Have your say: QLDC Freedom Camping Draft Bylaw 2021 (includes Camphill Rd Carpark)
Following the QLDC ‘Let’s Talk’ Survey which closed in July, submissions on the draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 are now open. You can read results from the consultation survey here.
This is particularly relevant to Hāwea as Camphill Road carpark is included as a proposed area to allow restricted freedom camping in certified self-contained vehicles.
The information below is taken from the QLDC Lets Talk website:
The draft bylaw is similar to the existing Freedom Camping Control Bylaw 2019, with a number of proposed changes around areas where freedom camping is prohibited.
Following a comprehensive site by site assessment of 105 Council-administered sites where freedom camping could potentially occur, QLDC is proposing a number of new areas to prohibit freedom camping in.
Proposed areas to prohibit freedom camping:
Coronet Peak Road/Skippers Canyon Road (to Skippers Saddle)
Crown Range Road
Precipice Creek Road Reserve
Moke Lake Road
Rafters Road
Motutapu Road Track End
Hāwea Flat township
Whitechapel Reserve
These areas will be in addition to prohibiting freedom camping from occurring within residential and built up areas.
We’re also proposing a number of locations to allow restricted freedom camping, which would allow certified self-contained vehicles to use these areas.
Proposed areas to allow restricted freedom camping in certified self-contained vehicles:
Gibbston Reserve carpark
Glenorchy Domain carpark
Camphill Road carpark
Morven Ferry Reserve
Luggate Red Bridge Reserve
The proposed restricted sites will have a maximum number of carparks (except for Luggate Red Bridge Reserve) available for certified self-contained vehicles, along with a maximum stay of two nights at each site.
Make a submission:
Submissions on the draft Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 open at 9.00am on Monday 2 August and close at 5.00pm on Friday 3 September 2021.
Submissions can be made:
emailed to letstalk@qldc.govt.nz with the words “Freedom Camping Bylaw 2021 Submission” in the subject line
posted to Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348
