Comments from invited parties

The panel must invite written comments on the application.

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 18 November 2021, the Silverlight Studios panel released Minute 1 recording their decision on which parties are to be invited to comment on the application. The EPA needed to receive the comments by 9 December 2021.

Minute 1 of the Silverlight Studios accommodation Panel (PDF, 445KB)

Notice of consent application and invitation to comment

Examples of the notice of consent application and invitation to comment issued to the parties/persons identified in the Act can be viewed below:

Letter to local authorities (PDF, 161KB)

Letter to iwi authorities and treaty settlement entities (PDF, 200KB)

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

Letter to the Ministers of the Crown (PDF, 161KB)

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

Letter to the parties identified by the Expert Consenting Panel (PDF, 160KB)

Letter to those identified in the Order of Council (PDF, 162KB)

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),(f) and (g) of clause 17(4). They are listed in the document below:

List of persons invited to comment by the Silverlight Studios Accommodation Panel (PDF, 89KB)

Comments were received by the EPA no later than 9 December 2021.