Project referred to expert consenting panel
1 Name of project
The name of the project is the Karaka North Village (the project).
2 Authorised persons
The authorised persons for the project are—
(a)
Cappella Group Limited; and
(b)
Karaka North Village Limited.
3 Description of project
(1)
The scope of the project is to subdivide land and construct a housing development, together with a community centre and a commercial centre, in Karaka North, Auckland.
(2)
The development will comprise—
(a)
approximately 650 residential lots; and
(b)
approximately 14 lots for future development; and
(c)
approximately 850 residential units; and
(e)
commercial buildings; and
(h)
associated infrastructure for the subdivision and development of the project, including roading and three waters services.
(3)
In this clause and clause 4, three waters services has the meaning given in section 9 of the Urban Development Act 2020.
4 Description of activities involved in project
The project may involve the following works:
(b)
works to trim and remove vegetation:
(c)
earthworks, including the disturbance of potentially contaminated soils:
(d)
works to dam, divert, and discharge stormwater run-off:
(e)
works to use, treat, and convey groundwater for potable supply:
(f)
works to discharge wastewater contaminants onto land:
(g)
works to modify and construct structures within or over an overland flow path:
(h)
works to construct three waters services and roading:
(i)
works to landscape and plant in open spaces and recreational areas:
(j)
works to construct residential units:
(k)
works to construct commercial and community buildings:
(l)
any other works that are—
(i)
associated with the works described in paragraphs (a) to (k); and
(ii)
within the scope of the project as described in clause 3 of this schedule.
5 Approximate geographical location
The project’s works will occur at 348 Linwood Road and 69A Dyke Road, Karaka, Auckland.
6 Further information to be submitted
The following information must be submitted to the panel with any consent application relating to the project (in addition to the information required by clause 9 of Schedule 6 of the Act):
(a)
a report that identifies any areas of the project development that are inconsistent with the consent conditions in the Masterplan, Infrastructure Management Plan, and Landscape Management Plan approved by Auckland Council under resource consent BUN60362652; and
(b)
an integrated transport assessment, including modelling and analysis that covers—
(i)
the adequacy of the existing public transport system to service additional demand in the project area; and
(ii)
the effects of the project on the surrounding road network and intersections; and
(iii)
a movement network plan of the availability and feasibility of safe spaces for active modes of transport, including walking and cycling; and
(c)
an infrastructure assessment and engineering plans, which must include information such as—
(i)
details of the design, capacity, and maintenance requirements of all project infrastructure; and
(ii)
details of any private infrastructure, including open spaces, that cover—
(A)
who owns it, including any body corporate or other management structures; and
(B)
who has responsibility for its ongoing maintenance; and
(iii)
a stormwater assessment and stormwater management plan that includes how the project will meet the requirements of the Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters approved Regionwide Stormwater Network Discharge Consent (DIS60069613); and
(iv)
an assessment of the social impacts of the project that focusses on local employment opportunities for future residents; and
(d)
landscape and planting plans for all road, drainage, and recreation reserves, private accessways, and boundaries that adjoin open space lots; and
(e)
details to demonstrate that the esplanade reserve adjoining the western boundary of the project’s site is adequately protected for conservation purposes, including—
(i)
details about fencing of the esplanade reserve boundary; and
(ii)
an assessment of any additional esplanade reserve area under section 236 of the Resource Management Act 1991; and
(f)
an assessment of the potential greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the project, including—
(i)
quantification of greenhouse gas emissions in—
(A)
the construction phase (horizontal and vertical); and
(B)
the operational phase, including the impact on transport emissions generated by the design and expected energy use of each type of housing; and
(ii)
consideration of options to avoid, remedy, and mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions that have been identified; and
(iii)
if a new wastewater treatment facility is proposed, consideration of the types of wastewater treatment that can most effectively mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the treatment process; and
(iv)
identification of any climate change-related adaptation risks and the plans to mitigate those risks.
7 Persons who must be invited to comment on project
An expert consenting panel must invite comments on any consent application relating to the project from the following persons in addition to the persons listed in clause 17(6) of Schedule 6 of the Act:
(b)
Ngāti Koheriki Claims Committee; and
(c)
Ngāti Tamaterā Treaty Settlement Trust; and
(d)
Ngaati Whanaunga Incorporated Society.
8 No further provision required
No further provision is necessary to give effect to decisions made by the Minister under section 24 of the Act in respect of the project.
Statement of reasons
This statement of reasons is published for the purposes of clause 4 of Schedule 3 of the Act
The Minister for the Environment has accepted this application for referral. The Minister considered the application against the criteria in the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act) and the Act’s purpose, and sought and considered written comments from the relevant Ministers, Auckland Council, and Auckland Transport. The Minister accepted the application for the following reasons:
the project will help to achieve the purpose of the Act; and
the project will have positive effects on social well-being by creating a new community in Karaka North that will—
include residential, commercial, and community activities, public open space, and walking areas; and
promote housing affordability by developing multiple units on residential lots; and
the project will generate employment by providing—
an average of 260 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs per year during years 1 to 6 of infrastructure construction works; and
approximately 850 FTE jobs per year during years 2 to 8 of vertical building works, including residential units; and
the project will increase housing supply by developing approximately 850 residential units; and
the project will progress faster than would otherwise be the case under the Resource Management Act 1991 standard processes; and
any adverse effects arising from the project and proposed mitigation measures can be appropriately tested by an expert consenting panel against Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the purpose of the Act.