Northern Growth Management - Newlands Community Centre

Newlands Community Centre - concept drawing

Wellington's Northern Growth Management Framework identified the Newlands area as requiring additional community facilities. As a result, the Council has agreed to construct a new community centre in Newlands.

Community Centre Site

The new community centre will be located at 15 Batchelor Street, in Newlands. The site is at the rear of the Newlands Shopping Centre.

Concept Design

The Council and the Newlands Community Reference Group have spent several months working together to complete a concept design for the community centre. The concept has formed the basis of the detailed design of the centre.

Design & Consenting Phase

The detailed design of the centre is now complete.

The centre will include:

• reception, kitchen and ablutions area
• youth facilities
• multi-function meeting rooms
• food bank
• performance area
• storage and theatre practice area
• cyber library kiosk / senior meeting area (multi-use space)
• toy library

Request for Expression of Interest / Request for tender process

The Council has conducted a Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) followed by a Request for Tender Process (RFT) for the main contractor services.

This process was completed in December 2007. A contractor has been nominated for the construction.

Construction

Construction of the facility is scheduled to begin in January 2008. It is anticipated that construction will take about 12 months.

More Information

Martin Henson

Related Links

• News Release
• Newlands Centre Study (74Kb PDF)

Department Details:
Project Office