Developer investigates privatising Mangawhai water supply
The Kaipara District Council is unsure how to respond until it completes a feasibility study.
Mangawhai’s water supply will be owned and operated by private developers if a proposed pipeline project goes ahead.
Mangawhai Central Ltd has approached the Kaipara District Council (KDC) with a proposal to build a pipeline from Langs Beach to Mangawhai, connecting the town to the Whangarei water supply.
The Whangarei District Council would sell water to Mangawhai Central, which would then on-sell the water to houses in the Central development, and other suburbs that connect in the future.
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 2:16 pm
Kaipara District Council has accepted the recommendation
from the Hearings Panel to approve Private Plan Change 78
after Elected Members voted last month for further time to
consider the Panel’s findings.
The private plan
change application included multiple changes to the Kaipara
District Plan, Chapter 16, which covers Estuary Estates in
Mangawhai. Most specifically it includes an increase to
housing density, which would allow for more houses to be
built. The newly approved plan includes modifications to
some provisions that were requested by Mangawhai Central
Limited in December 2019.
The application was publicly
notified in April 2020. The Council received 208
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Plan change for $750m Mangawhai development given the green light
28 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Mangawhai central private plan change is debated at yesterday s Kaipara District Council meeting in Dargaville. Photo / Susan Botting
The Mangawhai central private plan change is debated at yesterday s Kaipara District Council meeting in Dargaville. Photo / Susan Botting
Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz
A Mangawhai residents group is looking to appeal Kaipara District Council s green light towards intensifying a $750 million urban development in the middle of their coastal hamlet. We will be seriously considering appealing the decision, Doug Lloyd, chair of community group Mangawhai Matters said.