1000 affordable houses plan

More than 1000 new properties have been proposed for the Wakatipu under the Queenstown Lakes Housing Accord.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday released details of the applications from 13 potential developers, which will be considered by the council this month once an Arrowtown ward councillor is elected.

Under the largest proposal, more than 400 houses are planned on 18.9ha of land at Homestead Bay, within the Jacks Point zone.

The land is owned by Murphy's Developments Ltd, whose directors are Andrew Guest, Brian Chen and Dan Xiao.

The application said 200 to 250 residential units were proposed in the multi-unit development within the ''village area'', on about 6.2ha of land.

Additional development within the open space residential activity area was proposed, which could provide 12 residential units.

However, the applicants want an increase for the building coverage area within that area, up from 500sq m to 1000sq m.

Further, it proposed 12.7ha of the open space horticulture activity area be developed to accommodate between 80 and 150 allotments, based on an average site area of about 800sq m.

Four applications were received for development around Arrowtown, the largest of which was from Ayrburn Farm, off Arrowtown-Lake Hayes Rd and near Millbrook Resort.

Ayrburn Farm developers Adrian Burr and Mark Taylor propose up to 150 houses on the 45.7ha site, in a medium-density residential development.

The site was one of the only flat parcels of fully serviced land in the Wakatipu Basin where the proposed housing could not be seen from surrounding roads, the application said.

It would also come at ''no capital cost'' to the council, with all major services located nearby.

''Existing infrastructure has sufficient capacity to service Ayrburn Farm,'' the application said.

Lots would be between 350sq m and 500sq m and buyers could secure a new house and section for about $450,000, satisfying a ''major portion'' of the accord's year one housing target.

''Ayrburn Farm will have clearly defined design guidelines that will apply to new housing that is in keeping with the classic feel of the original Arrowtown housing and will cater for residential demand in the area, without the need to extend Arrowtown's existing urban boundary,'' the application said.

The development would also help restore a historic farmhouse.

The farmhouse, other buildings and surrounding land would be dedicated to public use ''as a farmers market, Arrowtown Museum exhibition display and garden centre with cafe''.

''This will maximise the community engagement with and enjoyment of these historic buildings.''

UP to 150 houses are proposed on 9.053ha of land adjoining the southern end of the Quail Rise subdivision.

Universal Developments Ltd said subject to the final configuration of development, the two sites, at Jim's Way and the Frankton-Ladies Mile Highway, could accommodate between 90 and 150 houses.

The Queenstown Lakes Housing Accord, signed last October, aimed to provide 1300 new houses over the next three years, calling for expressions of interest from potential developers.

The public can provide feedback to the council on the proposals before its next meeting on May 28.

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