Komiti Whakarite Mahere /

Planning Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 5 June 2018 at 9.38am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Chris Darby

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Richard Hills

 

Members

Cr Josephine Bartley

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

From 9.43am, item 9

 

Cr Ross Clow

Until 11.37am, item 9

 

Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins

From 9.56am, item 9

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

From 10.39am, item 9

Until 12.35pm, item 13

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

Until 11.37am, item 9

 

IMSB Member Hon Tau Henare

Until 12.34pm, item 13

 

Cr Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

From 9.41am, item 2

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

From 10.11am, item 9

 

IMSB Member Liane Ngamane

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 9.50am, item 9

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr John Walker

For leave of absence

 

 


Planning Committee

05 June 2018

 

 

 

1           Apologies

  

Resolution number PLA/2018/60

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          accept apologies from Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore, Cr E Collins, Cr C Fletcher and Cr W Walker for lateness, Cr R Clow and Cr A Filipaina for early departure on council business and Cr S Stewart for absence.

CARRIED

 

Note:    A subsequent apology was received from Mayor P Goff for early departure on council business.

 

Cr M Lee entered the meeting at 9.41 am.

 

2           Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3           Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/61

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr C Casey:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 1 May 2018 as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4           Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5           Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6           Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7           Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8           Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

9

Adoption of the Auckland Plan 2050

 

A document was provided. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore entered the meeting at 9.43 am.
Cr W Walker entered the meeting at 9.50 am.
Cr E Collins entered the meeting at 9.57 am.
Cr J Watson left the meeting at 10.02 am.
Cr J Watson returned to the meeting at 10.08 am.
Cr D Newman entered the meeting at 10.11 am.
Cr A Filipaina left the meeting at 10.30 am.
Cr A Filipaina returned to the meeting at 10.37 am.
Cr C Fletcher entered the meeting at 10.39 am.
Cr R Clow left the meeting at 10.47 am.
Cr R Clow returned to the meeting at 10.56 am.
IMSB Member T Henare left the meeting at 11.00 am.
IMSB Member T Henare returned to the meeting at 11.08 am.

 

Note:    changes to the original motion were incorporated under clause d), e) and the

addition of clause h), with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/62

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Mayor P Goff:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       adopt the Auckland Plan 2050 - Attachments A (text) and B (maps) of the agenda report.

b)       delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee and the Chief of Strategy to make any final changes to the plan based on feedback from the Planning Committee.

c)       note that the digital plan (website) will be updated with the final plan content and minor functionality and design improvements by the end of July 2018.

d)       agree to the commencement of a process to develop an implementation approach with core targets that relate to existing measures and priorities in the Auckland Plan, in collaboration with central government.

e)       distribute this report electronically to all local boards and advisory panels and boards, thanking them for their significant input into the development of the draft plan and the formal feedback they have provided to inform finalisation of the plan.

f)        note the collaborative work between Auckland Council staff and central government officials which has informed the Development Strategy and the Transport and Access outcome. 

g)       note that following the update of the digital plan, the final plan will be publicly available and staff will ‘close the loop’ with key stakeholders who have provided both input into the development of the draft plan and formal feedback on the plan.

h)       thank all those who have been involved in the plan and contributed to its development including the public, key stakeholders, mana whenua and mataawaka, the mayor and councillors, the Independent Māori Statutory Board, local boards, advisory panels and boards, council-controlled organisations and staff.

CARRIED

 

 

Note:    Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6 the following councillors requested that their dissenting votes be recorded:

·       Cr M Lee

·       Cr G Sayers

·       Cr W Walker

·       Cr J Watson

 

Attachments

a     5 June 2018, Planning Committee: Item 9 - Adoption of the Auckland Plan 2050, content related to the Treaty of Waitangi

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 11.37am and reconvened at 11.51am.

Cr R Clow and Mayor P Goff were not present.

 

 

10

Bringing the Hauraki Gulf Islands into the Auckland Unitary Plan

 

Note:    changes to the original motion were incorporated under clause a) and the addition of clause b), with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/63

MOVED by Cr M Lee, seconded by Cr W Walker:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       approve a two-stage approach to incorporate the Hauraki Gulf Islands into the Auckland Unitary Plan (operative in part) being:

Stage 1

i)        the development of an area plan for the Waiheke Local Board area using existing plans including Essentially Waiheke Refresh 2016.

ii)       the development of an area plan for the Great Barrier Local Board area using all existing Aotea Great Barrier Island plans including feasibility studies, strategies and board reports.

Stage 2

iii)      a plan change to the Auckland Unitary Plan (operative in part). 

b)          approve the establishment of two working parties (one for each local board area) consisting of members of the relevant local board, the Waitematā and Gulf Ward Councillor and a representative of the Independent Māori Statutory Board to oversee the preparation of each area plan.

CARRIED

 

 

11

Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) - Update on appeals and making additional parts of the plan operative

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/64

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr W Walker:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       note that 23 of 113 appeals remain against the council’s decisions on the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan.

 

b)       note that section 152 of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 deems those parts of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan no longer under appeal to have been approved by the council, and that section 160 of this act requires the council to notify the date on which they become operative.

c)       request staff to undertake the necessary steps to notify the parts of the Auckland Unitary Plan identified in Attachment A of the agenda report as operative.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Regional Historic Heritage Grants Programme 2017/2018 allocations

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/65

MOVED by Cr D Simpson, seconded by Cr L Cooper:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       approve the 2017/2018 Regional Historic Heritage Grants Programme grants listed below and in Attachment B of the agenda report:

 

Organisation/Individual

Amount recommended

Parish of Ellerslie

$20,000

Cirrus Trading Limited

$10,000

Minniesdale Holdings Limited

$15,000

Crockers Body Corporate Management Limited

$6,800

Espano Building Body Corporate

$10,600

Selwyn Anglican Church

$4,000

Anthony and Katharine Howse

$5,600

Janine and Kyle Cattermoul

$10,000

 

CARRIED

 

 

13

Appointment of a replacement member of the Planning Committee for Structure Planning Political Reference Group

 

IMSB Member T Henare left the meeting at 12.34 pm.
Cr C Fletcher left the meeting at 12.35 pm.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/66

MOVED by Cr D Newman, seconded by Cr C Casey:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       appoint Cr Wayne Walker to the Structure Planning Political Reference Group.

b)       delegate to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee authority to appoint a replacement member to the Structure Planning Political Reference Group should the need arise in the future.

CARRIED

 


 

 

14

Summary of Planning Committee information memos and briefings - 5 June 2018

 

A document was provided by the Henderson-Massey Local Board. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/67

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Cr J Bartley:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       receive the Summary of Planning Committee information memos and briefings – 5 June 2018.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     5 June 2018, Planning Committee: Item 14 - Summary of Planning Committee information memos and briefings, Henderson-Massey Local Board feedback on the Local Government (Community Well-being) Amendment Bill  

  

 

15         Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

 

12.38 pm                                                 The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Planning Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

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