South Auckland development goes to public hearing
Auckland Council plans to rezone land in the 271ha Kingseat area from rural to urban.
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A public hearing affecting the development of more than 400 homes in south Auckland will take place this week.
Auckland Council plans to rezone land in the 271ha Kingseat area from rural to urban, allowing the population to grow from 600 to 5000 over the next 40 years.
The owner of the former Kingseat Psychiatric Hospital site, Pulin Investments, has plans for about 450 homes which will be presented during the hearing.
Pulin took over the site after Dong Hu (Danny) Chung’s Kingseat Foundation went into liquidation in 2010. Mr Chung bought the property from the government after it closed its psychiatric and psychopaedic hospitals.
Pulin has one director, Ailan Guo, of Greenhithe, Auckland.
Pulin Investments spokesman Geoff Hodgkinson said he was unable to comment on the company’s plans for the site before the hearing, which began yesterday.
New Zealand Historic Places Trust says the developers have already taken some feedback about heritage buildings on board.
Trust heritage adviser Duncan McKenzie tells NZPI Pulin Investments has already scheduled a longer list of items for protection.
The hearings are expected to take two days, with differing community perspectives on the issue to be presented.
Kingseat Village Incorporated spokesman Nigel Hosken tells NZPI the perspectives in the community are quite varied.
“The views in Kingseat go from one extreme to another. It depends which landowner you talk to.”
Victoria Young for NBR NZ Property Investor
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
Tue, 12 Feb 2013
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South Auckland development goes to public hearing
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