Proposed District Plan Change 7 - Wind Farms
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Overview
Porirua City Council Proposed Plan Change 7 to the District Plan to include a regulatory framework for the management of commercial scale wind energy generation.
The proposed plan change involves eight amendments to the District Plan, which are detailed in the Proposed Plan Change.
Statutory Process
The proposed plan change was notified on 22 September 2007.
107 submissions and 25 further submissions were received.
A Hearing Subcommittee was appointed to hear submissions and further submissions, and consider the proposed plan change. The subcommittee was made up of standing Councillors and an independent Hearings Commissioner.
The hearing concluded on 21 September 2009 and the subcommittee's recommended decision was adopted by the Council on 24 February 2010. This includes reasons for accepting or rejecting the submissions and further submissions (as the case may be).
The Council's Decision on Submissions and Further Submissions on Proposed Plan Change 7 (Windfarms) was publicly notified on Friday 5 March 2010. People who made submissions and/or further submissions have 30 working days to appeal the Council's decision to the Environment Court.
The Council's decision is available as a hard copy in the Council's public reception area, and in the Council's libraries, as well as being available for download from the links below.
In addition, copies of the original proposed Plan Change, Section 32 Analysis, Summary of Decisions Requested and Summary of Further Submissions, and the Council officer's report and recommendation(s) on submissions and further submissions pursuant to section 42A of the Resource Management Act 1991 including the 4 Appendices to this report, along with a response to information requested on 09 April 2009 by the Hearing Subcommittee that was tabled by the Council Planner before the Council Planner's right of reply prior to the hearing closing on 21 September 2009, are also available for download in the links below.
Pending Appeals
The setting of a date for making Proposed Plan Change 7 operative will depend on whether any appeals to the Council's decision are received, and when such appeals may be resolved.
A copy of any appeal to the Environment Court should served on Porirua City Council using one of the following three options:
Posted to:
Chief Executive
Porirua City Council
PO Box 50-218
Porirua City
Attention: "PPC7 – Windfarms" Strategy & Planning Group
Faxed to:
(04) 237 1445 and marked "Attention: "PPC7 – Windfarms" Strategy & Planning Group"
Delivered to:
Ground Floor, Porirua City Council Administration Building
Cobham Court, Porirua City
And marked "Attention: "PPC7 – Windfarms" Strategy & Planning Group"
Documents for Proposed Plan Change 7