Draft Town Belt Management Plan - Wellington City Council

Table 2: Town Belt additions, removals and boundary rationalisation – Kelburn Park sector
Site name Legal description
and area
Salamanca This is the portion of
Road
Salamanca Road, from
boundaries McKenzie Terrace to
the Cable Car.
Access-way
off Everton
Terrace
Former
Correspondence
School site,
Clifton Terrace
Land held for
motorway
purposes,
Western
Motorway
edge
88 .
The land is described as
an access-way,
comprising 0.0605ha,
NZ Gazette 1928 page
700.
This site is owned by
the Crown and
administered by Land
Information New
Zealand.
It is included in the Port
Nicholson Block Claims
Settlement Act 2009
land schedule and the
PNBST has the first
right of refusal if the
land is declared
surplus.
The legal description of
this area is City of
Wellington, Section 1 on
survey office plan 30711
being land in CT
39D/487.
It is zoned Open Space
B in the Council’s
District Plan.
Designated for
‘motorway’ purposes or
for ‘better utilisation’,
in a number of different
land parcels.
It is Crown-owned land
administered by the
New Zealand Transport
Agency.
Description, location, current
use
The legal road boundaries of
Salamanca Road, between McKenzie
Terrace and the Cable Car, do not
follow the actual road carriageway.
In parts, particularly alongside the
university tennis courts, the legal
road encroaches onto the tennis
courts and Kelburn Park.
Further along, near the Cable Car,
the actual road carriageway is on
Town Belt.
This is a public access-way, linking
Kelburn Park and Everton Terrace.
It was original Town Belt.
Located on the corner of Clifton
Terrace and San Sebastian Road, the
site consists of a driveway up to a
small flat area and a steep vegetated
slope/road cut. There are some
regenerating native and exotic
species and mature trees around the
perimeter off the site. Street frontage
is poor.
There is considerable acquisition
history with this land. In 1991 it was
transferred to Landcorp for disposal.
The Council opposed moves to sell
this land on the basis that it sought
the land for Town Belt. The sale
process was stopped in 1994/95 by
the Minister of State-Owned
Enterprises who asked for a full
investigation into the history
(acquisition and transfer) and that
parties negotiate and sort out the
differences.
This is vegetated verge along the
western motorway edge from Bolton
Street to Everton Terrace.
Previous policy Discussion, criteria assessment Recommendation Land covered
by this TBMP
The Town Belt Management This strip of land is next to and part The portion of Salamanca No. This is legal
Plan (TBMP) states: “The of the Kelburn Park precinct. Kelburn Road, from McKenzie road but should
Council shall have a Bill
Park would be significantly altered if Terrace to the Cable Car, be managed
introduced to Parliament to this strip of land was developed and should be redefined by consistently with
regularise the legal status and used for another purpose. The land survey when future road TBMP policies.
unite the lands managed as includes part of the university tennis widening takes place.
Town Belt ...” (part 1, page 16). courts, croquet greens and sportsfield
of Kelburn Park. The historic row of
cabbage trees along the park
boundary are on legal road. The land
appears to be part of the Town Belt.
The TBMP and TBRP identified
the Clifton Terrace land as a
significant area of open space
that should be included as Town
Belt land.
The TBRP considered a range of
options and outlined two:
1. Seek ownership for Town Belt
purposes, subject to consultation
with Māori.
2. Decide that the land is not
particularly suitable for Town
Belt purposes.
The Policy identified option 1.
It was identified in the TBMP
1995, as a potential addition to
the Town Belt.
This access-way and entrance into
Kelburn Park, provides an important
link from the university and Kelburn
Park to the city. It has high recreation
values, but low landscape or
ecological values. It was part of
original Town Belt.
The site is isolated from the existing
Town Belt. Given its location and
topographical level (below the
Botanic Garden and just above the
motorway), the site by itself adds
little value in strengthening the Town
Belt’s horseshoe or the visual
character of the central city. The
mature trees on the site do provide
local landscape value. The ecological
values are low. There are no known
cultural values, but the land is
original Town Belt.
The land is accessible, but does not
offer any linkages to other reserve or
Town Belt areas. The poor street
frontage and configuration of the site
would restrict any recreational use
and activity.
This edge of vegetation and open
space is visually significant, especially
when entering the central city along
the motorway. The southern end of
this land visually links with the
north-eastern corner of Kelburn
Park. It strengthens the green
backdrop of the Town Belt where the
original continuity of the Town Belt
has been lost.
Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012
The access-way should be
added to the Town Belt.
The encroachment off
Everton Terrace will need to
be resolved as part of this
work.
The Council should have
further discussions with the
Crown and PNBST regarding
this land.
This land as a standalone
section is not considered to
be a high priority Town Belt
addition at market value.
The Council should not
pursue acquisition of this
land.
Yes
No
No