New Plymouth Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:55:11 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg New Plymouth Council - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 New Plymouth ratepayers could pay Catholic Church nearly $2m for land council has rented for $1 a year since 1984 https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/02/10/new-plymouth-catholic-land/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:54:43 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=143432 New Plymouth ratepayers might have to pay the Catholic Church nearly $2 million for a Bell Block section for which they have paid just $37 in rent since 1984. The Wynyard St section, which is occupied by pensioners in nine separate flats and has been independently valued at $1.95 million, has been rented by the Read more

New Plymouth ratepayers could pay Catholic Church nearly $2m for land council has rented for $1 a year since 1984... Read more]]> New Plymouth ratepayers might have to pay the Catholic Church nearly $2 million for a Bell Block section for which they have paid just $37 in rent since 1984.

The Wynyard St section, which is occupied by pensioners in nine separate flats and has been independently valued at $1.95 million, has been rented by the New Plymouth District Council for just $1 annually since the church signed a 40-year lease in 1984.

With the lease about to expire, the council approached the church about the land's future.

Instead of carrying on the lease for the council-built flats, the church offered a land swap - Wynyard St for the Powderham St car park opposite its New Plymouth cathedral - with $250,000 added on. Read more

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