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Update on QEII Park hearings
Friday 6 April 2016
Update on QEII Park hearings
A hearings committee will reconvene on Friday 13 May to decide whether to recommend that Christchurch City Council sell 11.5 hectares of QEII Park to the Ministry of Education.
Consultation ran from 2 March – 3 April, gathering 381 submissions from local residents and school communities to gauge their views on the proposal to sell the land. The Ministry has proposed using the land, which is in the southeast corner of the park, for the relocation of Avonside Girls' and Shirley Boys' High Schools.
"The deliberations saw us consider the feedback, hear from 14 submitters who requested a chance to speak, and make a site visit to QEII Park to see first-hand how some of the issues raised might affect the area if the sale were to go ahead," says Councillor Yani Johanson, chair of the hearings committee.
"We had a number of important issues raised through the submissions, which has led the panel to seek further information from Council staff before we make a formal recommendation next week."
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