South-East Central Neighbourhood Plan

South-East Central covers the area bordered by Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue, Colombo Street, St Asaph Street, Manchester Street and Armagh Street, and is made up of the South East and Latimer neighbourhoods, and part of the Central City South neighbourhood.

This includes Latimer Square, One Central, the SALT District, the Atlas Quarter, Te Pukenga (Ara Institute of Canterbury), Te Kaha, and the commercial area between Barbadoes Street and Fitzgerald Avenue.

South-East Central is an area of diversity, home to people from all walks of life and where a wide range of businesses thrive – development here is already transformational, and we want that to continue in a planned and sustainable way.

Te Kaha – Canterbury’s Multi-Use Arena – is emerging from the ground, becoming a strong presence that hints at future entertainment, sporting and other events it will draw to the city.

This neighbourhood is made up of existing communities; learn more about the Latimer neighbourhood, the South-East growth area and Central City South.

This neighbourhood plan is part of the Central City residential programme Project 8011, endorsed by the elected council in 2018. A key ambition of the programme is to have 20,000 people living in the Central City by 2028.

Encouraging and supporting growth in this area will help us deliver on our post-earthquake plan to create a vibrant, green and thriving city centre.

The South-East Central Neighbourhood Plan helps to guide future improvements and decisions for the area and supports their alignment with the overall vision for the neighbourhood.

Community feedback has shaped this neighbourhood plan. We will seek to continue to involve the community as we move into delivering on this plan.

Good mixed-use neighbours

Businesses and residents adapt well to one another with an improved offering to meet the needs of residents and visitors.

More people in quality housing

Accelerated housing growth and diversity to meet the needs of all ages and abilities.

Healthy, green neighbourhood

Increased tree canopy, more open space and native and productive plantings.

Easy and enjoyable to get from A to B

More appealing pedestrian, cycle and bus journeys with green links, street furniture, safety improvements, attention to vacant sites and well-located bus stops.

Strong sense of community

Residents are well-connected, feel safe, enjoy an established identity for the area and are engaged in community place-making initiatives.

The areas marked in yellow provide the greatest opportunity to house more people. The stiped yellow area shows vacant and underused land. Proposed public realm improvements will make this a desirable place to live.

Potential upgrades to enhance active travel across the neighbourhood are marked in red and may include safer crossing, wider footpaths and improved amenities.

Green links, pocket parks and more trees throughout the neighbourhood are marked in green and will create a more pleasant place to live.

Now

The neighbourhood is mostly commercial, with pockets of residential areas that are continuing to pop up. 

The area is not visually attractive, lacks vibrancy and needs more trees to provide shade.

During transition

We anticipate this area will attract more investment when Te Kaha is completed and open.

Streets immediately surrounding Te Kaha will be upgraded, there will be opportunities for private investment and new homes will be built to meet demand.

We expect to see a mix of housing alongside existing businesses, with some new three and four-storey developments.

Future neighbourhood

Our collective vision is for a green neighbourhood that’s easy to get around, with a growing residential population.

There will likely be more multi-level apartments and more mixed-use developments.

With Te Kaha operating, and a larger population, the area will be attractive for business activities, including hospitality, everyday service providers and office work.

Project implementation – progress will be added every 6 months.