NEW HOTEL SITE NOT FAVOURED BY BOROUGH COUNCIL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 76, 14 December 1949, Page 5

NEW HOTEL SITE NOT FAVOURED BY BOROUGH COUNCIL

Although pleased with the decision of the Licensing Control Commission to grant” a new three star, hotel for Whakatane, most ' Councillors did not approve the proposed site (30 chains from the intersection of Eivers Road and Domain Road) at Monday night’s meeting.- of the Whakatane Borough Council.' Most agreed with the Mayor, Mr B. S. Barry, that the site would be v too far away from the business area, and it was decided to write thanking the Commission for its decision and asking if some consideration could not be given to changing the site to be within 30 chains of the proposed new post office at the southern end of the Strand, where it meets Commerce Street. Stop Town Spreading - Mr Barry said he would like to see the new hotel nearer the western end of the present business area. If it were built at the present sug-

gested site it would help the town to spread more towards Kopeopeo,. , and the Council did not want that to happen. N Within 30 chains of the new post

office site ymuld be a suitable po,si- ] tion, Cr R. T. Morpeth thought, is The corner of Domain Road and Commerce Street seemed to him to 'be a good site also. Cr R. Buttimore pointed out that representations had been made on behalf of the travelling public and he , thought that the Commission’s • - suggested site Would be just as suitable. i V : - Disagreeing with Cr Buttimore, the Mayor said he considered the '"'travelling public should/be near the • business’ area. ;< Another three star hotel at Whakata'ne would have* to rely more on .accommodation than bar trade, and he thought the travelling public preferred to be near town, said the town clerk, Mr L. D. Lovelock. /“Casually Considered”

The opinion that the site had been rather casually considered was •expressed by Cr Morpeth, who suggested that something be done to see if it could not be brought nearer the business area. \ Cr H. G. Warren then suggested that the Council write to the .Commission asking for further consideration of its recommendation concerning the site.