Options revealed for future of historic reserve land in Tauranga, home to golf course and racecourse
Housing has been included in two of the seven draft options on the table for a large block of historic reserve land in central Tauranga, currently home to a golf course and racecourse.
A new school, a destination park, and potential health services are other ideas being floated by Tauranga City Council for part of the Crown-owned land.
In five of the seven options, the racecourse will be relocated. In two of them, the golf course will be relocated. One option is to keep the status quo.
The block of land is roughly the size of 100 rugby fields and was permanently reserved as a recreation ground and racecourse in the late 1800s.
The council first announced in late October that the future of the reserve was under review, in partnership with Kāinga Ora.
On Wednesday, the council released seven draft options for the public to consider:
- Option 1: Stay the way it is now (status quo)
- Option 2: Enhanced community activity combined with racecourse, golf course and equestrian use
- Option 3: Community spaces and active recreation combined with golf and equestrian
- Option 4: Community spaces and active recreation destination park combined with equestrian
- Option 5: Golf course, new homes and potentially a new school
- Option 6: Destination park, new homes and potentially a new school
- Option 7: Enhanced community spaces, golf course, active recreation and potential health services
Option 5 could see between 700 and 1000 new homes built on a section of the land, while option 6 could see between 1000 and 1500 new homes built.
The council said the eventual outcome – which will likely need further investigation – could be one of the seven options, a combination of the options, or something completely different.
The council is seeking feedback on the seven options from the public until the end of February 2022.
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