It's second time lucky for Sustainabuilt Developments which is beginning a 40-section subdivision reached from Great North Rd on St John's Hill.
The company was formed in May 2016 with the aim of creating sustainable subdivisions. The owners are Simon Penn and his partner Stacey Pram, and Baden and Glenda Brown.
Their first 20-section subdivision, in London St surrounding the BP service station, was abandoned in 2018 because soil there was found to have five times the acceptable level of arsenic.
Their next effort is on about 3ha of rural land reached from Great North Rd, but invisible from the highway. It is as yet unnamed and adjoins Keryn Amon's 36-section subdivision reached from Tirimoana Pl.
The land is zoned residential. Whanganui District Council changed the zoning of 50ha in Otamatea West from rural lifestyle to residential in December 2018 to make room for more houses as the district's population grew.