{"id":625137,"date":"2026-10-09T07:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625137\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:32:09","slug":"apollo-stadium-site-chris-bishop-investigates-christchurch-planning-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/625137\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo Stadium site: Chris Bishop investigates Christchurch planning rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThis is the same power that was used to investigate rules restricting Eden Park\u2019s ability to host major events and support jobs and growth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Planning rules should \u201csupport cities to grow and adapt\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cA well-located site close to central Christchurch, transport links, employment and existing residential areas should not be held back by rules that no longer fit its purpose. <\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe investigation will consider the request and the statutory criteria. Officials will engage with Christchurch City Council and people likely to be affected before providing advice to the Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"As the minister responsible for RMA reform, Chris Bishop can remove or modify District Plan provisions if they negatively affect economic growth, development capacity or employment. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>As the minister responsible for RMA reform, Chris Bishop can remove or modify District Plan provisions if they negatively affect economic growth, development capacity or employment. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Last month, Christchurch\u2019s Addington Raceway started progressing long-term planning for its 24ha site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/addington-raceway-open-to-talks-on-future-of-apollo-projects-stadium\/37HLQ72635AFRMAF6DEWAVYYYI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/addington-raceway-open-to-talks-on-future-of-apollo-projects-stadium\/37HLQ72635AFRMAF6DEWAVYYYI\/\">eyeing what was once the city\u2019s temporary stadium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Addington Raceway has been home to harness racing for more than a century and sits alongside the former Apollo Projects Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Long-term planning will explore how parts of the raceway site could be developed for housing, commercial development, community facilities, public spaces and improved transport connections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">At the time, Christchurch City Council said it was unaware of any formal discussions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cHowever, the future use of the site will be a decision for elected members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club has not applied for a plan change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is the same power that was used to investigate rules restricting Eden Park\u2019s ability to host major&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[53955,20217,3276,4487,50545,182614,10668,2740,3499,59778,3339,296,17706,1044,6722,111,43,139,69,12968,660,13578,1233,16860,8995,6122,1857,16674,14905],"class_list":["post-625137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-apollo","tag-bishop","tag-chris","tag-christchurch","tag-christchurchs","tag-delve","tag-economic","tag-former","tag-growth","tag-halting","tag-housing","tag-into","tag-investigates","tag-management","tag-minister","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opportunities","tag-planning","tag-projects","tag-redevelopment","tag-reform","tag-resource","tag-rules","tag-site","tag-stadium","tag-whether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}