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A private plan change that would allow the development of around 800 new homes on 75 hectares of land north-east of Wellsford has been been given the green light by independent commissioners.
A panel chaired by resource management consultant Greg Hill, together with planners Lisa Mein and Trevor Mackie, approved Wellsford Welding Club Ltd’s application to rezone land bounded by SH1 to the west, the railway line to the east and Bosher Road in the north for a mixed housing development and neighbourhood retail zone.
The Wellsford North land is currently zoned predominantly as future urban, with some countryside living, rural production and single house. The plan change will rezone the area to predominantly single and mixed house residential, with some large lot housing and a neighbourhood centre. The hearing into the proposal was held in August.
