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Report
TO: Chalmers Community Board
FROM: Planner (Policy)
MEETING DATE: 11 March 2009
SUBJECT: DEBORAH BAY NATIVE BUSH
SUMMARY
At the public forum of the Chalmers Community Board meeting of the 28 November 2008,
the site at 177-179 Aramoana Road, Deborah Bay, was highlighted as having some values
which may be important to protect. This report provides the information requested by the
Chalmers Community Board in relation to any known values and protection currently
accorded to the site.
IMPLICATIONS FOR:
(i) Policy: No
(ii) Approved Annual Budget: No
(iii) LTCCP/ Funding Policy: No
(iv) Activity Management Plans:
No
(v) Community Boards: Information for the Chalmers Community
Board
RECOMMENDATIONS
That the report be received.
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INTRODUCTION
The site at 177-179 Aramoana Road, Deborah Bay, was discussed during the public forum at
the Chalmers Community Board meeting on 26 November 2008. The site was highlighted as
a site that should be preserved for future generations. As requested this report outlines any
known values and protection currently accorded to the site.
BACKGROUND
The site extending from Aramoana Road up to the adjoining main railway line, contains
approximately 49 hectares over several certificates of title. The site contains areas of pasture
and vegetation, which forms a continuum with adjoining vegetation up towards Mt Cargill and
Mihiwaka.
DISCUSSION
The site is zoned Rural under the Dunedin City District Plan (Attachment 1). The North Coast
Coastal Landscape Protection Area extends over half of the site and controls the development
of structures and establishment of forestry. There are no Areas of Significant Conservation
Value (ASCV) or heritage items identified on the site. The removal of any existing indigenous
vegetation will be controlled under Rule 16.6 in the District Plan.
The vegetation on the south-western part of the site has been identified in a city wide survey
as having potential values as an ASCV, due to it being part of a continuum of native
vegetation of podocarp/broadleaved and kanuka forest which extends from the harbour edge
up to Mihiwaka/Mt Cargill. A detailed assessment of the site against the ASCV criteria has not
been undertaken to confirm the significance of any vegetation. However as part of the
assessment programme it is intended to liaise with the landowner to enable the values of the
vegetation to be assessed and discuss opportunities to actively protect and manage any
conservation values identified.
CONCLUSION
The site at 177-179 Aramoana Road, Deborah Bay, is not identified in the Dunedin City
District Plan as having any significant values. Any development on the site is subject to the
rules in the District Plan, particularly as it relates to landscape and indigenous vegetation
removal.
Prepared by:
Debbie Hogan
PLANNER (POLICY)
Approved by: Kate Styles
GENERAL MANAGER STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT
Date report prepared: 2 March 2008
Attachments
Attachment 1: Aerial photograph of 177-179 Aramoana Road with zoning provisions
The image below shows the approximate position of the excavation work as at 23 March. The area indicated by the dotted line is being excavated as I write.
