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Proposed Plan Change 15 – Buxton Gore Bay Ltd

The Hurunui District Council has accepted a request for a private plan change to the Hurunui District Plan from Buxton Gore Bay Ltd.

Proposed Private Plan Change No. 15 seeks to rezone the land within the Buxton Valley catchment to an Environment of Special Concern to be called the Buxton Valley Management Area.  The proposed district plan provisions are specific to the Buxton Valley Management Area and would enable the establishment of 83 residential lots within farming, conservation, and recreation land uses.

Proposed Plan Change
Section 32 Analysis
Assessment of Environmental Effects
Appendix A Certificates of Title
Appendix B Master Plan
Appendix C Cluster Plan
Appendix D Location of Culvert and Bridge Crossings
Appendix E Ecology Assessment
Appendix F Application for Discharge of Domestic Wastewater to Land
Appendix G Erosion and Sediment Control Plans
Appendix H Application for Discharge of Stormwater to Surface Water
Appendix I Cut to Fill Plan
Appendix J Geotechnical Report
Appendix K Landscape Assessment
Appendix L Archaeology Assessment
Appendix M Cultural Impact Assessment
Appendix N Traffic Report
Appendix O Conceptual Design Sewerage, Stormwater and Water Supply
Appendix P Accidental Discovery Protocol
Further Information


 

Call for further submissions

The Summary of Submissions and Decisions Requested was publicly notified on 13 September 2008.

Submissions 1-8
Submissions 9-13
Submission 14-18
Submissions 20-25

(Note:  Submission 19 was withdrawn).

The closing date for further submissions was 17 October 2008 at 5.00pm.
 

Hearing

The joint hearing of the plan change and associated regional resource consent applications was held on 2, 3, 6 and 9 March 2009 in Amberley.  The hearings panel consists of Independent Commissioner John Milligan, Environment Canterbury Councillor Rik Tindall, and Hurunui District Councillor Vince Daly.

Hurunui District Council Officer's Report (Plan Change)
Environment Canterbury Officer's Report (Resource Consents) 

Decision

The Interim Conclusions of the Commissioners were released on 4 June 2009.  The hearing was re-convened on 24 August 2009 for the Commissioners to hear further evidence as per the Commissioners Memorandum.

The recommendations of the hearing panel, which amended the proposed change, were adopted by Council on 24 September 2009.  The Decision was notified on 30 September 2009 and has been appealed.



 
The plan change documents are also available for viewing at the following locations:
  • Amberley Office, 66 Carter Road, Amberley
  • Cheviot Service Centre, 39 Hall Street, Cheviot
  • Hanmer Springs Service Centre and Community Library, Cnr Amuri Avenue and Cheltenham Street, Hanmer Springs
  • Hurunui Memorial Library, 111 Carters Road, Amberley
  • Environment Canterbury, 58 Kilmore Street, Christchurch

Please direct enquiries to Jan Weaver at the Council's Amberley Office.