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Tangoio Issues and Options (PDF 1.3 MB) |
During the consultation on the development of a Structure Plan for Tangoio, it became apparent that the issue of the baches situated on the road reserve closest to the foreshore had to be resolved before the structure planning could proceed. The issues that have been identified by the people of Tangoio and people that use the beach. These are: |
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- The legal road is not aligned with the existing formed road.
- The 13 seaward row of baches are situated on legal road reserve.
- The existing road is presently over private land, effectively “land-locking” the adjoining Maori Land Block 27A.
- Twenty one baches exist without permits for their construction. One has resource consent.
- The baches are within Significant Landscape Character area (SLC10) identified in the District Plan.
- The baches do not meet the criteria in the Historic Places Act for registration as a Historic Area.
- A condition of a 1974 subdivision consent required the land east of the road reserve to be vested to the Hastings District Council as a reserve to adjoin the existing recreation reserve.
- Another condition of the same consent required the seaward row of 13 baches to be removed of which the affected parties have been aware of since the condition was set.
- Access to foreshore is perceived to be impeded by the presence of the baches, fences, rocks and gates.
- The legal right of way between the road reserve and the recreation reserve is not well defined and an unauthorised gate across it poses a barrier to access.
- The coastal walkway is an intrinsically valuable part of Tangoio and must be maintained and enhanced.
- Tangoio has a number of culturally significant areas that are impacted on by the presence of the baches and restricted access.
- The bach community itself has inherent social values, a sense of community and special character.
- Coastal erosion of the walkway and coastal flooding of the area are apparent and the Regional Coastal Assessment has determined that the seaward row of baches are situated within the Current Erosion Risk Zone
- The wastewater disposal systems are non-compliant and have the potential to impact on the groundwater and coastal marine area quality
Due to the complexity of the issue and the number of affected parties with sometime conflicting interests, it was recommended in a report to the Development and Environment Committee of the 25 September 2003 that a Community Impact Evaluation be undertaken to evaluate the social, cultural, environmental and economic impacts of the available options to the Council.
The Community Impact Evaluation has since been undertaken and a recommendation based on the results of that evaluation were presented to the Development and Environment Committee on Thursday, 29 July 2004.
