Rotongaio_Health_Resort_Taupo
Project Size: 100 Room Resort
Project Value: NZ$20 Million
Location: Taupo, New Zealand
Practice: Peddle Thorp & Montgomery
Peddle Thorp & Montgomery Ltd were commissioned in the early 1990s to assist
the Rotongaio Trust land owners in a development plan for the Lake Rotongaio
Resort site near Waitaihanui, Taupo.
The site was previously known as the famous Loafers Paradise Camping Ground and
was the subject of a Hotel Development proposal in the late 1980s that did not
proceed.
PTM investigated with the Rotongaio Trust the key development issues for the site
including the constraints. Planning zoning approval for a tourist resort was
achieved in 1994 with the Taupo District Council by PTM.
Subsequent hotel resort concepts did not progress past the preliminary design
stage.
The site is a world class resort with a 100 acre development site on the edge
of Lake Taupo facing North, but also overlooking Lake Rotongaio, a large natural
lake sitting marginally inland from Lake Taupo but connected to it via a small
stream. A reservation reserve is located around the lake reaching up into the
forested hills and down to the white cliffs. The site has thermal water and a
special micro climate protecting it from the cool southerly winds coming off the
mountains and lake.
The site is magnificently private and could support an international golf course
on the hill tops above if land owners' approval could be obtained.
In 2001, Peddle Thorp & Montgomery was commissioned by a private developer to
undertake concept plans for an international health resort of some 100 rooms,
plus guest facilities. The resort was supported by the Rotongaio Trust but full
landowners' approval to a lease of the site was not forthcoming, so the project
did not proceed.
The site is highly regarded as probably the best potential hotel resort site on
Lake Taupo.
The site was previously known as the famous Loafers Paradise Camping Ground and was the subject of a Hotel Development proposal in the late 1980s that did not proceed.
PTM investigated with the Rotongaio Trust the key development issues for the site including the constraints. Planning zoning approval for a tourist resort was achieved in 1994 with the Taupo District Council by PTM.
Subsequent hotel resort concepts did not progress past the preliminary design stage.
The site is a world class resort with a 100 acre development site on the edge of Lake Taupo facing North, but also overlooking Lake Rotongaio, a large natural lake sitting marginally inland from Lake Taupo but connected to it via a small stream. A reservation reserve is located around the lake reaching up into the forested hills and down to the white cliffs. The site has thermal water and a special micro climate protecting it from the cool southerly winds coming off the mountains and lake.
The site is magnificently private and could support an international golf course on the hill tops above if land owners' approval could be obtained.
In 2001, Peddle Thorp & Montgomery was commissioned by a private developer to undertake concept plans for an international health resort of some 100 rooms, plus guest facilities. The resort was supported by the Rotongaio Trust but full landowners' approval to a lease of the site was not forthcoming, so the project did not proceed.
The site is highly regarded as probably the best potential hotel resort site on Lake Taupo.
