Proposed SuperValue (Woolworths) Supermarket at Lake Hāwea
Project H Ltd has lodged a Resource Consent Application to construct a SuperValue (Woolworths) supermarket on land at 5-7 Bodkin St and 85-87 Parry Crescent, Lake Hāwea.
Below are links to the architectural drawings file, planners report, and landscape plans. The are a number of specialist reports Ray McLeod is also willing to make available, however these will also be on the QLDC system for people wishing to view them.
Ray will also be at the Shaping our Future forum this Saturday and will be happy to address any questions. He is actively seeking public engagement with this proposal.
Application for Resource Consent – Hāwea Commercial Development at 5-7 Bodkin Street
Excerpt from WanakaApp article (published 13 November) below:
Project H Ltd spokesperson Ray McLeod, a long term Lake Hāwea property owner and part time resident, told the Wānaka App he bought the land in 2004 with the intention to create something which worked for the community.
“We’re pretty excited. We worked really, really hard on the design,” he said. “We wanted the building to look right… we didn’t want to plonk downtown Wānaka in Hāwea.”
The proposal is compliant in all respects apart from the size, which exceeds the “permitted activity” size of 300sqm by 150sqm.
Ray said the project team has run a scale model for the space (independently of Woolworths) and believe the larger scale is more appropriate.
“We’re fronting it; we’ve said it doesn’t work any smaller than that for the community or the investors,” he said.
Ray said the design is “basically self contained”, with car parking, a service lane, and allowing flexibility to work with neighbouring developments.
He said Project H Ltd has previously spoken to Matt Laming about the proposals, and remains “happy to reopen discussions”.
