J’ville needs a recreation centre

By Frank Neill

A recreation centre for Johnsonville is the next thing the Johnsonville Business Group will be looking at, the group’s Chair, Mark Kirk-Burnnand told the “Independent Herald”.

Mr Kirk-Burnnand made his comments following publication of Wellington City Council’s Community Facilities Plan.

The plan, which was considered by the council’s Social, Cultural and Environmental Committee at its meeting on 28 June, identified the lack of a recreation centre in Johnsonville.

To fill the gap, the plan recommends that the council undertakes a suburb-wide needs assessment and feasi- bility study.

The aim of the study would be “to provide direction on the optimal development of cohesive and functional facilities in Johnsonville.

“Considerations include:

Geographic and capacity gap in provision of recreation centre (indoor courts) in the northern/western area.

Johnsonville Community Centre has building deficiencies impacting functionality which may not be easily resolved.

Waitohi hub has been successful but there are opportunities to expand collaboration across facility types.

Johnsonville is a priority investment area due to growth.

Johnsonville open space investment and Nuku Ora regional indoor court facilities planning work,” the Community Facilities Plan says.

The plan also recommends undertaking a needs assessment and feasibility study across Khandallah, Ngaio and Wadestown.

This would be “to assess the optimal network of functional, cohesive and sustainable facilities.

“Considerations include:

Catchment modelling indicates the libraries and community centres have overlapping catchments, potentially diluting demand and impacting efficiency.

Khandallah and Wadestown libraries are small, ageing, have building deficiencies which impact range of offerings.

Khandallah and Ngaio community centres are large venues.

Khandallah Library and Ngaio Town Hall are heritage listed. Proposed closure of Wadestown Community Centre due to low usage and significant accessibility issues,” the plan says.

Newlands also needs a suburb-wide needs assessment, the plan says.

This would review “whether facility provision across Newlands meets the needs of the community.

“Key considerations are potential equity issues arising from a lower level of provision for the population size and higher socio-economic deprivation profile of population,” the report says.

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