Save Chamberlain Park chairman Geoff Senescall is pleased with the decision to retain the park as an 18 hole golf course.

After a hard fought battle Auckland's Chamberlain Park will now be retained as an 18 hole golf course.

The Albert-Eden Local Board voted on Monday night to reverse a 2015 decision which would have seen the Mt Albert course reduced to nine holes with the addition of two reserves. Under the new proposal the eastern end of Chamberlain Park from Meola Creek will be retained as a golf course, while the western end will turned into a park and the adjoining Meola Creek will be restored as a wetland.

The board also voted to consult with stakeholders from Auckland Golf, New Zealand Golf and the Chamberlain Park Men's and Ladies Golf Clubs about the planned changes.

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Newly elected Albert-Eden Local Board chair and City Vision candidate Margi Watson said it was a good outcome.

"I would like to say that I think this has been a test of the new board. Whether it's people from the golfing community, or people who want to open up the park, we all need to work together."

Save Chamberlain Park was established as a protest group to fight the changes just over two years ago and chairman Geoff Senescall said he was pleased with the result.

"We would have liked to have saved the whole thing, but in the spirit of the new board and collaboration we've agreed with the outcome and look forward to working with the new board to achieve this goal."

"The idea of turning it into a nine hole golf course and two sports fields is now off the table and we've agreed to a way forward."

The centre-left City Vision and the right-leaning Communities and Residents (C&R) both won four seats on the board in last month's local body elections. And when the board met on October 29 for the first time to decide who would chair the board they couldn't reach an agreement. So they adjourned to meet again on Monday to try and break the political deadlock which some people thought could be decided by a coin toss.

Chris McKeen/Stuff Auckland's Chamberlain Park Golf Course from above.

But the big issue at stake was the future of Chamberlain Park. A previous decision by the City Vision dominated local board in 2015 had decided to reduce the size of Chamberlain Park, add a driving range, two reserves and an aquatic centre. A project opposed by the right leaning C&R and the Save Chamberlain Park group.

But City Vision had lost its majority on the board in the recent local body elections.

The board under the City Vision's leadership had outlined its planned changes to Chamberlain Park , which had been accepted by the Auckland Council which was looking to spend $1 million on a business case for the proposal.

At Monday's meeting Watson was elected as the Albert-Eden Local Board chair the board for the first half of the term and C&R's Lee Corrick was elected as chair for the second half of the three year term.