District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights
Consultation has concluded
In recognition of the need for additional residentially zoned land, Rotorua Lakes Council has been working with land owners within the Pukehāngi Heights Area to develop a plan change that is intended to facilitate residential and rural residential development.
The Minister has approved the rezoning of the land and the plan change provisions.
More information on the plan change is provided here
Please note, before housing can occur within this area additional work in relation to stormwater needs to be completed, a discharge consent sought from the regional council and subdivisions approved by the district council.
In recognition of the need for additional residentially zoned land, Rotorua Lakes Council has been working with land owners within the Pukehāngi Heights Area to develop a plan change that is intended to facilitate residential and rural residential development.
The Minister has approved the rezoning of the land and the plan change provisions.
More information on the plan change is provided here
Please note, before housing can occur within this area additional work in relation to stormwater needs to be completed, a discharge consent sought from the regional council and subdivisions approved by the district council.
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Further Submissions have now closed
* Further submissions are now closed *
The 'Summary of Submissions' is also available - organised either by topic or by submitter.
All initial submissions on the 'Proposed Plan Change 2' can be viewed here
Further submissions can be viewed here
Disclaimer: Further submissions will be made available on the Council’s website - For more information.
Timeline
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More information
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageFor details of each stage see here.
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Approval from Minister for the Environment to use Streamlined Plan Change Process
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stage14 January 2020
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Submissions period
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stage22 January - 20 February 2020 -
Submissions available online
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageAvailable from 27 February
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Summary of Submisisons Available
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageWhen: 5 March 2020
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Further Submissions Period
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageOpens 6 March - Information on making a further submission
Closes 19 March
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Pre-Hearing Mediation (Disputes Resolution) if required
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stage -
Hearings Start - 21-23 September
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stage -
Hearing Commissioners have now closed Hearing: 5 October 2020
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageHearing Commissioners will proceed to deliberate.
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Draft Report Circulated to submitters/further submitters
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageHearing Commissioner's Draft Recommendations Report has been provided and comments on the draft received (closed 1 Dec 2020).
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Commissioners Recommendations to the Minister
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights has finished this stageThe report must be with the Minister by 15 December 2020.
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Plan Change Approved!
District Plan - Plan Change 2 - Pukehāngi Heights is currently at this stageThe Minister for the Environment, the Hon David Parker, has approved the plan change.
The plan change will become operative as of 27 March 2021.
Document Library
- Ministers Decision
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights - Meeting the Statement of Expectations (694 KB) (pdf)
- Final Report from Hearing Commissioners
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Responses to Hearing Commissioner's Draft Report Recommendations
- Stephen Hunt's feedback on Draft Recommendations Report (10.4 MB) (pdf)
- Stephen Hunt's feedback on Pukehangi Heights Draft Recommendation Provisions (10.2 MB) (pdf)
- Memorandum of Counsel for Rotorua Lakes Council - dated 1 December 2020 (155 KB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council's comments on Draft Recommendations Report (713 KB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council's feedback on minor or technical matters to Draft Recommendations Report and Provisions (174 KB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council's feedback on Provisions (799 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC's comments on Draft Recommendations Report and Provisions (236 KB) (pdf)
- MARIS comments on Draft Recommendations Report (219 KB) (pdf)
- Ngati Kearoa Ngati Tuarā, Ngati Whakaue, Te Arawa Lakes Trust (219 KB) (pdf)
- RDRRA's comments on Draft Recommendations Report (180 KB) (pdf)
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Hearing Commissioners Draft Report
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights - Commissioners' Draft Report (827 KB) (pdf)
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights Appendix 2 - PC2 Provisions (2.16 MB) (pdf)
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights Appendix 3 Pukehangi Heights Structure Plan Commissioners Draft Recommendations (937 KB) (pdf)
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights s42 Order (67.3 KB) (pdf)
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights Appendix 3 Zoning Map Commissioners Draft Recommendations (2.81 MB) (pdf)
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Final Evidence Rotorua Lakes Council
- Legal submissions in reply on behalf of RLC (270 KB) (pdf)
- Final Evidence in Liam Foster (198 KB) (pdf)
- Final evidence Craig Batchelar (1.47 MB) (pdf)
- Craig Batchelar Appendix 1 Plan Change 2 Provisions 1 (830 KB) (pdf)
- Craig Batchelar Appendix 1 Amended Pukehangi Heights Structure Plan 2 (937 KB) (pdf)
- Craig Batchelar Appendix 1 Plan Change 2 zoning map (unchanged) 3 (2.81 MB) (pdf)
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Executive Summaries presented at Hearing
- RLC Theresa Le Bas, Tompkins Wake: Opening Legal Submission (442 KB) (pdf)
- RLC Craig Batchelar, Boffa Miskell: Statement of Evidence (772 KB) (pdf)
- RLC Liam Foster, WSP Opus NZ Ltd: Summary of Evidence (236 KB) (pdf)
- RLC Mark Pennington, Tonkin and Taylor Ltd: Summary of Evidence (124 KB) (pdf)
- Ngati Kearoa Ngati Tuara, Robyn Bargh: Cultural Impact (Submitter No. 22).pdf (1.21 MB) (pdf)
- TALT, David Marshall: Summary of Statement of Planning Evidence (Submitter No. 10) (244 KB) (pdf)
- TALT, Ngati Kearoa Ngati Tuara and Ngati Whakaue, Lara Burkhardt: Legal Submissions (Submitter No. 10) (420 KB) (pdf)
- TALT, Ngati Kearoa Ngati Tuara, Ngati Whakaue, Lara Burkhardt: Memorandum of Counsel in Relation to Supplementary Matters, Streamlined Planning Process (Submitter No. 10) (180 KB) (pdf)
- Additional Information Requested: Submission Relief s42A Submitter responses (509 KB) (pdf)
- RDDR Inc, Reynold Macpherson: Statement of Evidence (Submitter No. 18) (515 KB) (pdf)
- Additional Information Requested - MOU between RLC, BOPRC & Te Arawa Lakes Trust (517 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Mark Harding, Cooney Lees Morgan: Legal Submissions on behalf of (Submitter No. 44) (242 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Peter Weston: Summary Statement of Evidence: Hydrological Modelling (72.2 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Philip Wallace: Summary of Evidence: Hydraulic modelling and flood impacts (Submitter No. 44) (286 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Peter Blackwood: Summary of Evidence Utuhina Flood Frequency and Rainfall (Submitter No. 44) (299 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Kathleen Thiel Lardon - Stormwater (199 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Joanne Watts: Summary of Evidence: Nutrient management planning provisions (Submitter No. 44) (223 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Nathan Te Pairi: Statement of Evidence (Submitter No. 44) (133 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Nathan Te Pairi: Appendix B Updated: Suggested changes to planning provisions (486 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC Joanne Watts: Updated Summary of Evidence (Submitter No. 44) (237 KB) (pdf)
- The Hunt Family, Stephen Hunt: Statement of Evidence (Submitter No. 26) (152 KB) (pdf)
- The Hunt Family, Rowan Little, Cheal Consultants Ltd: Executive Summary of Evidence (Submitter No. 26) (237 KB) (pdf)
- TAGH Matthew Craig Allott Planner: Statement of Evidence (Submitter No. 20) (468 KB) (pdf)
- TAGH Matthew Craig Allott Planner: Preliminary Development Concept Plan of TAGH Block (Submitter No. 20) (879 KB) (pdf)
- TAGH Graham Michael Norman Traffic Engineer: Statement of Evidence (Submitter No. 20) (536 KB) (pdf)
- MARIS Ron Finn: Maps of western access to Matipo Heights (843 KB) (pdf)
- MARIS Andrew Morton: Summary Notes (Submitter No. 12).pdf (3.3 MB) (pdf)
- MARIS, Ken Scott: Pavement Serviceability (Submitter No. 12) (923 KB) (pdf)
- Waka Kotahi NZTA, Rodney Albertyn: Position Statement (Submitter No. 11) (424 KB) (pdf)
- Utuhina Valley Farm, Linden Hunt (Submitter No. 21) (367 KB) (pdf)
- Jill Revell and Gerald Stock (Submitter No. 41) (66.7 KB) (pdf)
- Additional Information: Marshall Day Acoustics - Speedway Noise and Reverse Sensitivity for Proposed Plan Change 2 (1.13 MB) (pdf)
- Additional Information: Hegley Acoustic Consultants - Speedway Noise and Reverse Sensitivity for Proposed Plan Change 2; Letter of Support (88 KB) (pdf)
- Hearing Schedule
- Hearing Commissioners Directions
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Submitters Evidence and other information for the Hearing
- Te Arawa Lakes Trust (Submitter No. 10), Dave Marshall (received 20 09 2020) (1.87 MB) (pdf)
- Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Submitter No. 14) (166 KB) (pdf)
- Ministry of Education (Submitter No. 15) (150 KB) (pdf)
- Dean Witehira & Jaylene Mitchell (Submitter No. 16), Ngahere Resources, Gareth Buchanan: Forestry Evidence (1.92 MB) (pdf)
- New Zealand Transport Agency (Submitter 11), GHD, Duncan Tindall: Traffic Evidence (1.39 MB) (pdf)
- Hunt Family (Submitter No. 26), Cheal, Rowan Little (Planning Evidence) (2.78 MB) (pdf)
- Te Arawa Group Holdings (Submitter 20), Commute Transportation Consultants, Graham Norman: Traffic Evidence (536 KB) (pdf)
- Te Arawa Group Holdings (Submitter 20), Boffa Miskell, Matt Allott: Planning Evidence (468 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44), Mark Ivamy: Natural Hazards Evidence (144 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Peter West: Hydrological Modelling (4.3 MB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Planning: Nathan Te Pairi (478 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submission No. 44) Stormwater Hydraulic Modelling: Philip Wallace (1.67 MB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Flood Frequency Rainfall: Peter Blackwood (706 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Stormwater: Kathleen Thiel-Lardon (281 KB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Stormwater Exhibits: Kathleen Thiel-Lardon (11.6 MB) (pdf)
- BOPRC (Submitter No. 44) Nutrient Management Joanne Watts (425 KB) (pdf)
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PC2 Pukehangi Heights - Hearing Documents
- FINAL Statement of Evidence of Greg Manzano 22 September 2020.pdf (1.41 MB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council: Marshall Day, Speedway Noise Reverse Sensitivity (Updated report 18/09/2020).pdf (1.13 MB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council, WSP Opus: Liam Foster (stormwater) (151 KB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council, WSP Opus, Liam Foster: Stormwater Report (amended 14 Sept 2020) (19.6 MB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council, Tonkin and Taylor, Mark Pennington: Statement of Evidence (Stormwater) (541 KB) (pdf)
- Rotorua Lakes Council, Kate Dahm (Correction to S42A Report) (247 KB) (pdf)
- Summary of Submissions (Excel) (932 KB) (XLSX)
- Final statement of evidence of Liam Foster 14 September 2020.pdf (154 KB) (pdf)
- Appendix 1: Updated Stormwater Report L Foster 14 Sept 2020.pdf (19.6 MB) (pdf)
- Final Statement of Evidence - Mark Pennington, Tonkin and Taylor (14 September 2020) (541 KB) (pdf)
- Final statement of evidence of Kate Dahm.pdf (247 KB) (pdf)
- Joint Witness Statement Stormwater FINAL (4.99 MB) (pdf)
- Council's Planning Report (s42A Report) (2.74 MB) (pdf)
- Appendix 1 - Plan Change text with tracked changes as recommended in Council's Planning Report (640 KB) (pdf)
- Appendix 2 - Recommended Zoning and Structure Plans (3.39 MB) (PDF)
- Opus Stormwater Report (24.4 MB) (PDF)
- Boffa Miskell Landscape Provisions - Technical Advice (190 KB) (PDF)
- Boffa Miskell Nutrient Management - Background Report (404 KB) (pdf)
- Tompkins Wake Speedway Noise and Reverse Sensitiviy - Legal Opinion (286 KB) (pdf)
- Marshall Day Speedway Noise Reverse Sensitivity - Noise Emissions (1.12 MB) (pdf)
- Stantec Traffic Assessment (824 KB) (PDF)
- Statement of Evidence of Jean-Paul Gaston - Group Manager, Strategy (463 KB) (pdf)
- PC2 Pukehangi Heights - Submissions
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Notification documentation
- Section 32 Evaluation Report (2.13 MB) (pdf)
- Plan Change Provisions (1.31 MB) (pdf)
- Structure Plan (815 KB) (pdf)
- Zoning Map (2.81 MB) (pdf)
- Landscape Assessment (31.7 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Stormwater Summary Memo Jan 2020 (1.15 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Stormwater Masterplan Options Sunnydowns July 2019 (3.45 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Sunnydowns Rural 2 Addition July 2019 (2.24 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Stormwater Masterplan Options Hunts Farm July 2019 (4.58 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Stormwater Masterplan Options Te Arawa Group Holdings March 2019 (1.83 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Flood Risk Assessment March 2019 (13.8 MB) (pdf)
- OPUS Landslide Hazard Assessment (17.9 MB) (pdf)
- Opus Geotechnical Pukehāngi Appendix A (15.4 MB) (pdf)
- Opus Geotechnical Pukehāngi Appendix B (4.23 MB) (pdf)
- Opus Geotechnical Pukehāngi Appendix C (8.27 MB) (pdf)