Mullet Bay masterplan consultation hears questions about a possible sale
Community members at Wednesday’s Mullet Bay masterplan consultation questioned the property owner’s role and a possible sale, The People’s Tribune reported.
Community members at Wednesday’s Mullet Bay masterplan consultation questioned the property owner’s role and the possibility of a sale, The People’s Tribune reported. SunResorts has commissioned Lyongo Architecture to prepare a masterplan for about 67 hectares, including Mullet Bay Beach, the golf course, Mullet Pond, residential areas, park spaces and undeveloped land.
Architect Lyongo Juliana presented the planning process and the firm’s approach to the area, the Tribune reported. Lyongo Architecture’s announcement of 14 September called it the first public meeting and set it for 23 September, 6pm to 7pm, at the Golf Shop at the golf course on Rhine Road. According to the Tribune, the firm will hold another consultation in about two months with an update on the masterplan.
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The Tribune reported that the firm has previously said the exercise is at an early planning stage and is not a completed development proposal. Under the process outlined before the meeting, SunResorts is expected to receive the studies and an overview of possible development options once the masterplan is finished, the paper reported.
One participant asked why a company commissioned by the current owner was collecting the community’s ideas while the property could still be sold, according to the Tribune. “What is the intention?” the participant asked, and questioned what would happen after a sale and what role the firm would have then.
A participant also said the island’s laws and policies, including beach policies and airport and aviation laws, must be the “guardrails” for whatever happens at Mullet Bay, whoever the future owner or developer is, the Tribune reported.
Lyongo Architecture has said its work covers waterways, elevation, vegetation, biodiversity, wind, sunlight, drainage, pedestrian and vehicle movement, and how people use and move through the property.
The Tribune reported that Member of Parliament Ludmila de Weever was the only politician at the consultation.