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Resolution number WHK/2016/168
MOVED
by Member JP Meeuwsen, seconded by Member S Brown:
That the Waiheke
Local Board:
a) note
the recommendation in the Unitary Plan hearings panel report:
“A small number of submitters requested changes to the
Rural Urban
Boundary on Waiheke
Island. As noted above the Panel
recommends the
Rural Urban Boundary be located
in the district
plan and the district plan in the recommended
Plan does not cover
Waiheke Island
or the other Hauraki Gulf Islands. Within this context the Panel
considers any changes to the
Rural Urban
Boundary on Waiheke Island
are best left to a district plan review for the
Hauraki Gulf Islands, at which time such possible
changes can be considered in the wider context of other district plan
issues. The Panel therefore has not recommended changes to the Rural Urban
Boundary on Waiheke Island.”
b) note the
advice of the Council Planning department to the Governing Body Item 6.6,
Para A.II. dated 10 August 2016 that:
“As a consequence there is no longer a Rural
Urban Boundary at Waiheke because
the Hauraki Gulf Islands
District Plan does not form part of the PAUP at this stage. Therefore the Panel
has no jurisdiction to apply a Rural Urban
Boundary at Waiheke.”
c)
note the advice of the Council Planning
department to the Governing Body Item 6.6, Para A.III.e dated 10 August 2016
that:
“Proposals
to expand the existing urban area on Waiheke would be subject
to either a non-complying resource consent or a private
plan change request,
which along with the objective and policies of the Hauraki
Gulf Islands will be sufficient to guide decision making.”
d)
note the officers view that the rural
urban boundary has in effect been deleted.
e)
note that in its view, given the very
clear reasons of the independent hearing panel (2.5, page 15, RUB rezoning
and precincts) it is the view of the local board that the rural urban
boundary remains unchanged and must continue to be reflected on the planning
maps for Waiheke Island.
f)
delegate to the Chairperson and member
Meeuwsen to discuss the assertion of the Auckland council officers as it
relates to the Rural Urban boundary on Waiheke Island with interested parties
including the Environmental Defense Society, Waiheke Island Community
Planning Group, Hauraki Gulf Enhancement Society and the Royal Forest and
Bird Protection Society.
g)
delegate to the Chairperson and member
Meeuwsen to determine whether any of those parties share the boards concerns
and have the capacity to seek professional advice as to the appropriateness
of the officers interpretation.
h)
delegate the Chairperson and member
Meeuwsen to allocate budget out of the community discretionary grants budget
line of up to the value of $5000 to be granted to one of the above mentioned
organisations.
i)
report back to the business meeting on
Thursday 25 August.
CARRIED
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