Draft Town Belt Management Plan - Wellington City Council

8.3 Sector 3 Aro Valley/Polhill Gully
8.3.1 Character and use
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Draft Town Belt Management Plan October 2012
Part of Sector 3,
adjacent to Aro
Street.
Note the
Central All Breeds
Dog Training
School site
in the middle of
the photo
This sector is located at the head of the Aro Valley. It is made up of two wedges of Town Belt land
on each side of Aro Street (Sector 3: context map).
Only a small part of the original Town Belt still exists here. The green space in Aro Valley appears
bigger because of the neighbouring reserves, including George Denton Park and Polhill Gully
Recreation Reserve. Collectively they make up the Waimapihi Stream catchment and stretch up
above Holloway Road to the Sanctuary fence line and the Outer Green Belt. These reserves contain
stands of conifers, regenerating native vegetation and exotic scrub.
This part of the Town Belt is steep and densely vegetated. A large stand of hazardous trees above
houses on Entrance and Norway streets was removed in 1998 and the area was replanted with
natives (Sector 3: landscape and existing vegetation).
This area is used for informal recreation. There are some tracks that link to the Outer Green Belt
and Brooklyn.
8.3.2 Land addition and boundary rationalisation
The original Town Belt in this sector was continuous from Tanera Park around to Kelburn Park.
Considerable portions have been alienated for residential development, roads and educational
purposes such as Te Aro School and Victoria University.
The proposed additions to the Town Belt in this sector include part of Polhill Gully Recreation
Reserve, Semeloff Terrace and 20 Norway Street Reserve (Sector 3: context map). This totals
12.6875ha. This land is covered under this management plan.