Welcome to South Canterbury

The very best places are built around the qualities people have always valued: connection, community, beauty and convenience.  Canterbury has flourished for centuries because it brings people together to live, learn, trade and share ideas.  South Canterbury is being shaped around those enduring principles.

It will become a wonderful, green home for people and businesses alike, bringing with it better links to the city centre, lovely public spaces, new shops, schools and more, alongside parks, extensive sports facilities and playgrounds. New commercial space will allow businesses to flourish. 

This will be a place where people can walk easily, spend time outdoors and feel part of a connected community, sharing spaces they want to enjoy rather than just pass through.

Canterbury’s history and culture are extraordinary and unique.  Our greatest challenge is to deliver a brand-new place that captures and enhances it.

That’s why we remain in listening mode, not just in formal engagement events, but through a whole series of walks, talks, coffee meetings and informal conversations.  We are also working with a Community Panel of residents who act as regular sounding board for our ideas and plans.

We would love to hear your views. Please help us fulfil South Canterbury’s potential by answering these questions.