The Application

Application and notices of requirement documents for the Te Ara Tupua fast-track project.

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Further information requests

The Expert Consenting Panel directed the EPA to request information from the applicant Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).

Further information request 1 issued on 27 November 2020 (PDF, 219KB)

Further information request 2 issued on 7 December 2020 (PDF, 221KB)

Further information request 3 issued on 23 December 2020 (PDF, 241KB)

Further information request 4 issued on 15 January 2021 (PDF, 306KB)

Memoranda of Counsel in response to further information requests

On 19 January 2021, NZTA provided a Memorandum of Counsel in response to Further information request 4 in relation to clarification of the timing and anticipated approach to applying for additional consents to implement the mussel bed programme or other components of the offset mitigation/compensation.

Memorandum of Counsel dated 19 January 2021 (PDF, 200KB)

On 13 January 2021, NZTA provided a Memorandum of Counsel, Management Plan Sequencing, Management Plan Interrelationships and Appendix B Conditions in response to Further information request 3. As a result of the further information request, NZTA has made a minor amendment to a condition as marked in Appendix B (below).

Memorandum of Counsel dated 13 January 2021 (PDF, 199KB)

Management Plan Sequencing (PDF, 290KB)

Management Plan Interrelationships (PDF, 184KB)

Appendix B Conditions (PDF, 1.2MB)

On 9 December 2020, NZTA provided a Memorandum of Counsel that responded to Further information information requests 1 and 2.

NZTA memorandum of counsel (PDF, 145KB)

Panel's requests for further information

Minute 5 issued on 7 December 2020, outlines the panel's requests for further information:

Minute 5 of the Te Ara Tupua Expert Consenting Panel (PDF, 218KB)

Amended set of proposals

On 20 November 2020, NZTA provided the EPA with an amended set of proposed conditions as a minor administrative error had been discovered with the combined conditions that NZTA submitted with the application. The original Appendix B is linked below under the Application and notices of requirement documents.

Amended proposed conditions - Appendix B - part two (PDF, 2.4MB)

Application and notices of requirement documents

On 12 October 2020, NZTA made an application for resource consents and lodged two notices of requirement for the Te Ara Tupua - Ngauranga to Petone shared path.

On 19 October 2020, the EPA determined that the application and notices of requirement complied with the requirements set out in clause 3(1) of Schedule 6 of the Act, and could be provided to the Expert Consenting Panel appointed to determine the application.

Read the memo outlining how the application and notices of requirement comply with the requirements of the Act (PDF, 473KB)

View the record of this decision (PDF, 137KB)

Te Ara Tupua - Ngauranga to Petone shared path resource consent application form (PDF, 313KB)

Notice of requirement form (PDF, 326KB)

List of application documents (PDF, 247KB)

Landowner and occupier addresses (PDF, 305KB)

Analysis of the application against the legal framework (PDF, 2.1MB)