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No quick fix on St John issue Season BY SUE NEWMAN
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The status of an inner-town section might now be clear, but community organisation St John is still waiting for answers as it seeks to buy that section from its owners, the Ashburton District Council. St John is out of room in its Tancred Street headquarters and wants to buy the council’s Burnett Street section that adjoins its own property. For several years St John has used this section to access the rear of its ambulance base, but
with work ready to start on building extensions, it needs guaranteed access to make the new build viable. It asked the council for right of way over the land. The council said no. Discussions then started on possible lease or purchase options but stalled because the council did not know the status of the section – was it freehold, reserve land or land acquired by some other means? That land has now been identified as having reserve status, said council chief executive Hamish Riach. However, that meant disposal of the
section was less straightforward than it would be with a regular property; its description as Crown-derived, places conditions on how the council can manage the land, he said.
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