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Draft Reserve Management Plans

Eskdale Park

The Draft Eskdale Park Reserve Management Plan was notified for public comment on Saturday 2 July 2022.

Public consultation has now closed.


Background

Eskdale Park is 12.5452ha in size and located within the Esk Valley, 20km north-west of Napier on the banks of Te Wai-o-Hingānga Esk River.

The Park is a Recreation Reserve in terms of the Reserves Act 1977, and is owned by the Crown via the Department of Conservation. The administration and control of Eskdale Park is vested with Hastings District Council.

6.6ha of the Park was gifted by Thomas Clark in 1919 and by the estate of Thomas Clark in 1923.

The Park is in two adjacent parts; the publicly accessible park area of 7.8834ha (the western portion of the Park), accessed off Shaw Road, and a 4.6618ha area that is currently leased for private use, accessed off Yule Road.

The Park has an open character with large exotic trees, open grass areas, six separate play areas and two toilet blocks. Dogs are only permitted within the grass area to the south of the main entrance road. Within the Park, vehicle movement is unlimited.

Supporting document

Public consultation has now closed.

Bike trail access information

Next Steps

Later in the year, submissions on the draft plans will be presented to the councillors and mayor for consideration. Submitters will have the option of speaking on their submission to Council.

At the end of that process Council will deliberate on each of the plans and the submissions related to them and may request changes, after which the plans will be adopted.

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