Golf Industry Central Autumn 2013 Part Deux | Page 27

Course Updates
Lonsdale GC has won City of
Greater Geelong support

Hearing packed regarding
Peninsula GC (NZ)

A HOUSING development and
extension of the Lonsdale Golf Club
has won City of Greater Geelong
support.

A plan to develop the Peninsula Golf
Club is being seen as a foregone
conclusion by some despite
passionate opposition.

The proposed 100-lot estate and
expansion of the sandbelt course will
be sent to Planning Minister Matthew
Guy for final approval, after the
council gave it the green light.

Hearings have been held recently
for the proposed redevelopment of
the Peninsula Golf Club in Red Beach
and a decision by commissioners is
due soon.

The housing development will be in
Fellows Rd and the 18-hole course
to the north, west and south of the
existing layout, extending around
the edges of Lake Victoria.

Submitters and residents packed
the Auckland Council Orewa Service
Centre on the first day largely in
opposition to the proposal - but
some are conceding they are now
simply fighti