Council is meeting this Wednesday at 4:30pm and on the Agenda is the next installment in the use of the land at Maidstone Terrace. If you wish to speak at the meeting, please register on the council website before 12.00 noon today (Tuesday 20th of May)
This can be watched live streamed on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@UHCCCommunityService/streams
At this meeting council will decide to either:
- Confirm Council’s intention to proceed to negotiate a lease for the land at 1-21 Maidstone Terrace and 23 Railway Ave (Lots 8-19 DP 54230) to the Upper Hutt Bowling Club Incorporated according to the consultation proposal.
- OR Decide to not proceed with the proposal to negotiate a lease for the land at 1-21 Maidstone Terrace and 23 Railway Ave (Lots 8-19 DP 54230) to the Upper Hutt Bowling Club Incorporated according to the consultation proposal, and request officers to investigate alternative uses of the land and come back to Council with those alternative uses.
Here is the agenda with a report on the submissions which were received by council.
Here are some of the Submission summary and council comments
It is great to hear that council may have listened to how this may affect the community and the club, especially the financial side.
Thank You to all who submitted with their opinions, thoughts and efforts to take time to submit.
Reference Articles/Sites
- https://letskorero.upperhutt.govt.nz/maidstone-park-land-lease
- https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360634641/call-housing-not-bowling-greens-upper-hutt-park
- PDF – https://c29daf59-758a-4029-be4e-3a751893ecad.usrfiles.com/ugd/c29daf_4c59e3d11a5445ddafa47b60726915cc.pdf
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360563414/bowls-anyone-new-covered-green-proposed-upper-hutt
A “thank you” to NZ Empowered for sending this article to The Upper Hutt Connection.
20/05/25
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