Community engagement in the Papanui Ward in Christchurch, New Zealand
To improve road safety in Papanui the Christchurch City Council is proposing a reduction in the speed limit on selected streets. The existing 30km/h limit around the Sisson/Langdons area is proposed to be extended along Langdons Road past Northlink, with other local streets changing to 40km/h. The proposal is open for public feedback until 3 May 2022. Click through for more information and an online feedback form:
https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/haveyoursay/show/503
The submissions committee of the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will meet at 9:30am on Monday 4 April to consider making submissions to the Christchurch City Council on: the Draft Annual Plan; opting out of kerbside collection; rates on vacant central city land; policy on Māori freehold land. Under the current provisions of the Covid-19 Protection Framework (the Traffic Alert system) meeting attendance is only possible via an Audio/Visual link.
Click through for further details:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/04/PCBSC_20220404_AGN_7953_AT_WEB.htm
Consultation outcome: a plan change aimed at managing the impacts of short-term visitor accommodation (eg Air BnB etc) has been approved.
In most residential zones in Christchurch, renting out homes or units as unhosted visitor accommodation will be a controlled activity if it is rented out for less than 60 nights a year for a maximum of six guests. That means the owner will need to apply for a resource consent, but the Council cannot decline the application. It can only put conditions on the consent.
If a house or unit in a residential zone is being rented out as short-term visitor accommodation for more than 60 nights a year and has between six and 12 guests, it becomes a discretionary activity. That means a resource consent is required and the Council can consider environmental effects, including impacts on neighbours, such noise and traffic movements, before deciding whether to grant or decline the consent.
Click through to read more:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/plan-change-sets-rules-for-short-term-visitor-accommodation
The Christchurch Northern community Market will be back this Saturday 2 April from 9am to 2pm at the Redwood Hotel, corner Prestons & Main North Roads.
See the Facebook page or northerncommunitymarket.co.nz for more information.
The Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board will hold a Community Open Forum this Friday 1 April at 9:30am. This is a public session where members of the public and community groups can speak directly to the Board on issues, activities and projects relevant to the Papanui and Innes Wards. Due to the current public health environment, attendance is only possible via an Audio/Visual link or by viewing the live stream on the Board’s YouTube channel or via the Board’s Facebook page. Click through for full details:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/04/OF-PC_20220401_AGN_7975_AT.PDF
Electronics retailer Jaycar has opened a Papanui store in the former Westpac site at the corner of Langdons Rd and Main North Rd. For contact details & trading hours see https://www.jaycar.co.nz/store/Papanui_JaycarNZ
On Friday 18 March, the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board:
The Board will next meet on Friday 29 April. Click through to read the full minutes:
https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2022/03/PICB_20220318_MIN_7645_AT.PDF
Applications have opened to the Council’s Strengthening Communities Fund, which supports community-focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch city area.
Last year, 36 organisations in the Waipapa/Papanui-Innes Community Board area received a total of $340,820.00 in grants ranging in size from $600 to $55,000. Applications close on 26 April 2022.
Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/council-offering-financial-help-to-community-groups
A contractor has been engaged to begin work on the Colombo Street cycle connection, which will better connect the south end of the Papanui Parallel major cycle route into the city. A section of Colombo Street in this area will also be resurfaced in coordination with the cycleway works. Click through for more information:
https://newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/new-cycle-lanes-coming-for-colombo-street
The Christchurch Northern Community Market will be running again this Saturday 19 March from 9am to 2pm at the Redwood Hotel, corner Main North Rd and Prestons Rd. See the market’s Facebook page or https://www.northerncommunitymarket.co.nz/ for more information.
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