Clevedon Village Masterplan

 

In December 2015 Clevedon Conversations (CC) published its 'Report on Great Outcomes' which details the results of its 2015 grass-roots community engagement program. The report also includes four key recommendations, the first of which was the development of a comprehensive masterplan for the Clevedon Village Structure Plan Area.

 

The purpose of the masterplan is to provide an aspirational and best practice toolkit that will help coordinate future development in Clevedon Village and incorporate the communities ideas for ‘Great Outcomes’. The masterplan will also identify future infrastructure priorities for the community. Funding and investment decisions for the infrastructure will be made by Council and infrastructure providers through the Long Term Plan and Auckland Plan. Further information about what a masterplan is, has been included below.

 

Although it is unlikely that the masterplan will hold any statutory weight, it will provide more certainty and guidance around future development. Aspirationally, Clevedon Conversations would like to work with the Franklin Local Board to see them adopt it, giving the potential for greater visibility within Auckland Council.

 

It is proposed that the masterplan project will be undertaken in two stages.

 

Primarily focused on bringing the major landowners proposals together in order to review the proposed development patterns, roading/movement networks and open space and community infrastructure networks. These will be tested against the outcomes of Plan Change 32 and the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) provisions. Isthmus Group will be asked to identify issues and opportunities within Clevedon that can be addressed in detail in Stage Two (below).

 

Stage One has been funded through donations from the four major landowners. We have embarked on Stage One with urgency in order to meet the timeframes of the major landowners, some of whom are working towards lodging land modification consents in 2016.

 

Address the issues and opportunities identified in Stage One, which we anticipate to include the mainstreet precinct and how to maintain the rural character and feel of the village (amongst others). The consultant will also be asked to develop a comprehensive masterplan summary document, designed for the lay person buying and/or developing commercial and residential land in Clevedon Village.

 

It is proposed that Stage Two will be funded through grants and crowd-funding. For this purpose Clevedon Conversations is in the process of establishing a charitable trust, which would enable tax-deductible donations. The trustees will oversee the fundraising and expenditure, and ensuring full accountability and transparency.

 

As stated in Plan Change 32,Clevedon has special qualities that make it a unique and an attractive place to live. Uncoordinated and more intense development runs the risk of eroding the character and historic cultural heritage of the existing village and its environs. The opportunity exists to recognise, manage and enhance the character and historic heritage of the existing village and its rural environs.

 

A masterplan is an integrated, coordinated, holistic document that would fill the gap between Plan Change 32 intent, the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP), and their successful delivery. It is a document that would set out a clear future vision for our village and provide us all with tools to deliver it.
It is delivered, in consultation with key stakeholders, by specialist consultants with expertise in planning, urban design, architecture, landscape architecture and transport planning.

 

A masterplan typically addresses pedestrian connectivity (including the proposed network of trails), road layout and transport planning, development patterns, recreation needs and community facilities, cohesive streetscapes, and architectural typologies.

 

Importantly, it would also address our main street. The community has clearly expressed their desire to create a pedestrian friendly, traffic-calmed environment with strong rural village character, but currently there are no plans to upgrade this space.