Amberley Beach: Proposal for managed retreat and land banking Plan
- Author
- Hurunui District Council
- Year
- 2023
- Publisher / Organisation
- Hurunui District Council
- Pages
- 14
- Summary
- The hazard risk at Amberley Beach is increasing. It is anticipated that the bund will no longer be in 20- 30 years. After this time another option will be required. The Amberley Beach Coastal Adaptation Plan includes managed retreat as one of two possible options for addressing this increasing risk. There are things we can do now to reduce the social and financial burden of managed retreat. One of these is land banking. Council has proposed to partner with the community in a land banking proposal. What is being proposed? 1. Purchase of new land. Council will purchase a block of land imminently. This will involve enough land to develop 200 lots. 109 of these will be reserved for Amberley Beach property owners. The remaining 91 lots will be sold at market rate to help fund the overall development costs of the new settlement. 2. Contract between property owner and Council. A contract will be prepared between each property owner and Council. Titles will not be issued until closer to the time retreat is required. Until this time you will own a share in the new land. Your share in the new land will be tied to your existing section at Amberley Beach. If you sell your Amberley Beach property, you will sell your share in the new section too. 3. Introduce targeted rate. A new targeted rate of $1 per day for the next 30 years (inflation adjusted) will be introduced as part of the next Annual or Long Term Plan. This rate buys you a fully serviced section in the new subdivision in exchange for your land. 4. Prepare Plan Change. Council will prepare a Plan Change to the District Plan to enable the new land to be used for residential development. 5. Subdivision Consent. Council will apply for a subdivision consent. This is likely to be a staged subdivision consent to allow people to move at different times. 6. Physical infrastructure. The physical infrastructure will be installed including roading and water infrastructure. 7. Enter the ballot. Sections will be allocated by random ballot. When you are ready to move you will enter the ballot for the next stage of development and have a section allocated to you. 8. Design and construct dwellings. You design and construct your dwelling. You may also choose to sell your properties at this this time if you do not wish to move to the new settlement. 9. Move to new settlement. Once the dwelling is complete you can move into the new settlement. 10. Relinquish old title. There will be a period where you own the two sections so you can continue to live at Amberley Beach while building your new dwelling. There will be an agreed point when you must relinquish the old title. As a property owner you will need to decide whether you would like to take part in the proposal.