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Assessment of Social Effects of the Ohinewai Masterplan Assessment of social effects of the Ohinewai Masterplan for Ambury Properties Limited Robert Quigley Quigley and Watts Ltd. Final 27 November 2019 Document control Version of document Date of revision Prepared by Reviewed by 1 – first draft 16 October 2019 Robert Quigley David Gaze, Gaze Holdings Limited. John Olliver, Bloxam Burnett & Olliver Limited. 2 – second draft 22 November 2019 Robert Quigley Sam Foster, Bloxam Burnett & Olliver Limited 3 - final 27 November 2019 Robert Quigley • 2 Table of Contents Executive summary ................................................................................................................................... 5 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Purpose and objectives of the report .......................................................................................... 11 1.2 The site........................................................................................................................................ 11 1.2 The masterplan ............................................................................................................................. 11 1.2.1 The primary tenant and approximate timing ............................................................................. 11 1.2.2 Other industrial tenants ............................................................................................................. 12 1.2.3 Retail and other businesses ...................................................................................................... 12 1.2.4 Housing ..................................................................................................................................... 13 1.2.5 Support services ....................................................................................................................... 13 1.2.6 Recreation ................................................................................................................................. 13 1.2.7 Connections to Huntly ............................................................................................................... 13 2. Approach and methodology ................................................................................................................ 14 2.1 Statutory framework ...................................................................................................................... 14 2.2 Conceptual framework .................................................................................................................. 14 2.3 Geographic study area .................................................................................................................. 15 2.4 Potentially affected groups and key assessment questions ......................................................... 15 2.5 Consultation .................................................................................................................................. 16 2.6 Assessment of effects ................................................................................................................... 16 3. Community profiles ............................................................................................................................. 17 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Population ..................................................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Te Kauwhata, Waerenga, Huntly East and Huntly West .............................................................. 19 4. Population and employment – context and potential effects .............................................................. 21 5. Construction ........................................................................................................................................ 23 5.1 Construction context ..................................................................................................................... 23 5.2 Construction – potential effects ..................................................................................................... 23 6. Housing ............................................................................................................................................... 24 6.1 Housing introduction ..................................................................................................................... 24 6.2 Housing context ............................................................................................................................ 24 6.3 Housing – potential effects ............................................................................................................ 26 7. Education services .............................................................................................................................. 28 7.1 Early Childhood Education ............................................................................................................ 28 7.11 Early childhood education introduction ...................................................................................... 28 7.12 Early childhood education context ............................................................................................. 28 7.13 Early childhood centre – potential effects .................................................................................. 29 • 3 7.2 Schools.......................................................................................................................................... 29 7.21 Schools introduction ................................................................................................................... 29 7.22 Schools – potential effects ......................................................................................................... 31 8. Children’s voice ................................................................................................................................... 35 9. Business .............................................................................................................................................. 39 9.1 Business introduction .................................................................................................................... 39 9.2 Business context ........................................................................................................................... 40 9.2 Business - potential effects ........................................................................................................... 40 10. Health, social and emergency services ............................................................................................ 44 10.1 Health, social and emergency services introduction ................................................................... 44 10.2 Health, social and emergency services context .......................................................................... 44 10.3 Health, social and emergency services - potential effects .......................................................... 46 11. Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road residents .................................................................................... 48 11.1 Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road residents’ introduction.......................................................... 48 11.2 Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road residents’ context ................................................................. 48 11.3 Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road - potential effects ................................................................. 49 12. Community way of life ....................................................................................................................... 51 12.1 Ohinewai ..................................................................................................................................... 51 12.2 Huntly .......................................................................................................................................... 52 12.3 Te Kauwhata ............................................................................................................................... 52 13 Mitigation and monitoring ................................................................................................................... 54 13.1 Construction ................................................................................................................................ 54 13.2 Housing ....................................................................................................................................... 54 13.3 Education services ...................................................................................................................... 54 13.4 Children ....................................................................................................................................... 54 13.5 Businesses .................................................................................................................................. 54 13.6 Health, social and emergency services ...................................................................................... 54 13.7 Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road residents .............................................................................
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