Development activity across Waipā appears to have slowed down this year with only 30 subdivision consent and 46 land use applications in the first three months.
Liz Stolwyk
Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk, who chairs the council’s Strategic Planning and Policy committee puts that down to a number of businesspeople and developers across the district taking a conservative approach during the current economic environment.
“People are holding back, keeping an eye on interest rates. I keep in contact with developers. It’s a small slowing, it’s not significant and not to be of any concern,” she told The News.
The figures were in District Growth and Regulatory Services group manager Wayne Allan’s report to the committee this week.
The number of resource consents lodged with the council this quarter was 50 down on the previous quarter’s 134 consents.
Wayne Allan
But 139 consents had been processed, all in the allowable statutory timeframe.
Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports were also down slightly to 223, he said.
The council issued 42 development contribution notices worth $6.08 million – 13 from building, 10 from land use and 19 from subdivision consents.
There were 368 building consents issued – worth $77.9 million – down on the 122 for $113.8 million from the same three-month period last year.
The significant building consents this quarter are:
- 1498 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu, Construction of an Ammonia Water Chilling Plant Room Building and a MCC Building on an existing site.
- 181 Hannon Road, Cambridge, Proposed Commercial workshop and office.
- 86 Hautapu Road, Cambridge, Camex New Warehouse and Office – Stage 1 Civil and Structural.
- 68 Duke Street, Cambridge (Masonic Hotel) refurbishment and fitout of existing building to create three hotel rooms.
- Matos Segedin Drive, Cambridge, construction of office and warehouse.
