PHOTO: ANUSHA BRADLEY/RNZ Gareth and Jo Jones outside their Napier property.
A Napier couple’s plans for their newly-purchased lifestyle block are in tatters after learning, just days before taking ownership, a large shopping complex could be built directly opposite them.
Gareth and Jo Jones bought their semi-rural property on the corner of Eriksen and Kenny Roads on the outskirts of Te Awa on 27 April.
A week before they were due to complete the sale the owner of the block of land opposite them, Te Awa Land Development Company, informed them of their plans to build a 600m² supermarket, four retail shops, a cafe, a medical centre, a 75-place childcare centre and a 77-place car park on the 1.4 hectare site.
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