The Quarterdeck Lookout

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Location

Suburb
Whitby

Primary Purpose of Reserve
Recreational & Ecological Linkages

Values & Outcomes

Heritage values
None.

Natural values

Woodland trees. 

51 (E1A1) Includes amenity eucalypt planting, historic macrocarpa and pine, recently felled pine, regenerating native forest, coastal escarpment vegetation and remnant kanuka.

Recreation values

Lookout.

Passive recreation.

Other values

Lot 95 DP 32487 is a Crown Derived Reserve and the name is gazetted in 2019-In812.

Connection - access to Pauatahanui via Bradeys Bay Park  and to four streets.

Dog Exercise Area. Refer to Control of Dogs Bylaw.

Amenity landscape.

Utilities (Minor): Water Supply, Stormwater.

Outcomes sought

1. Protect the natural values and wetland, through animal and plant pest control, by enabling natural regeneration and by undertaking further planting as funding opportunities allow.  Protect wetland values from contaminants through careful land management.  Investigate options for biodiversity restoration work in the reserve.

2. Improve casual recreation in the reserve by investigating opportunities for a walkway link to Bradey’s Bay.    Continue to provide an amenity bush landscape, the Quarterdeck lookout grassed open space, walking opportunities and supporting amenity facilities.

3. Protect reserve-to-reserve, street-to-street, and walking connections to Pauatahanui Inlet.

4. Retain Dog Exercise Area.

5. Resolve encroachment.

Legal Description

Appellation Reserve Act Classification Gazette notices
Lot 95 DP 32487 Recreation Reserve New Zealand Gazette 1994 n 6568
Lot 2 DP 60852 Recreation Reserve
Lot 46 DP 85565 Recreation Reserve New Zealand Gazette: 2018 n 1594

Other information

Information Description
Parcel Area (ha) 3.68
District Plan Zones Open Space
Leases/Easements/Licences None.
Scale Local
Village Whitby
Ground Shaking No
Landslide Susceptibility No
Tsunami Evacuation Zone No
Liquefaction Zone No