Under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act), an expert consenting panel must invite comments on the draft conditions of a resource consent application or notice of requirement from every person or group that provided comments in response to an invitation given under clause 17.

The panel issued Minute 4 inviting comments from the applicant and all those who responded to the invitation for comment under clause 17(2).

Minute 4 of the Whakatāne commercial boat harbour expert consenting panel (PDF, 106KB)

Proposed draft conditions for the Whakatāne commercial boat harbour application (PDF, 1.2MB)

Comments were received by the EPA by 5.00 pm 20 May 2021.

Comments received on the draft conditions

Cover letter from the applicant 

Letter from the applicant's legal Counsel (PDF, 166KB)

Applicant's annotated comments on draft conditions (DOCX, 211KB) 

Revised wetland restoration plan (PDF, 6.9MB)

Comments from Bay of Plenty Regional Council (PDF, 1.3MB)

Comments from Department of Conservation (PDF, 1.2MB)

Comments from Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (PDF, 247KB)

Comments from the Minister of Climate Change (PDF, 962KB)

Comments from Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society (PDF, 283KB)

Comments from Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa (PDF, 1.5MB)

Comments from Whakatāne rowing club (PDF, 77KB)

Comments from Whakatāne yacht club (PDF, 1MB)

Comments from Whakatāne District Council (PDF, 314KB)