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7

Objectives and design principles

Setti

ng o

bjec

tives

and

app

lyin

g so

me

key

desi

gn p

rinc

iple

s To

ach

ieve

the

mis

sion

as

set o

ut a

bove

and

art

icul

ated

in “

The

Way

For

ward

”, it

will

be e

ssen

tial

to a

sses

s th

e cu

rren

t situ

atio

n in

the

ligh

t of a

gree

d ob

ject

ives

and

a c

lear

set

of a

chie

vabl

e de

-si

gn p

rinc

iple

s. T

hese

pri

ncip

les

will

also

hav

e to

tie

in w

ith t

he S

MAR

TGRO

WTH

pri

ncip

les

as w

ell

as C

PTED

(Cri

me

Prev

entio

n Th

roug

h En

viro

nmen

tal D

esig

n).

“The

Way

For

ward

” st

ates

the

follo

wing

ele

men

ts a

s ke

y is

sues

and

aim

s:

•

Heav

y ve

hicl

e tr

affic

is a

maj

or p

robl

em in

the

Te

Puke

tow

n ce

ntre

. No

t on

ly i

s it

a sa

fety

pr

oble

m, b

ut n

oise

, vib

ratio

n an

d pa

rtic

ulat

e po

llutio

n is

of c

once

rn. I

n ad

ditio

n, lo

cal s

hopp

ing

traf

fic is

intim

idat

ed b

y bi

g tr

ucks

as

they

“br

eath

e do

wn y

our

back

”. Th

is w

ill b

e pa

rtly

re-

solv

ed o

nce

the

Taur

anga

Eas

tern

Art

eria

l has

bee

n bu

ilt, b

ut c

ontin

uing

gro

wth

will

soon

gen

-er

ate

mor

e tr

affic

into

and

thro

ugh

Te P

uke

whic

h wi

ll bo

ost n

umbe

rs to

clo

se to

cur

rent

lev-

els

and

beyo

nd. T

he q

uest

ion

is w

hat c

an b

e do

ne in

the

sho

rt t

erm

and

how

the

long

er t

erm

wi

ll be

res

olve

d. T

here

is a

str

ong

need

to

secu

re s

ome

relie

f opt

ions

now

for

fut

ure

impl

e-m

enta

tion,

par

ticul

arly

if th

ere

is a

ny d

elay

in th

e pr

ovis

ion

of t

he E

aste

rn A

rter

ial.

•

A fu

rthe

r co

ncer

n is

the

lack

of a

rea

l ‘he

art’

in t

he t

own

cent

re. A

t th

e m

omen

t bus

ines

s de

-ve

lopm

ent

is n

ot f

ocus

ed o

n a

cent

ral a

rea

and

ther

e is

a la

ck o

f con

cent

rate

d fo

ot t

raffi

c,

vibr

ancy

and

am

enity

. •

Te P

uke

may

in fu

ture

be

able

to c

onne

ct t

o a

rail

serv

ice

to T

aura

nga.

The

des

ign

of t

he t

own

cent

re s

houl

d no

t on

ly a

llow

for

it, b

ut s

houl

d po

sitiv

ely

work

tow

ards

sup

port

ing

pass

enge

r tr

ansp

ort i

n ge

nera

l, ev

entu

ally

con

nect

ing

all m

ajor

act

ivity

nod

es.

•

The

stra

tegy

sho

uld

also

allo

w fo

r m

ixed-

use

deve

lopm

ent o

f bus

ines

s an

d re

side

ntia

l acc

om-

mod

atio

n. T

his

will

tend

to

focu

s de

velo

pmen

t, an

d en

cour

age

the

town

cen

tre

to g

row

in w

idth

ra

ther

than

in le

ngth

. In

gen

eral

the

pla

nnin

g sh

ould

cre

ate

a vi

bran

t to

wn c

entr

e, w

ith i

ncre

ased

ped

estr

ian

safe

ty,

ease

of m

ovem

ent,

com

fort

and

qua

litie

s th

at w

ill a

ttra

ct p

eopl

e an

d bu

sine

ss a

like.

Thi

s pl

an a

ims

to

achi

eve

this

by

appl

ying

som

e ke

y ur

ban

desi

gn p

rinc

iple

s to

a r

ange

of i

ssue

s ra

ised

in “

The

Way

For

ward

” an

d th

e sp

ecifi

c co

ncer

ns e

xpre

ssed

abo

ve.

The

follo

wing

bro

ad o

bjec

tives

and

des

ign

guid

elin

es h

ave

been

use

d to

iden

tify

and

asse

ss is

sues

, fo

rmul

ate

optio

ns a

nd id

entif

y pr

efer

red

solu

tions

. •

Impr

ove

safe

ty a

nd a

sen

se o

f com

mun

ity t

hrou

gh im

prov

ed accessibility

and

walk

abili

ty.

This

in

clud

es:

- c

onne

ctiv

ity.

- p

edsh

eds.

-

foot

path

qua

litie

s.

•

Incr

ease

liveability

by

impr

oved

acc

ess

to d

iffer

ent

activ

ities

and

frie

ndly

str

eet

envi

ronm

ents

. Th

is in

clud

es:

- m

ixed-

use

(a d

evel

opm

ent t

hat c

onta

ins

resi

dent

ial a

s we

ll no

n-re

side

ntia

l spa

ces)

.

-

live

able

str

eets

. •

Impr

ove

gene

ral amenity

to fo

ster

a s

ense

of p

ride

and

bel

ongi

ng. T

his

incl

udes

:

-

ens

urin

g im

prov

ed u

se a

nd s

afet

y of

ope

n sp

ace

feat

ures

.

-

ens

urin

g a

sens

e of

pri

de a

nd b

elon

ging

by

cele

brat

ing

heri

tage

, art

& c

ultu

re.

•

Fost

er sustainable business,

ret

ail &

leis

ure

as k

ey c

ompo

nent

s of

the

succ

ess

of th

e to

wn.

Thes

e ob

ject

ives

are

exp

lain

ed in

mor

e de

tail

on th

e fo

llowi

ng p

ages

.

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Accessibility

Connectivity

Obje

ctiv

es:

To im

prov

e co

nnec

tivity

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

reet

net

work

by:

•

allo

wing

for

ease

of m

ovem

ent f

rom

poi

nt to

poi

nt fo

r bo

th v

ehic

ular

and

foot

traf

fic.

•

conn

ectin

g ke

y de

stin

atio

ns in

town

with

out t

he n

eed

to g

o on

to th

e m

ain

stre

ets.

•

disp

ersi

ng tr

affic

to a

ttrac

t mor

e pe

dest

rian

s, th

ereb

y im

prov

ing

surv

eilla

nce

and

safe

ty.

•

impr

ovin

g us

e of

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort.

The

curr

ent

stre

et p

atte

rn in

Te

Puke

hig

hlig

hts

the

lack

of c

onne

ctiv

ity, e

spec

ially

acr

oss

the

rail

line

and

east

/wes

t m

ovem

ent

sout

h of

Que

en S

tree

t. Th

is f

orce

s tr

affic

thr

ough

Jel

licoe

St

reet

and

to a

less

er e

xten

t alo

ng Q

ueen

Str

eet.

The

high

vol

umes

of t

raffi

c on

Jel

licoe

Str

eet,

com

bine

d wi

th a

larg

e pe

rcen

tage

of h

eavy

veh

i-cl

es, p

artic

ular

ly d

urin

g bu

sine

ss h

ours

, inh

ibits

goo

d co

nnec

tivity

. In

addi

tion,

the

fum

es, p

ar-

ticul

ates

, noi

se a

nd v

ibra

tion

furt

her

detr

act f

rom

the

appe

al o

f the

mai

n st

reet

. Th

e la

ck o

f con

nect

ivity

and

hig

h tr

affic

flow

s th

roug

h th

e m

ain

stre

et e

ffect

ivel

y di

vide

the

town

in

to tw

o ha

lves

.

SH

2

The

truc

ks tr

undl

ing

alon

g Je

llico

e St

reet

form

a v

isua

l bar

rier a

s we

ll as

a p

hysi

cal i

mpe

dim

ent t

o ea

sy m

ovem

ent a

cros

s an

d al

ong

the

stre

et a

nd m

ake

outd

oor

activ

ities

and

al f

resc

o di

ning

dec

ided

ly un

plea

sant

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Walkability

Pedsheds

To d

efin

e th

e ef

fect

ivene

ss o

f foo

tpat

hs a

nd s

tree

ts a

“pe

dshe

d”

indi

cate

s wh

ich

area

s ca

n be

rea

ched

in e

ither

a 5

min

ute

or 10

m

inut

e wa

lk.

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To im

prov

e ac

cess

and

cir

cula

tion

thro

ugho

ut t

he t

own

cen-

tre.

•

To e

nsur

e ev

eryb

ody

can

easi

ly r

each

key

act

iviti

es in

a s

hort

sp

ace

of ti

me.

•

To fo

ster

foot

traf

fic in

the

town

cen

tre.

A

5 m

inut

e wa

lk s

houl

d ea

sily

allo

w fo

r al

l the

sho

ppin

g an

d bu

si-

ness

act

iviti

es i

n a

town

cen

tre.

The

5 m

inut

e wa

lkin

g di

stan

ce

from

the

sou

ther

n co

rner

of

Jelli

coe

and

Oxfo

rd S

tree

t do

es

cove

r m

ost

dest

inat

ions

, bu

t fa

lls s

hort

of

the

pote

ntia

l ca

tch-

men

t in

the

sou

th e

ast

wher

e th

e ne

w su

bdiv

isio

n is

occ

urri

ng.

The

area

to t

he n

orth

of

the

rail

line

is in

side

the

pot

entia

l rea

ch

but c

anno

t act

ually

be

reac

hed

in 5

min

utes

. Th

e 10

min

ute

catc

hmen

t has

a m

ajor

gap

in th

e no

rth

acro

ss th

e ra

il lin

e, a

nd t

he p

oten

tial a

rea

reac

habl

e in

10

min

utes

is fa

lling

sh

ort a

ll ro

und

exce

pt to

the

east

and

wes

t.

Howe

ver,

the

peds

heds

are

all

limite

d by

the

abili

ty o

f ped

estr

ians

to

saf

ely

cros

s Je

llico

e St

reet

.

Footpath qualities

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To c

reat

e a

plea

sant

env

iron

men

t to

walk

in.

•

To c

ontr

ibut

e to

a s

afe

envi

ronm

ent.

•

To m

ake

walk

ing

attr

activ

e.

•

To c

onne

ct k

ey d

estin

atio

ns.

•

To e

ncou

rage

pub

lic tr

ansp

ort u

se.

The

qual

ity o

f foo

tpat

hs w

here

the

y ex

ist,

is v

ery

high

, esp

ecia

lly a

long

Jel

licoe

Str

eet b

e-tw

een

Bouc

her

Aven

ue a

nd K

ing

Stre

et. T

here

are

som

e ba

rrie

rs, e

.g. g

ullie

s, t

he r

ail l

ine

and

SH2,

all

of w

hich

nee

d im

prov

emen

t.

In a

dditi

on th

e re

side

ntia

l and

indu

stri

al a

reas

nor

th o

f the

rai

l lin

e ha

ve fe

w fo

otpa

ths.

The

co

mbi

natio

n of

the

se in

divi

dual

fac

tors

will

impa

ct o

n th

e ov

eral

l wa

lkab

ility

and

cir

cula

-tio

n. T

his

requ

ires

atte

ntio

n, p

artic

ular

ly in

the

tow

n ce

ntre

, but

als

o on

the

rou

te t

o an

d fr

om th

e to

wn c

entr

e.

Good

foot

path

s bu

t few

ped

estr

ians

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Liveability

Mixed-used developm

ent

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To a

llow

for

inte

rest

ing

& va

ried

str

eet s

cene

s, li

ke:

-

deck

s &

livin

g ro

oms

over

look

ing

the

stre

et.

-

mor

e op

en s

hopf

ront

s .

-

plea

sant

tree

-line

d st

reet

s wi

th q

ualit

y fo

otpa

ths

and

stre

et fu

rnitu

re.

•

To in

crea

se n

atur

al s

urve

illan

ce b

y:

- m

aint

aini

ng a

nd in

crea

sing

act

ive

edge

s, e

.g. s

hopf

ront

s an

d st

reet

sid

e ac

tiviti

es.

-elim

inat

e da

rk a

nd o

bscu

red

nook

s an

d cr

anni

es, e

.g. b

y re

quir

ing

min

imum

set

back

s

and

sid

e sp

ace.

-

avoi

d bl

ank

walls

& g

arag

e do

ors

faci

ng th

e st

reet

. •

To in

crea

se th

e ac

tivity

leve

ls w

ithou

t inc

reas

ing

the

foot

prin

t of t

he to

wn

•

To c

alm

traf

fic r

esul

ting

in g

reat

er p

rior

ity fo

r pe

dest

rian

s an

d cy

clis

ts

•

To a

llow

for

incr

easi

ngly

div

erse

acc

omm

odat

ion

dem

ands

Liveable streets

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To e

nsur

e go

od n

atur

al s

urve

illan

ce a

t al

l tim

es

and

impr

ove

safe

ty

on

the

stre

et a

fter

shop

ping

hou

rs.

•

To d

efin

e th

e re

side

ntia

l qu

aliti

es r

e-qu

ired

to a

chie

ve th

at.

•

To

defin

e ar

eas

in

whic

h re

side

ntia

l us

es c

ould

be

esta

blis

hed

in t

he t

own

cent

re to

enh

ance

ove

rall

amen

ity.

•

To

ensu

re

deve

lopm

ent

site

s wi

ll be

fin

anci

ally

via

ble.

Esse

ntia

lly n

atur

al s

urve

illan

ce a

roun

d th

e ed

ge o

f th

e to

wn c

entr

e ne

eds

impr

ovin

g.

This

is

pa

rtic

ular

ly

impo

rtan

t on

Qu

een

Stre

et a

nd C

omm

erce

Lan

e, b

ut a

lso

on

Jelli

coe

Stre

et.

Visu

ally

isol

ated

car

par

ks a

re p

oten

tially

uns

afe

and

alle

ys w

ith n

o ov

erlo

okin

g ac

tiviti

es c

an b

e da

nger

ous.

Man

y ba

ckya

rd a

reas

als

o ne

ed im

prov

ed s

urve

illan

ce li

ke th

e pa

rkin

g ar

ea b

etwe

en N

ew W

orld

and

Mitr

e 10

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Open space qualities

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To p

rovi

de k

ey,

high

pro

file,

fun

ctio

nal

spac

es f

or t

he

town

cen

tre,

esp

ecia

lly i

n lo

catio

ns w

here

the

re a

re

man

y su

ppor

ting

and

over

look

ing

activ

ities

. •

To c

reat

e m

eetin

g pl

aces

like

town

squ

ares

. •

To e

nsur

e pr

oper

nat

ural

sur

veill

ance

, e.g

. adj

acen

t to

st

reet

s -

not s

eclu

ded.

•

To u

se n

atur

al c

ondi

tions

opt

imal

ly, e

.g. p

rovi

de s

unny

wi

nter

& s

hady

sum

mer

are

as.

•

To u

tilis

e vi

stas

cre

ated

by

stre

ets.

-

Reta

in v

iews

of t

he s

urro

undi

ng m

ount

ains

as a

bac

kdro

p to

the

town

. •

To fo

ster

env

iron

men

tal s

usta

inab

ility

.

-

Capt

ure

stor

m w

ater

run

off

and

impr

ove

wa

ter

qual

ity b

efor

e re

leas

ing

the

wate

r

into

loca

l str

eam

s.

Heritage, art & culture

Obje

ctiv

es:

•

To i

nteg

rate

exi

stin

g he

rita

ge e

lem

ents

int

o an

ac

tive

and

attr

activ

e en

viro

nmen

t. •

To e

nhan

ce t

he c

ultu

ral h

erita

ge b

y br

ingi

ng s

et-

tler

and

indi

geno

us h

isto

ry, c

ultu

re a

nd a

rtef

acts

to

town

. •

To in

trod

uce

new

art a

nd d

esig

n co

mpo

nent

s in

to

the

stre

et s

cene

. •

To p

rovi

de s

uita

ble

loca

tions

for

a cu

ltura

l cen

tre.

Sense of Place

Ob

ject

ives

: •

To u

se o

pen

spac

e qu

aliti

es, t

he b

uilt

envi

ronm

ent

and

the

cultu

ral h

erita

ge to

form

the

basi

s fo

r th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

a d

istin

ctiv

e ‘T

e Pu

ke’

sens

e of

pl

ace.

•

That

wo

uld

enco

mpa

ss t

he h

erita

ge o

bjec

tives

ab

ove

as w

ell

as c

urre

nt v

iews

and

the

mes

as

build

ing

bloc

ks t

o ex

pres

s a

spec

ial

and

fres

h vi

ew o

f wha

t Te

Puke

is a

bout

. •

To e

xpre

ss th

ese

in p

ract

ical

ter

ms

whic

h ca

n be

in

corp

orat

ed in

all

desi

gn e

lem

ents

ove

r tim

e.

Amenity

walki

ng &

jogg

ing

to w

ork

mee

ting

peop

le

join

ing

in fe

stivi

ties

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Retail, business & leisure

Sustainable business

Crea

ting

a “c

ount

ry to

wn w

ith a

bus

ines

s he

art”

. Ob

ject

ives

: •

To im

prov

e co

nnec

tivity

thro

ugho

ut th

e st

reet

net

work

. •

To o

ptim

ise

the

reta

il m

ix a

nd q

ualit

y by

attr

actin

g th

e m

issi

ng e

lem

ents

. •

To e

ncou

rage

con

tinuo

us s

hop

fron

ts a

nd li

mit

inac

tive

or d

ead

stre

et fr

onts

. •

To e

ncou

rage

cho

ice

by c

lust

erin

g of

key

ser

vice

type

s.

•

To p

rom

ote

leis

ure

activ

ities

for

both

tour

ists

and

loca

ls.

•

To fo

ster

loca

l pri

de t

hrou

gh s

ervi

ce e

xcel

lenc

e an

d qu

ality

of t

he o

fferi

ng, a

s pa

rt o

f kee

p-in

g le

akag

e to

a m

inim

um.

•

To s

eek

spec

ial e

lem

ents

to b

uild

a d

istin

ctiv

e ‘T

e Pu

ke’ c

hara

cter

. •

To c

reat

e a

poin

t of d

iffer

ence

.

This

des

ign

prin

cipl

e sh

ould

, lik

e th

e ot

her

com

pone

nts,

not

be

view

ed in

isol

atio

n.

All t

he o

ther

asp

ects

ana

lyse

d ea

rlie

r wi

ll ne

ed t

o co

ntri

bute

to

a m

ore

vibr

ant

and

attr

activ

e re

tail,

bus

ines

s an

d le

isur

e en

viro

nmen

t. Th

ese

elem

ents

will

pro

-du

ce p

ract

ical

mea

sure

s to

im

prov

e ac

cess

for

loca

l clie

nts.

It

is im

port

ant

to

try

to li

mit

leak

age

by m

akin

g th

e lo

cal m

arke

t as

attr

activ

e as

pos

sibl

e.

In a

dditi

on,

the

size

of

the

loca

l mar

ket

shou

ld a

lso

be in

crea

sed.

Intr

oduc

ing

a m

ixed-

use

com

pone

nt in

the

tow

n ce

ntre

can

ass

ist a

s wi

ll ad

ditio

nal r

esid

entia

l de

velo

pmen

t cl

ose

to t

he t

own

cent

re. T

he c

ombi

natio

n of

the

se m

easu

res

will

help

to in

crea

se p

oten

tial l

ocal

cus

tom

ers

and

mak

e th

e to

wn c

entr

e m

ore

activ

e an

d sa

fe. W

ith t

his

grea

ter

loca

l sup

port

a h

ost

of a

ctiv

ities

whi

ch m

ay n

ow f

all

unde

r th

e th

resh

old

of v

iabi

lity

may

be

able

to d

evel

op.

Howe

ver,

as

impo

rtan

t as

loca

l mar

kets

may

be,

Te

Puke

will

als

o ne

ed to

attr

act

buyi

ng p

ower

from

the

wide

r re

gion

and

ent

ice

peop

le p

assi

ng th

roug

h to

mak

e a

stop

. A ty

pica

l loc

al fa

rmer

s m

arke

t cou

ld a

ssis

t to

brin

g th

at a

bout

. Th

e lo

ng te

rm s

usta

inab

ility

may

onl

y be

sec

ured

if a

ll th

e m

easu

res

abov

e wo

rk

toge

ther

to c

reat

e a

poin

t of d

iffer

ence

.

Coffee

Shop

ping

in T

e Pu

ke s

houl

d be

cha

ract

erize

d by

attr

activ

e co

ordi

nate

d si

gnag

e, c

ontin

uous

sho

p fr

ont d

ispl

ay a

reas

and

ene

rgis

ed b

y a h

ighl

y dis

tinct

ive m

arke

t & lo

cal c

ulin

ary

delig

hts.