Creating a community where people want to live, work and play.

The Rolleston Town Centre Masterplan provides a vision for how the centre could develop over the next 30 years as it seeks to respond to population growth and a rapidly changing post-Earthquake environment.

Selwyn District Council’s commitment to the project recognises that the evolution of Rolleston town centre is essential to provide a social and economic heart for the town and District. The adoption of the Masterplan is a major strategic planning milestone for both the Council and Community.

Client

Selwyn District Council

Location

Canterbury

Project team

Jane Rennie
Mark Brown
Corey Murray

Worked with

Abley Transportation
Property Economics
Nicki Moen (Library Consultant)
Novo Group

Project date

2014

Awards

Best Practice Award | Excellence in Strategic Planning and Guidance | NZPI Annual Awards

Boffa Miskell took a holistic and ‘place-based’ approach to the challenges facing Rolleston and the need to create a community where people want to live, work and play. The Masterplan has achieved a number of best-practice outcomes in planning and urban design.

A collaborative approach to town centre visioning and forward planning, was adopted and brought together a range of disciplines and a number of diverse, and sometimes conflicting, public and private sector aspirations. A commitment to ongoing consultation and engagement enabled the creation of a Masterplan that has been embraced by the Community.

A key challenge of the Masterplan was to clearly explain the proposals, including how the centre would develop in stages over a 30-year timescale and how the changes would impact on existing residential properties both within and adjoining the town centre area.

An animated fly-through movie helped people to visualise the proposals so they could participate meaningfully in the planning process.

Services provided: Urban design, landscape architecture and digital.

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