Colson Road Landfill in New Plymouth closed on 30 October 2020. Since then, NPDC has worked with Ngāti Tawhirikura Hapu on a draft plan for the site’s future development and considered feedback from the wider public through the 2018 10-Year Plan about the type of activities they’d like to see provided for.
About a third of the large 72ha site was a landfill with buried waste, and the site is within a community that is expected to have a growing residential population.
The draft plan is focused on supporting an arts/cultural and environmental hub, with proposals covering a variety of activities:
- Establishing a native plant nursery in conjunction with Ngāti Tawhirikura.
- Providing space for Te Kupenga Stone Sculpture Society’s new home.
- Native vegetation and wetland restoration.
- A mountain bike and/or bridle trail network.
- Open lawn for public recreation activities.
