The Addendum 2 to the Section 42A Report and Councils supplementary evidence is now available to view below.

Addendum 2 to the Section 42A Report

• Addendum 2 to the Section 42A Report
• Appendix 1: Amendments to Recommended Changes to the text of the District Plan
  • Part 1 - Introduction and General Provisions
  • Interpretation
  • National Direction Instruments
  • Part 2 - District -Wide Matters
  • Strategic Direction
  • Energy Infrastructure & Transport
  • Hazards & Risks
  • Historical & Cultural Values
  • Natural Environment Values
  • Subdivision
    
  • General District Wide Matters
  • Part 3 - Area - Specific Matters
  • Residential Zones
  • City Centre Zones
  • Commercial Zones
  • Industrial Zones
  • Business and Innovation Zone
  • Rural Zones
  • Future Growth Zones
  • Development Areas
  • Appendix One Parking, Access & Turning
• Appendix 2: Amendments to District Plan Maps

Council Supplementary Evidence

• Supplementary Statement of Evidence 1 - Cameron Wallace - Urban Design (Barker & Associates)
• Supplementary Statement of Evidence 2 - Susan Fairgray - Economics (Market Economics)
• Rotorua Lakes Council Geothermal Outline and Process

Closing Legal Submissions

• Closing legal submissions of Counsel for Rotorua Lakes Council

Plan Change 9 Hearing

The hearings will be held across six days on the following dates:

• Monday 14 August through to Thursday 17 August
• Monday 21 August and Tuesday 22 August

The Hearing Timetable is now available to view here. Please note this is a timetable which is subject to change.

The hearing is being held in Committee Room 1, Floor 1, Rotorua Lakes Council – 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua, New Zealand and is also available to view on the Councils YouTube Channel.

Hearing Timetable

The Draft Hearing Timetable is now available to view here. Please note this is a draft timetable which is subject to change.

The team have tried their best to accommodate to requests for specific dates and/or times. However, this hasn’t always been possible. If your allocated time as indicated above is unworkable, please email the Hearing Secretary at Policy.Planning@rotorualc.nz as soon as possible so that we can try to accommodate your request.

The draft schedule for the hearing has been finalised. Submitters have been grouped in sessions based on topics and on the amount of time that they indicated would be required to speak. We can not guarantee the order in which you will present in your session time, so please arrive at the beginning of the below indicated time.

What to do if you are not going to attend

If you cannot attend the hearing or no longer wish to attend, please let us know as soon as possible by emailing Policy.Planning@rotorualc.nz. Your written submission will still be provided to the Hearings Panel for their consideration.

The following material has been provided during the hearing for Plan Change 9: Housing for Everyone.

Monday 14 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Rachel Morgan - Section 42A Report Author (Barker & Associates)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Rachel Morgan - Section 42A Report Author - Summary of Provisions (Barker & Associates)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Rachel Morgan - Section 42A Report Author - Presentation (Barker & Associates)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Cam Wallace - Urban Design (Barker & Associates)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Cam Wallace - Urban Design - Presentation (Barker & Associates)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Kim Smith - Section 42A Report Author (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Anna Bindon - Section 42A Report Author (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Simon Thurston - Section 42A Report Author (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Damon Mathfield - Strategic Planning (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Damon Mathfield - Strategic Planning - Presentation (Rotorua Lakes Council)

Tuesday 15 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Carolyn McAlley - Planning (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Robin Byron - Planning (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)

Wednesday 16 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Ann Nicholas - Planning (Sigma Consultants Ltd)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Kate Dahm - Planning (Sigma Consultants Ltd)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Kate Dahm - Planning - Presentations (Sigma Consultants Ltd)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Rowan Little - Planning (Cheal Consultants)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Margaret Owens (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand)
• Memorandum of Counsel re change of witness (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Ngaire Kerse (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand & Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Matthew Brown (Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Harriet McKee (Summerset Group Holdings Ltd)

Thursday 17 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Seventh-Day Adventists School
• Hearing Summary Statement of Mataatua Marae Trustees
• Hearing Summary Statement of Briana Cardon and Stevie Blyth-Nepia (Te Arawa Lakes Trust)
• Hearing Summary Statement of David McPherson

Monday 21 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Susan Fairgray - Economics (Market Economics)
• Hearing Summary Statement of Shelly Gifford

Tuesday 22 August 2023

• Hearing Summary Statement of Brett Farquhar (Pukeroa Oruawhata Group)
• Hearing Summary Statement of David Marshall
• Supplementary Evidence of Susan Fairgray - Economics (Market Economics) - (Note: There has been a minor edit to this document. The change is to the graph it updates the example figure in Paragraph 17 slightly from 506m2 to 514m2. The original version can be found here.)
• Memorandum of Counsel (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Hearing Closing Summary Statement of Wendy Embling

Legal submissions are available to view below.

Councils Legal Submissions

• Opening Legal submissions of Counsel for Rotorua Lakes Council

Submitters Legal Submissions

• Submitter Legal Submission 1: Bay of Plenty Regional Council
• Submitter Legal Submission 2: Summerset Group Holdings Ltd
• Submitter Legal Submission 3: Ara Poutama Department of Corrections
• Submitter Legal Submission 4: Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated & Ryman Healthcare Limited
• Submitter Legal Submission 5: Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities

Supplementary Legal Submissions

• Submitter Supplementary Legal Submission 6: Bay of Plenty Regional Council

Closing Legal Submissions

• Closing legal submissions of Counsel for Rotorua Lakes Council

The Plan Change 9 Rebuttal Evidence from Council and other submitters and Addendum 1 to the Section 42A Report is now available to view below.

Addendum 1 to the Section 42A Report

• Addendum 1 to the Section 42A Report
• Appendix 1: Amendments to Recommended Changes to the text of the District Plan
  • Part 1 - Introduction and General Provisions
  • Interpretation
  • National Direction Instruments
  • Part 2 - District -Wide Matters
  • Strategic Direction
  • Energy Infrastructure & Transport
  • Hazards & Risks
  • Historical & Cultural Values
  • Natural Environment Values
  • Subdivision
    
  • General District Wide Matters
  • Part 3 - Area - Specific Matters
  • Residential Zones
  • City Centre Zones
  • Commercial Zones
  • Industrial Zones
  • Business and Innovation Zone
  • Rural Zones
  • Development Areas
  • Appendix One Parking, Access & Turning
• Appendix 2: Amendments to Recommended Decisions on Submissions

Council Rebuttal Evidence

• Rebuttal Statement of Evidence 1: Strategic Evidence - Damon Mathfield (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Rebuttal Statement of Evidence 2: Urban Design - Cam Wallace (Barker & Associates)
• Rebuttal Statement of Evidence 3: Demand Report - Susan Fairgray (Market Economics)
• Rebuttal Statement of Evidence 4: Historic Heritage - Lloyd Macomber (Salmond Reed Architects)

Submitters Rebuttal Statement of Evidence

• Submitters Rebuttal Statement of Evidence 1: Matt Allott - Planning (Ara Poutama The Department of Corrections)

The following evidence has been submitted to the Council prior to the hearing:

Submitters Statement of Evidence

• Submitters Statement of Evidence 1: Rebecca Eng (Transpower)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 2: Hannah Craven (Waikato Regional Council)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 3: Keith Frentz (Ministry of Education)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 4: Matt Allot (Ara Poutama The Department of Corrections)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 5: Michelle Grinlinton-Hancock (KiwiRail)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 6: Lucy Holden - Planning (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 7: Mark Ivamy - Natural Hazards (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 8: Anna McKay - Engineering (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 9: Carolyn McAlley (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 10: Robin Byron (Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 11: Craig Sharman (Fire and Emergency New Zealand)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 12: Rowan Little (Cheal)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 13: Harriet McKee (Summerset Holdings Ltd)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 14: Brendon Liggett - Corporate (Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 15: Phillip Osborne - Economics (Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 16: Susannah Tait - Planning (Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 17: Ann Nicholas (Sigma)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 18: Kate Dahm (Sigma)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 19: Nicki Williams - Planning (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated & Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 20: Professor Ngaire Kerse - Gerontology (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated & Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 21: Greg Akehurst - Economics (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated & Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 22: John Collyns (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 23: Matthew Brown (Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 24: Jill Wilkinson (Body Corporate of Lakeview Villas)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 25: Billy Te Arakohuru Paora Kingi
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 26: Peter Staite
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 27: Paul Thomas (The NZ Seventh-Day Adventist Schools Association Ltd & Rotorua Seventh-Day Adventist School Board)
• Submitters Statement of Evidence 28 Margaret Owens (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand)

Supplementary Statements of Evidence

• Submitters Supplementary Statement of Evidence 29 Susannah Tait - Planning - (Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities)
• Submitters Supplementary Statement of Evidence 30: Brett Farquhar (Pukeroa Oruawhata Group)
• Submitters Supplementary Statement of Evidence 31: Pamela Unkovich (First Gas Limited)
• Submitters Supplementary Statement of Evidence 32 - Nicki Williams - Planning (Retirement Villages Association of New Zealand Incorporated & Ryman Healthcare Limited)
• Submitters Supplementary Statement of Evidence 33 - Phillip Osborne (Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities)

The Plan Change 9 Section 42A Report is now available to view below.

Section 42A Report

• Plan Change 9 Section 42A Report
• Appendix 1: Recommended Changes to the text of the District Plan
  • Part 1 - Introduction and General Provisions
  • Interpretation
  • National Direction Instruments
  • Part 2 - District -Wide Matters
  • Strategic Direction
  • Hazards & Risks
  • Historical & Cultural Values
  • Natural Environment Values
  • Subdivision
    
  • General District Wide Matters
  • Part 3 - Area - Specific Matters
  • Residential Zones
  • City Centre Zones
  • Commercial Zones
  • Business and Innovation Zone
  • Rural Zones
  • Development Areas
  • Appendix One Parking, Access & Turning
• Appendix 2: Recommended Changes to the District Plan Maps
• Appendix 3: Recommended Decisions on Submissions
  • Excel Spreadsheet - Enables filtering
  • By Submitter ID
  • By Topic
• Appendix 4: Assessment of Existing Qualifying Matters
• Appendix 5: Area affected by Flood Risk Assessment - New Qualifying Matter
• Appendix 6: Legal Advice on Geothermal Hazards and the Building Act - Rice Speirs
• Appendix 7: Memorandum of Geothermal Boundaries - GNS Science
• Appendix 8: Section 42A Authors Statement of Experience

Supporting Evidence

• Statement of Evidence 1: Strategic Evidence - Damon Mathfield (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Statement of Evidence 2: Urban Design - Cam Wallace (Barker & Associates)
• Statement of Evidence 3: Demand Report - Susan Fairgray (Market Economics)
• Statement of Evidence 4: Transport - Michael Nixon (Commute Transportation)
• Statement of Evidence 5: Waste Collection Implications - Craig Goodwin (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Statement of Evidence 6: Management of Development - Infrastructure and Flood Hazards - Paula Meredith (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Statement of Evidence 7: 3 Waters Infrastructure - Greg Manzano (Rotorua Lakes Council)
• Statement of Evidence 8: Specific Flood Hazard Methods - Mark Pennington (Tonkin + Taylor)
• Statement of Evidence 9: Geothermal Risk Assessment - John Brzeski (Tonkin + Taylor)

Late Submissions - Direction #1 - 18 November 2022

Late Further Submissions - Direction #2 - 25 November 2022

Hearing Procedures and Directions - Direction #3 - 5 December 2022

Post Hearing Timetable - Direction #4 - 22 August 2023

The submissions and further submissions received on Plan Change9 are available to view below. View details here about the Submission Period and Further Submission Period, both of which have now closed.

Initial Submissions Received

• Full Initial Submissions
  • Submitter Contents
  • Volume 1- Submissions 1-41
  • Volume 2 - Submissions 42-78
  • Volume 3 - Submissions 79-87
  • Volume 4 - Submissions 88-89
• Summary of Initial Submissions
  • Excel Spreadsheet - Enables filtering
  • By Submitter ID
  • By Topic

Further Submissions Received

• Full Further Submissions
  • Submitter Contents
  • Volume 1- Submissions 1-40
  • Volume 2 - Submissions 41-80
  • Volume 3 - Submissions 81-120
  • Volume 4 - Submissions 121-160
  • Volume 5 - Submissions 161-173
• Summary of Further Submissions
  • Excel Spreadsheet - Enables filtering
  • By Submitter ID
  • By Topic

The Plan Change 9 Section 32 Report is available to view below.

Section 32 Report

• Plan Change 9 Section 32 Report
• Appendix 1: Plan Change 9 Notified Provisions of the District Plan
  • Part 1 - Introduction and General Provisions
  • Interpretation
  • National Direction Instruments
  • Part 2 - District-Wide Matters
  • Strategic Direction
  • Hazards & Risks
  • Historical & Cultural Values
  • Natural Environment Values
    
  • General District Wide Matters
  • Part 3 - Area-Specific Matters
  • Residential Zones
  • City Centre Zones
  • Commercial Zones
  • Industrial Zones
    
  • Business & Innovation Zones
  • Rural Zones
  • Development Areas
  • Appendix One Parking Access & Turning
  • Maps
• Appendix 2: Evaluation of Existing Qualifying Matters
• Appendix 3: Evaluation of 'Other' Qualifying Matters
• Appendix 4: Evaluation of New Qualifying Matters
• Appendix 5: Regional Policy Statement Objectives & Policies Assessment
• Appendix 6: Iwi Management Plans Assessment
• Appendix 7: Policy 5 - Accessibility & Demand Assessment (Barker & Associates)
• Appendix 8: Rotorua Intensification Economic Assessment (Market Economics)
• Appendix 9: Urban Design Report (Barker & Associates)
• Appendix 10: Pukehangi Landscape Opinion (Boffa Miskell)
• Appendix 11: Transport Assessment (Commute Transport Consultants)
• Appendix 12: Flooding - New Qualifying Matter
• Appendix 13: Flood Provisions Memo (Tonkin & Taylor)
• Appendix 14: Geothermal Risk Assessment (Tonkin & Taylor)
• Appendix 15: Heritage Assessment (Salmond Reed Architects)
• Appendix 16: Potential Reverse Sensitivity Effects to Air Quality Assessment (Tonkin & Taylor)
• Appendix 17: Acoustic Assessment (Styles Group)
• Appendix 18: Qualifying Matters Map
• Appendix 19: Consultation Report