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1. [2022] NZEnvC 022 Waikato Regional Council v Waikato District Council [pdf, 5.3 MB]

   ...permeability by ensuring new connections to existing and future development, including green linkages; (m) Design the street layout to reflect the underlying topography; (n) Ensure pedestrian access is consistent with the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design; (o) Discourage the creation of rear lots; (p) Ensure lots are orientated in a way that: (i) Maximizes solar access; and (ii) Addresses the street frontage and public places. (q) Create lots that can accommodat...

2. [2018] NZEnvC 083 Willowridge Developments Ltd v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 11 MB]

   ...December 2017 (site inspection 6 December 2017) Final submissions received 19 January 2018 Appearances: G M Todd and B B Gresson for Willowridge Developments Ltd A Balme and K C Hockly for Queenstown Lakes District Council J Haworth for Upper Clutha Environmental Society Incorporated (section 274 party) Date of Decision: 31 May 2018 Date of Issue: 31 May 2018 INTERIM DECISION A: Subject to B, under section 290 Resource Management Act 1991 ("RMA") the Environment Cou...

3. 2021-05-18 Trustpower - ORC PC7 - opening submissions [pdf, 728 KB]

   ...outline Trustpower’s position on PC7 and the relief it is seeking; and (e) address certain other legal issues. Witnesses 1.6 Three witnesses will be appearing on behalf of the Trustpower: (a) Ms Nicola Foran is employed by Trustpower as a Lead Environmental Advisor. Ms Foran will provide evidence regarding Trustpower, its assets in Otago, and PC7’s impacts with respect to Trustpower’s operations. (b) Mr Paul Mitchell is a hydrologist with more than three decades’ experience,...

4. [2018] NZEnvC 244 Director-General of Conservation v Thames-Coromandel District Council [pdf, 1.2 MB]

   ...implementation of the provisions, including for economic growth and employment; and (iii) Summarising the reasons for deciding on the [preferred] provisions. (c) Assume a level of detail that corresponds with the scale and significance of the effects (environmental, economic, social and cultural) anticipated from implementation of the proposal. (d) Consider the risk of acting or not acting if there is uncertain or insufficient information about the subject matter of the provisions. [...

5. [2022] NZEnvC 240 Cornelius v Western Bay of Plenty District Council [pdf, 799 KB]

   ...the further information received on the 3 December 2021, 16 February 2022 and 8 March 2022, except to the extent inconsistent with another more specific condition of this consent, including: a) The Resource Consent Application and Assessment of Environmental Effects, prepared by 4Sight Consulting Limited Ltd, entitled “Omanawa Falls Project – Tauranga City Council and Ngāti Hangarau”, Version 4 and dated July 2021. b) The following reports: ▪ The Civil Engineering Mem...

6. [2023] NZEnvC 071 Fraser Auret Racing v Rangitikei District Council [pdf, 937 KB]

   ...[5] Bio-Forestry was attracted to this site because of its close access to the NHv1T and to SH1 and SH-3. [6] The Plan Change as notified was to allow for the establishment of industrial activities as permitted activities subject to a range of environmental performance standards relating to the effects of noise, lighting, earthworks, storage areas and building height. Any non-compliance with an environmental building standard would have required a resource consent application as a r...

7. [2023] NZEnvC 245 The Adare Company Limited v Hamilton City Council [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...General Development Area 1: Peacocke Structure Plan Page 2 Volume 1 Vision The vision for the Peacocke Precinct is that it will become a high-quality urban environment that is based on urban design best practice, social well-being, and environmental responsibility. The goal for Peacocke is that development will respond positively to its natural setting and built form to develop a number of well-connected neighbourhoods based on an urban development concept that respects a...

8. Shaw v Ngati - Huarere ki Whangapoua (2016) 130 Waikato Maniapoto MB 22 (130 WMN 22) [pdf, 111 KB]

   ...Act 1993 upon the following terms: i. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Pu is the appropriate representative of Ngāti Pu for the purposes of representing Ngāti Pu before those local and public authorities responsible for planning, consent, regulation and environmental management at Whangamata and Hikutaia; ii. This order is conditional upon a review to ensure consistency with the outcomes of the pending Hauraki Collective Settlement; iii. Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Pu are directed to make applica...

9. Memorandum of Counsel for Guardians of the Bays Incorporated updating witness schedule 8 February 2017 [pdf, 154 KB]

   ...representative 3 Elise Webster – Community representative 4 Leigh Hunt – Community representative, kai moana gatherer 7264413_1 5 Surfbreak Protection Society Inc. ENV-2016-WLG-000058 List of Expert Witnesses 1 Dr Shaw Mead - Environmental Scientist / Consultant. 2 Dr Hamish Rennie - RMA planner. List of Lay Witnesses 1 Paul Shanks - President of the Surfbreak Protection Society Incorporated (SPS). 2 Mark Shanks - SPS Committee Member, Wellington...

10. 2020-11-12 Clutha District Council and Waitaki District Council [pdf, 330 KB]

    ...trade competition or the effects of trade competition. I will be: ☐ self-represented ☒ represented by someone else ☐ not sure Select one If you will be represented by someone else, their name is: Name Tom Heller Firm / company Environmental Associates Limited Email: theller100@gmail.com OR Address: I / my representative want to speak at the hearing ☒ Yes ☐ No ☐ Not sure Select one I will give evidence on my own behalf: ☒ Yes �...