House to fund school playground
Meeting at the site (right) at the Shotover Country subdivision where a house is to be built as a fundraiser for Shotover Primary School are (from left) school principal Ben Witheford, Queenstown...
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Previous || Next Groundwork has begun on a $15 million affordable housing development near Queenstown. Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust executive officer Julie Scott said the 44 lot project in...
View ArticleSpeculators 'not active' in resort
Queenstown real estate experts believe plans for a capital gains style tax on quick flick property speculators will have little impact on the local market. The Queenstown spokesman for the Real Estate...
View ArticleSeniors' complex gets SHA status
The Government has approved a second retirement village proposed for Queenstown as a special housing area (SHA). The Sanderson Group plans to develop more than 300 houses on a 51ha greenfield site on...
View ArticleRetirement village proposed as Special Housing Area
A retirement village in Arrowtown is under consideration to be a Special Housing Area. Developers approached Queenstown Lakes District Council with an Expression of Interest saying it believes it...
View ArticleCouncil's Bridesdale objections contested
Major changes to the Bridesdale Farm subdivision would be out of step with a property market that desperately needed it, a resource consent hearing in Queenstown was told yesterday. It was rare for an...
View ArticleSection of cycle trail closed after rain damage
A section of the Queenstown cycle trail between Lake Hayes Estate and Glenda Dr has been damaged by heavy rain. Photo supplied. Heavy localised rain over the weekend caused substantial damage to a...
View ArticleQueenstown Special Housing Areas approved (New Zealand Government)
(Source: New Zealand Government) Four new Special Housing Areas (SHAs) approved by the Government under the Queenstown-Lakes Housing Accord will enable much needed housing for the district, Building...
View ArticleService station, subdivision bids
Two separate consents have been lodged to establish a new service station and a 45-lot subdivision near Glenda Dr in Frankton, both part of extensive development in Frankton Flats. Z Energy has applied...
View ArticleIt's Arrowtown v council on housing
A stoush is brewing in the Wakatipu over Special Housing Areas proposed under the Queenstown Lakes Housing Accord. On one side is the Queenstown Lakes District Council, which, under the Housing Accord...
View ArticleQueenstown Housing Accord targets increased (Ministry for the Environment of...
(Source: Ministry for the Environment of New Zealand) Strong progress on building and section consents in the Wakatipu Basin has led to Queenstown-Lakes Housing Accord targets being increased nearly 50...
View ArticleQueenstown Housing Accord targets increased (New Zealand Government)
(Source: New Zealand Government) Strong progress on building and section consents in the Wakatipu Basin has led to Queenstown-Lakes Housing Accord targets being increased nearly 50 per cent during the...
View ArticleMP fires shots at 'nimbyism'
Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has labelled opposition to special housing areas proposed for Queenstown as ''nimbyism''. Dr Smith was in the resort yesterday to announce Bridesdale Farm as...
View ArticleHouse price rise fuelled by growth
Soaring house prices in Queenstown have the resort nipping at Auckland's heels. New figures from state-owned valuer Quotable Value show average values in the Queenstown Lakes district climbed 27% in...
View ArticleQueenstown: Building in a fast-growing town
Seven special housing areas have been approved in the Queenstown area, potentially resulting in nearly 500 new homes in the next few years. Two more, which would include 347 houses, are due to be...
View ArticleSales office, show homes to be set up
Just days after getting a favourable decision from the Environment Court, the developers of the new 1500-lot Northlake subdivision are preparing to set up a sales office and two Queenstown-style show...
View ArticleBridesdale consent commissioner to be appointed
A closed-door meeting will be held in Queenstown on Monday to appoint a commissioner for Bridesdale Farm's resource consent hearing. The Queenstown Lakes District Council advised of the extraordinary...
View ArticleBridesdale consent hearing closed to public
A closed-door meeting will be held in Queenstown on Monday to appoint a commissioner for Bridesdale Farm's resource consent hearing. The Queenstown Lakes District Council advised of the extraordinary...
View ArticleResort subdivision meets 'urgent need'
Marketing of Queenstown's first fast-track housing development starts today. Huge interest is expected in a 150-section subdivision called Bridesdale Farm, at Lake Hayes. The development, between the...
View ArticleNew housing location, cost burden at issue
Hundreds of residential sections are proposed for the Queenstown area under a special housing area accord - but some are questioning why they are needed, with developers sitting on land already zoned...
View ArticleBid to ensure affordable housing component
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has put the onus on developers to provide an affordable housing component in subdivisions they propose under new special housing rules. An amendment to the...
View ArticleRetirement village not supported
A planned retirement village at Ayrburn, near Millbrook Resort, proposed as a Special Housing Area (SHA), has been rejected by a senior Queenstown Lakes District Council planner. An extraordinary...
View ArticleFrantic first-home buyers snap up sections
First-home buyers have snatched up 35 sections at a Queenstown subdivision within an hour of the plots being put on the market, its developer says. Shotover Country released the latest sections in its...
View ArticleWakatipu retirees set to gain
A proposed retirement village for 300 people in Queenstown should meet increasing demand for elderly facilities in the Wakatipu, Grey Power says. The Shotover Country subdivision has attracted a flood...
View ArticleEager buyers carefully vetted
Previous || Next At 7.30pm on August 12, 83 empty lots were released to market in Queenstown. Within minutes none were left. At the Shotover Country subdivision between Queenstown and Arrowtown that...
View ArticleGovt approval frees up Queenstown land
The Government has approved four new special housing areas around Queenstown, freeing up land for nearly 500 new homes. The approval fast-tracks the re-zoning of 40 hectares of land to residential,...
View ArticleChanges stirring resort
Change – not all of it welcome – is on the horizon around the Wakatipu with a bundle of major announcements and implications for housing, lifestyle and healthcare. The Government and Queenstown Lakes...
View ArticleConsent sought for works around historic Bridesdale cottage
Consent has been lodged to build roads and houses around a historic Queenstown cottage within the resort's first fast-tracked housing subdivision. McBride Cottage, built about 1872, is the centrepiece...
View ArticleTick for fast-track project
Queenstown's first fast-tracked subdivision - 134 new homes on a 32ha block - has been given the tentative go-ahead in a precedent-setting decision. But Lakes District Council-appointed commissioners...
View ArticleBridesdale first special housing area
Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith has labelled opposition to special housing areas proposed for Queenstown as ''nimbyism''. Dr Smith was in the resort yesterday to announce Bridesdale Farm as...
View ArticleBoutique retirement village for Queenstown
A retirement village for 300 people has been announced for a popular new subdivision in Queenstown. The Shotover Country subdivision has attracted a flood of first-time buyers and young families, a new...
View ArticleNews of subdivision shock to neighbours
The owners of rural-zoned land near Queenstown say it was ''gut-wrenching'' when they learned fast-tracked subdivision Bridesdale Farm would be developed next door. Giving evidence on the second day of...
View ArticleCouncil holds over housing discussion
Consideration of ''special housing areas'' in the Queenstown area has been deferred until after the new Arrowtown ward councillor has been elected. Queenstown Lakes mayor Vanessa van Uden said the...
View ArticleHousing cutting through red tape
Progress is being made on the next generation of fast-tracked houses near Queenstown. Already, one development - Bridesdale Farm, a subdivision planned next to Lake Hayes Estate - has Government...
View Article1000 affordable houses plan
More than 1000 new properties have been proposed for the Wakatipu under the Queenstown Lakes Housing Accord. The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday released details of the applications from 13...
View ArticleCouncil's special housing policy falls short
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden has admitted the council's special housing policy failed to meet her expectations. Ms van Uden said she had no ''magic answers'' for accelerating the provision...
View ArticleLand rezoning for retirement village sought
The proposed site of a retirement village on the Ladies Mile highway, between Frankton Flats and Lake Hayes. Map by ODT. Yet another Wakatipu Basin retirement village proposal has emerged. Following...
View ArticleHousing crisis in Wakatipu
It's a perfect storm in the Wakatipu basin with residential-zoned land available for thousands of houses yet hardly a sod of soil has been turned . . . John Edens investigates. The Wakatipu is in...
View ArticleIre at speeded-up housing plan
Arrowtown is emerging as a furious battleground over speeded-up housing plans. Last week, the Queenstown Lakes District Council publicly released 13 applications for so-called ''special housing areas''...
View ArticleRoom for more, developers say
Speeding up subdivisions offers a glimmer of hope for people wanting to jump on to the property ladder in Queenstown - one of the least affordable places to live in the country. But there is a push to...
View ArticleOpportunity for feedback on housing plan
The public will get a say on the latest fast-track housing proposal for Queenstown. They have until August 5 to provide informal feedback on a plan for a 20ha subdivision by the highway between Lake...
View ArticleThree SHA subdivisions for town?
At least three new subdivisions are on the cards for Arrowtown under special housing area (SHA) rules. The Otago Daily Times understands Arrowtown South developer and farmer Roger Monk is behind one of...
View ArticleHundreds of residential units agreed in principle
Up to 646 units or residential apartments and a 100-bed aged care facility have been agreed to or approved in principle by the Queenstown Lakes District Council under the Housing Accords and Special...
View ArticleSpecial status sought for $250m retirement village
The operators of a planned $250 million-plus retirement village on Queenstown's Ladies Mile hope to fast-track it as a special housing area. One of those involved, Fraser Sanderson, said he hoped to...
View ArticleLevies, tax add to house prices
Affordable housing in Queenstown is being held back by costly tax and council bills. Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust is working on its biggest development to date - a 44-house, $15million...
View ArticleEntry-level home $755,000
In another sign of Queenstown's housing crisis, a house and land package in the resort's newest entry-level subdivision is being advertised for $755,000. That is 68% higher than the country's median...
View ArticleWay cleared to begin workon Bridesdale subdivision
Groundwork on Queenstown's first special housing area will begin ‘‘as soon as possible'' now it has gained final approval, its developers say. Queenstown Lakes District Council-appointed commissioners...
View ArticleBuilding a future for affordable housing
Previous || Next Amidst the debate and rancour over who is responsible for Queenstown's housing shortage and how it should be tackled, one non-profit organisation chips away at the challenging task of...
View ArticleHousing accord targets stepped up as building activity booms
Targets for a Queenstown housing accord are being accelerated because of a building boom. The Queenstown Lakes District Council signed the accord with the Government in October 2014 to provide an...
View ArticleQLDC asked to recommend SHA plan
A seventh special housing area proposal for Queenstown is going to the Government. At today's full Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting in the town, the council will be asked to recommend to the...
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