Commissioner Sharon McGarry as the independent decision-maker granted the resource consents.
The decision was issued on 6 August 2021.
Tasman District Council's Engineering Services Department
Pōhara Village - across the following addresses:
| Address | Lot description | RT number |
| 82 Richmond Road | Lot 1 DP 494605 | 724177 |
| 59B Selwyn Street | Lot 1 DP 59341 | 241771 |
| 59C Selwyn Street | Lot 1 DP 20483 | NL13C/720 |
| 85 Selwyn Street | Lot 19 DP 9603 | NL13C/1379 |
| 89 Selwyn Street | Lot 17 DP 9603 | NL4C/1377 |
| 97 Boyle Street | Section 132 Square 11 | NL1A/771 |
| Abel Tasman Drive | Part Section 8A Survey Office Plan 7960 | NL10B/1189 |
| 23 Lansdowne Street | Lot 1 DP 11360 | NL6D/254 |
| Abel Tasman Drive & Lansdowne Street |
Legal Road |
The proposal is for flood mitigation works on two local watercourses, known as Ellis Creek and Bartlett Creek. The proposed works include
the upgrading and construction of culverts,
the construction of stopbanks, swales, & flood protection structures, and
the associated recontouring of land, stream widening, and armouring of streambanks.
The applicant applied for the following resource consents under the Tasman Resource Management Plan:
Land use consent (RM190877) for:
the construction of a building (timber flood protection near 59B & 59C Selwyn Street) in the Rural 2 zone that is located in the required setbacks of (a) 5m from the internal boundary and (b) 8 metres from a river (that's less than 5m wide)
the construction of a building (timber wall at 14B Kohikiko Street) in the Residential zone that is located in the required setback of (a) 4.5m from the road boundary, (b) 25m from the rural zone boundary, and (c) 8 metres from the top of the bank of a river (that's 1.5m to 5m wide)
land disturbance that is (a) in proximity to the river bank, and (b) within the Land Disturbance Area 1 that will dam and divert floodwaters.
Land use consent (RM190876) for works in the bed of river/stream (section 13 of the RMA) for:
the construction and occupation of the stream bed by culverts
disturbance and occupation of the stream bed by erosion protection structures (rock armouring).
Water permit (RM190878) for the damming and diversion of flood waters.
Discharge permit (RM190879) for the discharge of sediment laden water to freshwater during construction.
Land use consent (RM190881) for construction of a building (earth bund) located in the Coastal Environment Area.
Water permit (RM190880) for the take, diversion and / or use of water from the dewatering associated with instream construction activity.
The application included an assessment of environmental effects.
If you have any questions about the application contact us by email or phone.
Council appointed Commissioner Sharon McGarry as the independent decision-maker.
The hearing opened on Tuesday 11 May 2021 at 10.00 am at the Golden Bay Recreation Park Centre, 2032 Tākaka Valley Highway, Tākaka.
It was adjourned at the end of the day.
The Commissioner directed the Council's reporting planner to confirm if the Applciant had applied for all the required consents as a result of the National Environmental Standards Freshwater that were introduced in late 2020.
After this was received, the Commissioner has issued Minute Number 1 regarding the next steps.
This required the Applicant to provide a revised set of conditions, which were circulated around the parties for their comments on any changes. The Applicant then completed their Right of Reply in writing.
The Commissioner formally closed the hearing on 16 July 2021.
Applicant and submitter techncial evidence is pre-circulated.
The following applicant evidence was received on
Link to applicant evidence:
https://tdc-nz.sharefile.com/d-s348af358ce594658a1fd7a5a4bb91c4e
The agenda includes the assessment by the Council's planner from the Council's Resource Consents department.
This report is
Link to section 42A report:
https://tdc-nz.sharefile.com/d-s8e3fe301913d4094b5007668e9e2880d
The application was limited notified to 27 persons who were identifed as adverely affected by the proposed flood mitigation works at Pōhara.
Submissions closed on 14 February 2020, at 4:30pm.
Three submissions were received. From these all three asked to speak at the hearing, but one party then changed their mind about being heard.
Link to submissions:
https://tdc-nz.sharefile.com/d-s4e517c0b55fd4d349716efb92cd9062a
