Comments from invited parties

The expert consenting panel must invite written comments.

Comments on the resource consent application or notice of requirement must be invited from the persons or groups set out in clause 17 of Schedule 6 of the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020.

On 3 February 2022, the panel released Minute 1 recording their decision on which parties are to be invited to comment and the date these need to be received by the EPA.

Minute 1 of the Melia Place Panel (PDF, 854KB)

Notice of consent application and invitation to comment

View below an example of the "Notice of consent application" and "Invitation to comment" issued to the parties/persons identified in the Act.

Local authorities letter (PDF, 161KB)

Iwi authorities and treaty settlement entities letter (PDF, 200KB)

Letter to owners/occupiers of land adjacent to land on which the project is to be undertaken (PDF, 162KB)

Letter to Ministers of the Crown (PDF, 162KB)

Letter to the listed organisations and the Director-General of Conservation (PDF, 161KB)

Letter to Order In Council listed parties (PDF, 164KB)

In addition to the parties directly specified in the Act, the panel must determine who must be invited for comment in accordance with subclauses (a),(b),(c),(g) and (h) of clause 17(6). They are listed in the document below.

List of persons invited to comment by the Melia Place Panel (PDF, 94KB)

Comments were received by the EPA no later than 28 February 2022.

Comments received

Comments from Auckland Council (PDF, 2.1MB)

Comments from Auckland Transport (PDF, 159KB)

Comments from Heritage New Zealand (PDF, 185KB)

Comments from GD and MM Marr (PDF, 530KB)

Comments from Isabelle and Phillip (PDF, 3.2MB)

Comments from Jay Sharples (PDF, 840KB)

Comments from Jennifer Simone (PDF, 2.2MB)

Comments from Joe Siu (PDF, 1.7MB)

Comments from Sarnia Thorburn (PDF, 156KB)

Comments from Watercare Services Limited (PDF, 322KB)

Applicant response to comments

On 28 April 2022, the applicant provided a package of information that included their response to comments received on the application and the further information requested by the EPA at the direction of the Panel.

01. Melia Place - Tabulated responses to feedback comments (PDF, 1.7MB)

02. Melia Place - Email from Auckland Transport confirming no pedestrian island needed (PDF, 345KB)

03. Melia Place - SHZ compliant subdivision scheme plan (PDF, 1.3MB)

04. Melia Place - SHZ compliant subdivision scheme plan with building platforms - Civix (PDF, 1.3MB)

05. Melia Place - Amended Appendix 27 - Conditions of Consent - 28.04.22 (PDF, 582KB)

06. Melia Place - Tabulated response to RFI 1 - 28.04.22 (PDF, 137KB)

07. Letter to Healthy Waters - Civix 13.04.22 (PDF, 223KB)

08. Letter to Healthy Waters - Updated Appendix 5A pages 1-53 - Infrastructure Report (PDF, 17MB)

08. Letter to Healthy Waters - Updated Appendix 5A pages 53-end - Infrastructure Report (PDF, 12KB)

09. Letter to Healthy Waters - Updated Appendix 5B - Stormwater Management Plan Geotechnical Report (PDF, 12MB)

09. Letter to Healthy Waters - Updated Appendix 5B - Stormwater Management Plan pages 1-29 (PDF, 644KB)

09. Letter to Healthy Waters - Updated Appendix 5B - Stormwater Management Plan pages 30-34 (PDF, 13MB)