Otago peninsula residents will have one more opportunity to have an input into the draft management plan for the Dunedin City Council's Harbour Cone block at a meeting early next month.
Forest Environments consultant Rhys Millar, who is preparing the plan, said he hoped most people would be "feeling pretty happy with it" given the community involvement throughout the process.
This included a full-day community workshop last year and smaller meetings based around several themes - land use and food production, recreation/tourism, aspects of culture and heritage, biodiversity and governance.
At the meeting at the Broad Bay hall on April 5 Mr Millar will give an overview of the plan before preparing the final draft for presentation to the council.
The council bought the 328ha block for $2.6 million in early 2008.
The most controversial aspect of possible development has been the suggested selling of land for subdivision at the end of Bacon St help offset the original cost of buying the block.
While no decision has been made on this yet, a recent meeting of about 30 people in Broad Bay voiced opposition to a suggested subdivision for five house sites.
Peninsula Community Board chairman John Bellamy said people at the meeting were concerned the area involved was one of the few flat areas for recreation.
They also considered the cost of developing services such as sewerage and roading to the sites would be considerable.
Mr Bellamy, who was at the meeting as an observer, said those present did not appear to take "great exception" to the possibility of subdivision in the Camp Rd area.
The council's process over the plan development is likely to be closely scrutinised.
Mayor Dave Cull, who chaired the Harbour Cone steering group which involved community and council representatives, has spoken enthusiastically of the process, which sought community input at the beginning "rather than coming up with a draft and going out to the community".
He indicated it could be used for other projects.
He saw one of the strengths of the process followed for Harbour Cone was it demanded the various groups found "some kind of consensus".
