Reports and advice
Read reports and advice sought in relation to the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct redevelopment application.
Read reports and advice sought in relation to the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct redevelopment application.
At any time before the expert consenting panel issues its final decision on the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct redevelopment resource consent application, it can request further information under clause 25(1)(a) Schedule 6 of the Act.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to request further information from the applicant. The third information request is in regard to questions on clean-fill temporary sites and dredging. The fourth information request focuses on three species that are either threatened or declining; the Caspian Tern, Torea Tai and Korora.
Read further information request 3 from the expert consenting panel - 3 March 2021 (PDF, 134 KB)
Read further information request 4 from the expert consenting panel - 3 March 2021 (PDF, 129 KB)
The information requested in both these requests is to be provided to the EPA no later than 17 March 2021.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to request further information from the applicant, as well as advise the applicant of the appointment of a Special Advisor to the panel.
Read the further information request from the expert consenting panel - 2 March 2021 (PDF, 132 KB)
The information requested is to be provided to the EPA by 16 March 2021.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to request the applicant provides further information, and answers a number of questions, associated with the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct Redevelopment application. The request comprises a letter and three appendices.
Read the request for further information - 23 February 2021 (PDF, 244 KB)
Appendix 1 - the Lyttelton Port Company consent (PDF, 155 KB)
Appendix 2 - comments from Hon Damien O'Connor - Minister for Land Information (PDF, 270 KB)
Appendix 3 - comments from Kaipupu Point Mainland Island Society Inc (PDF, 406 KB)
The information requested is to be provided to the EPA no later than 9 March 2021
The relevant local authority for the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct Redevelopment is the Marlborough District Council.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to make a third further information request from Marlborough District Council.
The information requested is to be provided to the EPA no later than 17 March 2021.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to request further information from Marlborough District Council.
The information requested is to be provided to the EPA by 16 March 2021.
The expert consenting panel directed the EPA to request further information from Marlborough District Council. The request comprises a letter and an appendix.
Appendix 1 to the further information request - site map (PDF, 1.5 MB)
The information requested is to be provided to the EPA by 9 March 2021.
The applicant provided a response to the expert consenting panel's third and forth requests for further information that was issued on 3 March 2021. This response comprises a memorandum of counsel, and five appendices.
Memorandum of counsel dated 17 March 2021, responding to further information request 4 (PDF, 709KB)
Memorandum of counsel dated 17 March 2021, responding to further information request 3 (PDF, 522KB)
Appendix 1 - Millen Associates Ltd ecology report on Shakespeare Bay dated 31 July 2013 (PDF, 5MB)
Appendix 2 - Simpson ecological significance assessment report (PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 3 - Cawthron report on Shakespeare Bay estuary monitoring dated 2016 (PDF, 3MB)
Appendix 4 - Super Siltfence installation guidelines (PDF, 5MB)
Appendix 5 - OPUS concept designs - dredging requirements for cruise ship and ferry (PDF, 6MB)
A number of questions within the information requests issued to the applicant involved changes to the consent conditions proposed in the application.
With the agreement of the expert consenting panel, on 17 March 2021, the applicant provided an updated set of proposed conditions, which supersede the ones provided with the application. The highlighted conditions indicated new conditions or proposed changes to the conditions as originally proposed.
View the updated set of conditions with highlighted changes (PDF, 425KB)
The applicant provided a response to the expert consenting panel's second request for further information. Their response includes a memorandum of counsel and a copy of the water right issued to the Marlborough Harbour Board dated 5 March 1970.
Water right issued by the National Water and Soil Conservation Authority (PDF, 722KB)
The applicant provided a response to each of the matters addressed in the request for further information made on 23 February 2021. Their response includes a memorandum of counsel and five appendices.
Appendix 1 - Spoil sites (PDF, 2.4MB)
Appendix 2 - Draft construction management plan (PDF, 1.3MB)
Appendix 3 - Pile schedule (PDF, 318KB)
Appendix 4A - Cawthorn report - Monitoring Port Nelson dredging and spoil (PDF, 2.1MB)
Appendix 4B - Cawthorn report - AEE Waitohi Wharf dredging proposal (PDF, 1.2MB)
Marlborough District Council provided a response to further information request 3 issued by the expert consenting panel on 3 March 2021.
The response includes a letter referencing a suite of appendices provided in a separate document. These appendices include maps and photographs.
Letter from the Marlborough District Council - 17 March 2021 (PDF, 90KB)
Appendices A - F referenced in the letter (PDF, 8MB)
Marlborough District Council provided a response to the further information request 2 issued by the expert consenting panel on 2 March 2021.
The response includes a letter, a copy of the water right issued by National Water and Soil Conservation in 1970, and seven appendices.
View the water right issued by National Water and Soil Conservation in 1970 (PDF, 722KB)
Appendix 1 - Deed of settlement between the Crown and Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Maui (PDF, 1.75MB)
Appendix 2.1 - 1959 Map of Picton showing the Waitohi River and inner harbour (PDF, 949KB)
Appendix 2.2 - 1969 Map of Picton showing the Waitohi River and inner harbour (PDF, 902KB)
Appendix 2.3 - 2018 Map of Picton showing the Waitohi River and inner harbour (PDF, 975KB)
Appendix 4.2 - Picton rivers flood review December 2004 (PDF, 7.8MB)
Marlborough District Council (MDC) provided a response to the further information request issued by the expert consenting panel on 24 February 2021.
Appendix 1, provided in 5 parts, is a copy of all extant resource consents on land within the footprint of the application site.
Appendix 1 Part 1 of 5 (PDF, 32.6MB)
Appendix 1 Part 2 of 5 (PDF, 21.9MB)
Appendix 1 Part 3 of 5 (PDF, 14.4MB)
Appendix 1 Part 4 of 5 (PDF, 20.2MB)
Appendix 1 Part 5 of 5 (PDF, 27.6MB)
Appendix 2, provided in 3 parts, is a copy of all current coastal permits within the footprint of the application site.
Appendix 2 Part 1 of 3 (PDF, 14.6MB)
Appendix 2 Part 2 of 3 (PDF, 14.8MB)
Appendix 2 Part 3 of 3 (PDF, 20.9MB)
In accordance with clause 10(3) of Schedule 5 of the Act, the Waitohi Picton Ferry Precinct redevelopment expert consenting panel appointed a special adviser on water engineering to provide advice to the panel in relation to issues within the Waitohi Awa.
The special adviser report was provided in draft form. The report has now been finalised.