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Living in the Hastings District is the lifestyle of choice for many. The wineries, the Mediterranean climate, the food and the people all make it worth taking the time to plan exactly where you are going to live, so you can enjoy what is the Hastings District.
Use the information below to find out what the Council is planning and the requirements and rules set down in the Hastings District Plan.
In this section
- The Strategy
- Residential Living
- Lifestyle Living
- Thinking about subdividing?
- The Heretaunga Plains
- Hastings District Plan
The Strategy
The Council tries to balance the need for housing with the need to protect the productive Heretaunga Plains and rural areas. The Council developed a strategy to try and strike this balance.
The Hastings Urban Development Strategy
The Hastings Urban Development Strategy was produced in 1993 by the Hastings District Council, the first urban strategy of its kind for the Council.
The strategy identifies urban development options and areas in the Hastings District that aims to satisfy the demand for new housing over the next 25 years.
The strategy concludes that the District will continue to experience slow, but steady, population increase over the next 25 years, with a more rapid rate of household formation due to changing lifestyle patterns and decreasing number of people per house.
The Hastings Urban Development Strategy is only available for viewing in hard copy from the Council.
Greenfields Alternatives April 2000
This report looked at urban expansion options and recommended preferred sites.
Interim Reviews
The strategy has been reviewed to check whether demand for housing is more or less than what was projected.
A review was carried out in 1999 and more recently in 2005. A full review of the strategy is scheduled for 2007/08.
Demand Review July 1999* (1.6 MB)
Demand Review August 2005
o Summary of Population Change 1999-2005
o Summary of New Dwellings 1999-2005
o Summary of Residential Market Trends 1999-2005
o Market Preferences
o Summary Report
Urban Residential Housing
The Hastings District has four General Residential Areas, Hastings, Havelock North, Flaxmere, and Clive. There are also a number of coastal and rural settlements. Listed below are some of the New Urban Development Areas that are developing to meet the demand for new housing.
Arataki New Urban Development Area
Situated off Brookvale,
Arataki and Te Mata Roads, Arataki is the main area of
urban development
in Havelock North
and covers an area of 80 hectares.
Lyndhurst New
Urban Development Area
The Council has recently rezoned Lyndhurst to expand
the residential zone north-west of Frimley in
Hastings to provide a new urban expansion area.
Goddard
Land New Urban Development Area
This area is close to the Havelock North Village
Centre and adjoins the Karamu Stream. Plan
Change 30 is being
worked on to provide infrastructure planning
for this area.
Mahora Extension New Urban Development
Area
This area is on the north eastern side of Hastings
and is situated off Pakowhai, Williams and
Tomoana Roads.
This area should provide sections for about
250 homes.
Lifestyle Sites
The Hastings Urban Development Strategy identified
a demand for more lifestyle sites in the
Hastings District.
Lifestyle sites range in size, but are
typically between 2,500m2 and 2.5hectares.
They can
be found dotted throughout
the rural zones or clustered together in
the Rural Residential and Special Character
Zones,
for example
on the Havelock
Hills.
Low Density Residential Strategy
This strategy looks at identifying new areas
to cluster lifestyle sections.
Contact
For further information please contact Strategic Planner,
Rebecca Hill on rebeccam@hdc.govt.nz or phone 06
878 0500.
