September 27, 2017
Wellington Council agrees to Shelly Bay contribution
Wellington City Councillors have voted 7-5 to sell or lease of council-owned land at Shelly Bay for a Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust development.
The trust and its partner the Wellington Company want to build 350 dwellings, a boutique hotel, shops and other services on the former air force base on the Miramar Peninsula.
The council will sell about a third of a hectares for housing and retain 2.6 hectares of publicly accessible land which will be used for public space, waterfront promenade and road access.
A further 0.6 hectares of land and two buildings will be leased for 125-years for commercial, mixed-used development.
Deputy Mayor Paul Eagle said the council received 1100 submissions and made some changes to its original proposal, including addressing traffic concerns, capping its infrastructure spending at $10 million, upgrading water supply and waste infrastructure to support future development across the wider Miramar Peninsula, and working with the iwi to better accommodate the needs of little blue penguins.
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