Crofton Downs Subdivision

Assessment of Landscape & Visual Effects, Open Space Planning

Location: Crofton Downs, Wellington

Client: Ridvan Gardens Ltd.

Located on the residential edge of Wellington's Outer Town Belt, this site is one of the last opportunities for subdivision within the Ngaio Basin in Wellington 's Northern Suburbs.

The developer sought to create a residential subdivision that extended the edge of an existing residential area onto adjoining rural land.

Hudson Associates prepared a landscape assessment of the proposal as a part of the private plan change request, which was then promoted by Council and adopted after public notification and a hearing.

While not involved in the lot layout and roading of the subdivision design, who were able to influence the client and their consultants to agree to a design that allowed 70% of the land to remain as open space, enhancing the connectivity of bird flight paths from Karori Wildlife Sanctuary to Khandallah and allowing new pedestrian linkages from Crofton Downs to the Northern Walkway and Outer Town Belt. This was achieved while still creating 44 residential lots with very desirable panoramic views across Wellington .

Design

Master Planning

     - Subdivision

Landscape and Visual Assessment

Planning and Resource Management

Revegetation