quality living, mix of old and new upgrades entrances Oakleigh Manor Park – Grounsell •Playgrounds, resident homes and Cornish); Cres • Use of valley floor for services, reserves expand mountain • Private golf course along •Prepare for more facilities and amenities biking the river at Manor Park • Historic and heritage in Korokoro, residential •Hamlets with few •Small businesses run development Normandale, Belmont services but strong from home •Suburban living with a ‘rural’ feel •Kelson Otonga commitment to •Adjacent to suburban reserve •Each neighbourhood has a degree community shopping centres – of social & emotional independence development •Greenbelt of the movement related to •Minoh House though most are physically city roading network connected by road (except for •Overlooking Kelson) harbour, valley, city •Strong representation in Residents •Percy’s Reserve Associations and local and Jubilee park The proportion of 65+ years in the organisations – Korokoro Western Hills (around 7%) is below the City’s average with the Environmental Group (KEG), exception of Haywards of 19.7% Normandale/Harbourview/Maungar (City average is 10.9%). Slightly aki/Belmont Residents Associations higher than average population of late teens 15-19 years in Belmont, •Strong communities around Normandale and Tirohanga. schools Kelson has slightly above average •Lifestyle blocks population of young children under 5 (8.9% vs. 7.6%). BELMONT
Belmont, Tirohanga, Harbourview Draft BELMONT What makes Belmont unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure
• City “dormitory” – •Greenbelt of the •Belmont Regional •Substandard road mixed residential City living Park is a regionally programme •Overlooking significant destination •New tracks and track • Spectacular harbour, valley and harbour views and – numerous access upgrades the City points •Mountain bike tracks valley •Regional park and • Regional park and bush bush •Spectacular views • Quality living, mix of harbour and of old and new valley resident homes •Suburban living • Adjacent to valley with a ‘rural’ feel floor City for services, facilities and amenities
Slightly higher than average population of late teens 15-19 years in Belmont, Normandale and Tirohanga. Draft Proposed opportunities
1. Continue to maintain and improve basic community facilities e.g. playgrounds and infrastructure e.g. roads and footpaths and encourage road sharing 2. Improve walking and cycling accessibility from homes to nearby playgrounds and schools 3. Develop bush tracks with good signage to connect neighbourhoods to their surrounding bush and each other 4. Improve physical connections between neighbourhoods 5. Develop Belmont Regional Park entry-points to world-class 6. Explore opportunity to turn quarry next to Kelson into a recreational park or sunken garden e.g. The See the 5 maps in the following pages Butchart Gardens garden on Vancouver Island 6. Develop lifestyle opportunities in Kelson – Liverton Road 7. Manor Park – extend walking trail at the golf course and develop Haywards to Manor Park walkway; work with Rotary 8. Investigate opportunity to better use the Maungaraki Community Hall e.g. as a council service centre 9. Advocate for best solutions for Western Hills to SH2 when Kennedy-Good Bridge/Melling Interchanges are revamped 10. Flood protection 11. Improve Hill St entrance to Belmont Park Belmont
Kelson
Quarry
Liverton Road
Community Hall Playground Connecting Road – Maungaraki Road
Oakleigh St Entrance Belmont Reg Park
Maungaraki
Korokoro Shopping centre & Community Hall
Normandale
Playground Playground Playground Petone Railway Station Melling Railway Station Connecting Road – Sweet Acres Drive
Normandale
Belmont
Harbourview Tirohanga
Playground Haywards
Manor Park Golf course
Railway Stn Dry Creek
Bolder Hill
Belmont Trig
Old Coach Road
Stratton St
Cornish St Current Walking Tracks in Western Hills Residential Villages
Vision Strength/Unique Focus Action HCC Document Heritage/character homes, Well planned Heritage, Heritage, character & Petone Vision, District apartments, mixed retail- Petone character & natural nature preservation Plan, Design Guidelines residential units environment Increase attractions, Business Centre & inner Business growth & CBD Vision, Making Places make it more welcoming CBD city living, river recreation attractions Framework, District Plan, & grow local economy Design Guidelines Heritage villages, beaches, Heritage, character & character, hills/bush, Heritage, character & Eastbourne Community Eastbourne/Day’s Bay natural environment gateway to Eastern Bays nature preservation Plan Public safety, increase Gateway to wilderness, mix Eco & adventure tourism, Wainuiomata Community attractiveness, more Wainuiomata of rural & village lifestyle community safety/wellbeing Plan welcoming, grow economy Public safety, increase Alicetown Gateway to Petone and Character & community Central West Community attractiveness, more CBD, character village safety/wellbeing Plan welcoming, grow economy Gateway to wilderness, quality Public safety, recreation, living, recreation, proximity to Quality of life Central West Community Belmont roads/access Wellington City and Hutt Plan Quality living, great views, Western Hills proximity to Wellington City Quality of life Public safety, recreation, Central West Community (incl. Korokoro) and Hutt roads/access Plan Public safety, more Affordable living, community North East Community Eastern Hills Community safety/wellbeing welcoming, grow economy spirit, recreation, hills/nature Plan Affordable living, community Public safety, more Central West Community Central - Boulcott spirit, recreation Community safety/wellbeing welcoming, grow economy Plan Epuni, Avalon, Fairfield Quality living, character, Central Quality of life Central West Community proximity to Wellington City Public safety, recreation, Woburn, Waterloo Plan and Hutt roads/access Public safety, increase Historic cultural village, Central West Community Waiwhetu, Hikoikoi Community safety/wellbeing attractiveness, more community spirit, recreation Plan welcoming, grow economy Affordable living, community Seaview, Gracefield Public safety, recreation, Vision Seaview Gracefield spirit, recreation (Hutt Park, Community safety/wellbeing (Bell Road), Moera roads/access, environment river, stream and sea) Quality living, great views, Public safety, recreation, Eastbourne Community Point Howard etc. Quality of life proximity to Wellington City roads/access Plan and Hutt 4. Gateways and Destinations Wainuiomata
Community & cultural diversity
Gateway to wilderness
Local businesses Draft Wainuiomata What makes Wainuiomata unique?
Leisure and Well being Environment Economy Infrastructure
•Rural lifestyle with large •Numerous green • Central hub area sections spaces around the Queen •Wainuiomata Hill • Increasing housing •Outdoor activities – Street shopping centre Summit bridge variety – there is a need scouts, mountain- • Small business •Sewer renewal to manage the transition biking, walking, owners •Garden of from young families to tramping, camping, • Industrial area at Remembrance the “golden ages” golf, horse riding, trout Parklands development •Higher than average fishing • Visitors/Tourism and •Wainuiomata Pool proportion of young •Nature, green and wild related businesses with •Wainuiomata Bush people – there is a need •Gateway to wilderness a focus on accessing Fire Force to engage youth – tourism (The nature, wetlands, bush headquarters and • Schools – primary, Rimutaka Forest Park and hills – old trout vehicle intermediate and attracts over 100,000 breeding pools, bush •Development of secondary visitors per annum) tracks, river access and Homedale •Annual sports activities •Flood prevention accommodation •Community facilities e.g. Crazymans race • Retraining young and services attracts over 400 people in outdoor redevelopment • Wainuiomata has a higher participants education •Black creek proportion of young people (5-19 •Strong connectedness • Organic farming areas year olds around 9% compared along Moores Valley within the community to Hutt City Median (7.5-7.8%) •Sporting clubs are • Maori (27%) and Pacific Road strong and act as the (12.5%) populations are higher •Affordable “glue” in the community than the City’s median housing/land (16.7%;10.3%) with sporting “heroes” • Lower proportion of personal •Large Maori population income above $50,000 c.f. City – strong marae presence Draft
Proposed opportunities 1. Improve access to Wainui river and wetlands – turn them into attractions Wainui Hill e.g. boardwalk – & end of Coast Road 2. Attract people into Queen St shopping area – Visitors Centre and targeted Wetlands retail e.g. cafes, food supply, outdoor retail Wetlands 3. Develop Queen St with Council amenities (pool, library, hall, community house, gym) – focus development in the centre 4. Work to allay safety concerns – reinvent reputation & continuation of Wainuiomata High School events consistent with this 5. Create local jobs around Wainuiomata Marae as a wilderness gateway 6. Open up Homedale for development Queen St Shopping Centre e.g. commercial/residential (higher Library/ ‘Sportsville’ density) 7. Develop Wainuiomata Hill lookout point/walk with eco focus, café, gondola Outdoor swimming pool 8. Implement “Sportsville” including sports history, gym, café 9. Instigate community and ShoppingHomedale Centre shops neighbourhood park development – Wise St, Wellington Rd, Arakura area Wainuiomata River 10. Develop older adult facilities – rest homes, “golden years park” 11. Wainuiomata College with Port Wilderness gateway Nicholson Trust To Rimutaka Forest Park/coasts Orongorongo – 100,000 visitors per annum Alicetown
Gateway to Petone and CBD
Living-Recreation
Community Draft Alicetown What makes Alicetown unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure • A village gateway connecting Petone and • Village shopping centre •Playgrounds/parks CBD •A charming and • Industrial areas and maintenance • Residential homes - attractive village small businesses along •Shopping centre mix of old villas and atmosphere Victoria Street, Hutt and development modern homes • River recreation Railway Rd, Marsden, •Community facilities • Train stations and on •Flood prevention Wakefield and Pharazyn •Pavement and road the main bus route •Prevent further Streets improvements between Wellington and industrial •Local business network •River trail, walkways Upper Hutt encroachment •Station Village complex and cycle ways • A school and play centre •Stormwater upgrade • Playground in the park in Victoria Street •A thriving and active community centre •Strong community - residents association •A natural sense of continuation from Alicetown to Petone with the historic village look and feel Alicetown has a slightly •Attractive inner city park higher proportion of young •Historic cemetery children under 5 years (8.9%) c.f. Hutt City (7.6%) Proposed opportunities
1. Enhance and improve village shopping area on Victoria Street 2. Preserve the ‘look and feel’ of the old parts of Alicetown to ensure a continuation of ‘sense of place’ 3. Develop tourism opportunities Railway Stn from Petone through Alicetown Hutt Central to Hutt Central – promote it as an attractive route from the Settlers Museum to TheNewDowse e.g. art sculptures along Victoria Street Victoria Street 4. Investigate opportunities for Connecting Petone-CBD better utilisation of the semi- Playground industrial areas along Victoria Street e.g. mixed uses of Community Centre commercial offices, retail and Alicetown industrial Village shops 5. Connect Alicetown village shops through walkways to the river 6. Work with Alicetown community to beautify the neighbourhood through street planting, River pavements, walkways and Petone community artwork – the attractive public toilet art mural is a good example of community art in public places 7. Beautification of Hutt Rd entranceway
Railway Stn BELMONT
Belmont, Tirohanga, Harbourview Belmont
Kelson
Quarry
Liverton Road
Community Hall Playground Destinations/Gateways
Vision Strength/Unique Focus Action HCC Document Heritage/character, destination Heritage, character & Heritage, character & Petone Vision, District Petone shopping, Foreshore natural environment nature preservation Plan, Design Guidelines Increase attractions, CBD Vision, Making Places Business Centre & inner Business growth & CBD make it more welcoming Framework, District Plan, city living, river recreation attractions & grow local economy Design Guidelines Heritage villages, beaches, Heritage, character & character, hills/bush, Heritage, character & Eastbourne Community Eastbourne/Day’s Bay natural environment gateway to Eastern Bays nature preservation Plan Public safety, increase Gateway to wilderness, mix Eco & adventure tourism, Wainuiomata Community attractiveness, more Wainuiomata of rural & village lifestyle community safety/wellbeing Plan welcoming, grow economy Public safety, increase Alicetown Gateway to Petone and Character & community Central West Community attractiveness, more CBD, character village safety/wellbeing Plan welcoming, grow economy Gateway to wilderness, quality Public safety, recreation, living, recreation, proximity to Quality of life Central West Community Belmont roads/access Wellington City and Hutt Plan Public safety, increase Historic cultural village, attractiveness, more Central West Community Waiwhetu, Hikoikoi Community safety/wellbeing community spirit, recreation welcoming, grow economy Plan 5. Sports Destinations Taita
Sports
Community
History, art & cultural diversity Draft Taita What makes Taita unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure
• Cultural diversity •Stopping off • Regionally • Schools, Taita College, point for birds, significant sports •Taita Sports and The Learning Connexion insects as facilities - Walter Community Centre • State housing they cross Nash, Fraser Park redevelopment • Traditional quarter acre valley • Strong business •Fraser Park blocks – Pavlova presence at Sportsville project paradise Wingate development •Schools & sports clubs – •Shopping centre Taita is a sports •Footpath and road destination for locals and improvements visitors •Wingate •Taita rock – local Hutt development River ‘hotspot’ •Strong community identity and community • Taita has a lower groups median personal and •Great Start – good household income community/social hub ($19, 250; $36,750) c.f. Strong marae Hutt City ($27,300; $56,700) • Maori (25%) and Pacific (32%) populations are higher compared to Hutt City (16.7%; 10.3%) Draft Proposed opportunities
1. Integrate Taita’s facilities – hall, library, Walter Nash including gym and café
2. Redevelop/refocus of shops – follow- up with shop owners re properties close to community facilities
3. Connect Walter Nash Park to nearby Walter Nash Park residential homes – make it open and Hutt River accessible
4. Connect the shopping centre area to Walter Nash Stadium the river with a clear access route– the Shopping Centre current road is confusing
5. Work with HNZ to develop Railway Stn opportunities in Taita and Pomare re housing
6. Revitalise Fraser Park through Sportsville project
7. Develop recreational opportunities for Wingate workforce – courts, access to hills, pocket park and green spaces Access to hills 8. Promote Taita’s and Naenae’s sports facilities as significant regional facilities Wingate Industrial 9. Investigate opportunities to create national bird corridors through Taita with the rest of the valley Naenae
Community
Sports-recreation
Cultural diversity Draft Naenae What makes Naenae unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure
• Railway track – splits the • Eastern Hills • Some large community strengths businesses and •Redevelopment of • Suburban dormitory •Community industrial area community facilities • Car based commitment to offering local •Shopping centre • People are isolated improve outcomes for employment work •Planned suburb – 40 the future – “back to • Small •Naenae pool percent state houses the future businesses and development • Family, youth, child, and • Strong community local shops •CCTV elderly groups – marae, Billy • Shopping Centre •Sewer renewal • Schools – primary, Graham and his •Good access to •Walter Mildenhall intermediate and secondary boxing academy, public transport Park development • Most community services Team Naenae, •Taita Lawn within walking distance – Naenae Clubhouse Cemetery good walking network on flat terrain 38.5% of those living in the • Variety of recreational Eastern Ward are aged 0-24 options – badminton, years with high number of swimming, bowling, cricket Maori and Pacific Island people. etc. •Activity based – Naenae continues to be a population growth area in to sport/recreation the future. •31 ethnicities – ethnic diversity Residents living the Eastern and Northern wards have the •Wesleyhaven/Laura lowest median income in Hutt Fergusson City. Proposed opportunities Draft 1. Rejuvenate/redevelop Council facilities • Library (in Hillary Court or with the pool?) • Pool – regional pool? • District Plan rules review in conjunction with shopping Billy Graham centre revamp Library playground 2. Encourage/develop a social Com Hall Taita Shops services “hub” – cemetery relocating/clustering Work & Fitness complex Income, Police into shopping Industrial centre
3. Develop better physical and social connections between industrial and shopping/social Playground Wesleyhaven area
4. Develop a community “hub” and sense of social Laura connectedness within the Fergusson community – partner with HNZ? Local marae?
5. Encourage better utilisation of public pocket parks including Playground Mildenhall Park – retention of space, use of pocket parks, housing frontage
6. Consolidate parking and develop pedestrian flow in and around the shopping centre 6. Employment Hubs Seaview Gracefield 2030
Nov 2009 Draft Seaview Gracefield What makes Seaview Gracefield unique?
Leisure and well being Environment Economy Infrastructure
• Hutt river trail • Industrial and •Seaview marina • Waiwhetu stream – •Esplanade develop ecological use hazardous area improvements •Walking and cycling •Large flat sites with tracks and educational •Bridge seismic opportunities post room for expansion and strengthening Seaview •Support and growth encourage the Waiwhetu clean up Road •Hikoikoi •Close proximity/good •Seaview Gracefield development of ‘social access to transportation places’ e.g. cafes in •Hutt River trail development •Beach hubs such as Wellington •Waiwhetu stream conjunction with growth port and airport plans for specific •Beautification of the reinvigoration marina waterfront •Central location to •Cycle and walking locations service regional •Hutt Park is an though tree planting tracks and providing view customers •Potential to use rail attractive social and •Collaboration between recreational space areas and sea for alternative •Flood risk and erosion industries e.g. science modes of transport •Improve picnic and and research, lunchtime facilities along the river banks near Hutt River (Te Awa engineering, transport Kairangi) mouth •Access to local suppliers and labour supply •Seaview marina •Moera shopping area
Employment Hubs
Vision Strength/Unique Focus Action HCC Document Keep status quo, general Special business – heavy beautification, Cross Valley Vision SG 2030 Seaview industries Stability & continuity Link Develop growth plan, Grow businesses, increase “Science village” and beautification, recreation & Vision SG 2030 Gracefield attractiveness & recreation new/emerging businesses social centres Wingate blueprint for growth Wingate Taita Industrial and general business Grow businesses
Naenae Light industrial and general Grow businesses Economic Development business Strategy (EDS) Grow businesses, focus Economic Development CBD Commercial/light industrial on offices not industrial Strategy, CBD Making Places Economic Development Industrial and general business Grow businesses, focus Petone on offices not industrial Strategy / Vision Petone Specialised medical & Grow specialised Economic Development Boulcott complimentary services/businesses Strategy/ Vision Seaview businesses/services Gracefield Wainuiomata Light industrial and general Economic Development Grow businesses (Parkland) business Strategy (EDS)
Light industrial and general Economic Development Stokes Valley ? business Strategy (EDS)