Plan Change 5 - Hanmer Springs design standards

Plan change 5 ('PC5') is a Council initiated plan change to the Hurunui District Plan.

PC5 is a review of the design standards applied to buildings within Hanmer Springs Township and the Hanmer Basin Management Area. Design standards have been applied in some form since 1989. The design standards applied to maintain the alpine character of the Township and the landscape character and amenity values of the Hanmer Basin Management Area.

PC5 seeks to ensure the design standards are as efficient and effective as possible, so they balance maintaining the identified character of Hanmer Springs and the Basin Management Area, while better enabling the built environment.

You can view the proposed changes by using our District ePlan or reading the notification documents below. A hard copy will also be made available at the Hanmer Springs Library, 49 Amuri Avenue, Hanmer Springs.

Help for using the District ePlan can be found here.

Decision

Hearing Panel recommendation to Council

The Council adopted the Hearing Panel recommendation at the Council meeting held on 28 October 2021. This decision was publicly notified on 4 November 2021.

The appeal period closed at 5pm on 17 December 2021. No appeals were received. As such the plan change provisions can be treated as operative under section 86F of the Resource Management Act 1991. The provisions will be made operative in January 2022.

If you have any questions please contact the duty planner on 03 314 8816 or planning@hurunui.govt.nz

Hearing documents

The hearing will be held on Monday 12 July 2021, commencing at 10am in the Gallery Room, Hanmer Springs Library, 49 Alpine Avenue in Hanmer Springs.

Submissions

Submissions on proposed plan change 5 closed on Monday 5 April 2021. The further submission period closed on Friday 30 April 2021.

What happens next?

The process for public participation in the consideration of the proposal under the Resource Management Act 1991 is as follows:

• All submissions and further submissions will then be considered, and a hearing held for anyone wishing to speak in support of their submission.
• Hurunui District Council must give its decision on the provisions and matters raised in submissions (including its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions) and give public notice of its decision within 2 years of notifying the proposal and inform every person who made a submission at the same time.
• Any submitter has a right to appeal the decision to the Environment Court.

Questions?

Please contact Nicola Kirby on 03 314 8816 or nicola.kirby@hurunui.govt.nz