The application
Ambury Properties Limited plans to construct and operate a foam factory and associated facilities at Lumsden Road and Tahuna Road, Waikato.
The factory development includes a foam manufacturing plant, foam store, carpet underlay plant, foam conversion and bean plant. An associated rail siding will provide connection to the North Island Main Trunk line.
On 14 May 2021, Ambury Properties Limited lodged a resource consent application with the EPA for the project.
On 21 May 2021, the EPA determined that the application 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.
Decision on compliance for the Ohinewai Foam Factory (PDF, 50KB)
Application documents
Assessment of environmental effects (PDF, 1.3MB)
Appendix 1 - Application form (PDF, 937KB)
Appendix 2 - Proposed structural and zoning plans (PDF, 219KB)
Appendix 3a - Waikato District Council consent certificate (PDF, 7.7MB)
Appendix 3b - Waikato District Council consent decision and conditions (PDF, 424KB)
Appendix 3c - Waikato District Council consent approved plans (PDF, 7.9MB)
Appendix 4 - Records of titles for the Ohinewai Foam Factory project site (PDF, 223KB)
Appendix 5 - Integrated transport assessment report (PDF, 11.7MB)
Appendix 6 - Geotechnical assessment report (PDF, 21MB)
Appendix 7 - Ecological assessment report (PDF, 3.6MB)
Appendix 8 - Archaeological report on the Ohinewai Foam Factory project site (PDF, 2.9MB)
Appendix 9a - Contamination report for the detailed site investigations (PDF, 10.9MB)
Appendix 9b - Contamination report for the preliminary site investigations (PDF, 6.5MB)
Appendix 10 - Infrastructure report (PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 10A - Infrastructure plans for the Ohinewai Foam Factory project site (PDF, 18MB)
Appendix 10B - Earthworks report to accompany the infrastructure report (PDF, 10MB)
Appendix 10C - Stormwater management plan to accompany the infrastructure report (PDF, 12MB)
Appendix 10D - Proprietary product details for the infrastructure report (PDF, 5.7MB)
Appendix 10E - Pavement design details for the infrastructure report (PDF, 1.9MB)
Appendix 10F - Water and wastewater infrastructure report (PDF, 7.7MB)
Appendix 11 - Proposed regional conditions (PDF, 329KB)
Appendix 11a - Proposed land use conditions (PDF, 124KB)
Appendix 12 - Acoustic assessment report (PDF, 2.1MB)
Appendix 13 - Architectural plans for the Ohinewai Foam Factory (PDF, 7MB)
Appendix 14 - Hazardous substance qualitative risk assessment (PDF, 5.3MB)
Appendix 15 - Landscape and visual assessment (PDF, 33MB)
Appendix 16 - Hazardous substance technical assessment (PDF, 5MB)
Appendix 17 - Emergency plan for the Ohinewai Foam Factory (PDF, 1.5MB)
Appendix 18a - KiwiRail support letter (PDF, 271KB)
Appendix 18b - Support letter from Tangata Whenua Governance Group (PDF, 267KB)
Appendix 19 - Kaitiaki Environmental Values assessment report (PDF, 545KB)
Appendix 20 - Greenhouse gas emissions assessment (PDF, 1.7MB)
Appendix 21 - Economics assessment (PDF, 446KB)
Appendix 22 - Social and cultural wellbeing assessment (PDF, 860KB)
Appendix 23a - Waikato District Plan objectives and policies assessment (PDF, 299KB)
Appendix 23b - Waikato Regional Plan objectives and policies assessment (PDF, 349KB)
Appendix 25 - Waikato Regional Policy statement objectives and policies assessment (PDF, 349KB)
Appendix 26 - Waikato Tainui Environment Plan objectives and policies assessment (PDF, 241KB)
Further information
At any time before the Expert Consenting Panel issues its final decision on the Ohinewai Foam Factory resource consent application, it can request further information from the applicant (as well as other parties) under clause 25(1)(a) Schedule 6 of the Act. These requests and responses to these requests can be found at the below link:
Further information requests and responses to Ohinewai Foam Factor expert consenting panel