The application
This page has the application and notices of requirement documents for the Te Ara Tupua fast-track project.
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.
View the record of this decision (PDF, 137KB)
Application documents
Technical reports
Plans and drawings
Cultural and environmental design framework chapters
Application documents
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)
Report of assessment of the effects of the project on the environment (PDF, 27MB)
Appendix A:
Letter of support - Doctors for Active, safe Transport (DAST)(PDF, 370KB)
Letter of support - Great Harbour Way/Te Aranui o Pōneke Trustees (PDF, 102KB)
Letter of support - Greater Wellington Regional Council (PDF, 58KB)
Letter of support - Hutt Cycle Network (PDF, 470KB)
Letter of support - Ngāti Toa (PDF, 159KB)
Letter of support - Port Nicholson Poneke Cycling Club of Wellington (PNP) (PDF, 71KB)
Letter of support - Taranaki Whānui (PDF, 175KB)
Letter of support - Wellington Rowing Association (PDF, 1.1MB)
Letter of support - Wellington Water Ski Club (PDF, 846KB)
Appendix B (original) – Proposed designation and resource consent conditions (PDF, 2.4MB)
Appendix C – Reasons for consent and permitted activities (PDF, 1.9MB)
Technical reports
Strategic Transport Assessment (PDF, 3.5MB)
Shared Path Demand Assessment and Design Review (PDF, 5.5MB)
Integrated Transport Assessment (PDF, 6MB)
Natural Hazards and Resilience (PDF, 10.9MB)
Recreation Review Effects Assessment and Future Recreation Values (PDF, 7.4MB)
Cultural Impact Assessment (PDF, 8.6MB)
Coastal Processes Assessment (PDF, 11.8MB)
Landscape, Visual and Natural Character Effects Assessment (PDF, 2.5MB)
Ecological Assessment (PDF, 27.8MB)
Erosion and Sediment Control Assessment (PDF, 13MB)
Assessment of Air Quality Effects (PDF, 3MB)
Noise and Vibration Assessment (PDF, 11.3MB)
Historic Heritage Assessment (PDF, 12.8MB)
Preliminary Site Investigation (PDF, 24.4MB)
Plans and drawings
Land Requirement Plans (PDF, 24MB)
Notice of Requirement Plans (PDF, 26MB)
Project Site and Adjacent Land Landowner and Occupier Plans (PDF, 13MB)
Table of Key Facts and Figures (PDF, 297KB)
Project Facts and Figures Plans (PDF, 13.6MB)
General Arrangement Plans (PDF, 25.9MB)
Coastal Occupation Plans (PDF, 24.3MB)
Stormwater Drainage Plan and Sections (PDF, 4.1MB)
Existing Utilities Plans (PDF, 27.2KB)
Typical Cross Sections (PDF, 3.4MB)
Cultural and environmental design framework chapters
Contextual analysis (PDF, 8.5MB)
Plans and cross sections (PDF, 13MB)
Latest updates
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 - 27 November 2020 (PDF, 219KB)
Further information request 2 - 7 December 2020 (PDF, 221KB)
Further information request 3 - 23 December 2020 (PDF, 241KB)
Further information request 4 - 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)
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)