Wainui farm expected to become next big suburb

A large farm in Wainui is being marketed as “North Auckland’s next future residential community”, with developers taking a keen interest.

The land has been a family farm for 50 years.

Most of the 191ha Longburn Farm, at 522 Wainui Road, is zoned rural production (it is currently a dry stock farm) but 62ha of it has Future Urban zoning and Bayleys Real Estate Agent Graeme Perigo says he expects the 12 titles to be sold as one lot, and land banked or developed.

He says some of the rural zoned land could potentially be re-zoned Future Urban via a plan change, and that the gentle contour of the land could suit residential development. There is also potential for more intensive development on the Future Urban land, with lifestyle blocks on the rest.

Periogo says there has been international, as well as national, interest and Milldale developers Fulton Hogan Land Development would be “a natural interested party”. 

By comparison, the 191ha site is almost two-thirds the size of Milldale’s 300ha.

When complete, Milldale will have 4500 homes, a small retail centre, larger town centre (like the Silverdale Centre), two early learning centres and two schools.

The land is to be sold by tender, closing March 1.