A big thank you to the hundreds of people who attended the community feedback presentations on the work towards the Lyttelton Master Plan in July.  The Council subsequently received detailed feedback from 145 residents on the preliminary concepts.

While residents feedback to date is generally supportive of the various actions suggested to support Lyttelton's rebuild and recovery in the short term and regeneration in the long term, the alternative locations suggested, gaps identified and other feedback have provided invaluable direction and will be incorporated where possible.

In the past week the Lyttelton Mt Herbert Community Board invited a number of appropriately qualified professionals [planners, landscape and architectural design professionals] with local knowledge and connections to a peer review meeting with the Council staff and consultants involved in development of the Lyttelton Master Plan.  The purpose of the meeting was to enable these community representatives to understand the thinking underlying the draft and ensure that the proposals in it reflect your values, ideas and aspirations for Lyttelton.  The exchange was informative for all.

Council staff and consultants are now finalising a draft Lyttelton Master Plan which takes into account all the feedback received from both the community presentations and peer review.

The finalised draft will be considered by the Lyttelton Mt Herbert Community Board in mid October and Council in late October.

Final consultation with residents and other key stakeholders is expected to take place in November.  Further information regarding when and how you can have your final say will be provided closer to the time.   The resulting Lyttelton Master Plan will be adopted by the Council as soon as possible thereafter, probably early next year.

Janine Sowerby, Senior Policy Planner - Strategic Support Unit