Komiti Whakarite Mahere /

Planning Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Committee held at Ōrākei Marae, 59b Kitemoana Street, Ōrākei, Auckland on Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 10.30am.

present

Chairperson

Cr Chris Darby

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Richard Hills

 

Members

Cr Josephine Bartley

Until 1pm, item 13

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

Until 2.37pm, item 14

 

IMSB Member Hon Tau Henare

Until 11.51am, item 9

 

Cr Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

Until 2.30pm. item 14

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

Until 11.09am, item 8

 

IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox

(alternate)

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

Mayor Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

 

IMSB Member Liane Ngamane

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Kit Parkinson

Chair, Ōrākei Local Board

 

Colin Davis, JP

Ōrākei Local Board Member

 

Toni Millar, QSM, JP

Ōrākei Local Board Member

 

Rosalind Rundle

Ōrākei Local Board Member

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Sharon Hawke

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust Member

 


Planning Committee

07 August 2018

 

 

 

Welcome and acknowledgement

 

Chairperson C Darby opened the meeting. Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore formally acknowledged Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. The acknowledgment was followed by an official welcome by Chairperson C Darby to all who were present at the meeting.

 

 

1           Apologies

  

Resolution number PLA/2018/68

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr G Sayers:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          accept the apologies from Mayor P Goff, Cr L Cooper, IMSB Member L Ngamane and Cr J Walker for absence, and Cr D Newman and IMSB Member T Henare for early departure.

CARRIED

Note:    an apology was subsequently received from Cr J Bartley for early departure.

 

 

2           Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3           Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/69

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

That the Planning Committee:

a)          confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting held on Tuesday, 5 June 2018 as a true and correct record..

CARRIED

 

 

4           Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5           Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

Note:    Item 6 – Local Board Input and Item 7 - Extraordinary Business were considered after Item 8 – Lodgement of iwi management plan for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

 

 

Note:    The chairperson accorded precedence to Item 8 – Lodgement of iwi management plan for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, at this time.

 

 

 

8

Lodgement of iwi management plan for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei

 

Sharon Hawke, Andrew Brown and Te Hei Tamaariki were in attendance. Sharon Hawke presented the chairperson with a copy of Te Pou o te Kāhu Pōkere, the iwi management plan for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

 

Cr D Newman left the meeting at 11.09 am.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/70

MOVED by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       formally receive Te Pou o te Kāhu Pōkere, the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Māori Trust Board iwi management plan in accordance section 35A of the Resource Management Act.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

 

 

6           Local Board Input

 

6.1

Orakei Local Board Input - Welcome to the local board area

 

Ōrākei Local Board Chairperson Kit Parkinson and members Colin Davis, Toni Millar and Rosalind Rundle were in attendance.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/71

MOVED by Cr D Simpson, seconded by Cr E Collins:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)     receive the local board input from Ōrākei Local Board Chair Kit Parkinson and thank him and other board members for attending the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

7           Extraordinary Business

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

Note:    Item 8 – Lodgement of iwi management plan for Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei was considered before Item 6 – Local Board Input.

 

 

9

Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part) - Proposed Open Space Plan Change

 

IMSB Member T Henare left the meeting at 11.51 am.

 

Note:    clause c) was incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.

 

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr P Hulse:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          approve notification of the proposed Open Space Plan Change (Attachment A – Proposed Open Space Plan Change Maps and Attachment B – Proposed Open Space Plan Change Section 32 Reports of the agenda report) to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part).

b)          delegate to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, the authority to approve any minor amendments to the proposed Open Space Plan Change prior to notification.

c)          request staff report back to the Planning Committee before the end of the year on the issues and options associated with reclassifying and rezoning pieces of road reserve and public owned paper roads as recreation reserves and open space. The report should also assess whether pedestrian only accessways should be zoned as open space.

 

 

 

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Cr C Casey an amendment by way of addition:  

That the Planning Committee:

d)       request that public consultation be carried out on the draft Tāmaki Open Space Network Plan before proposed rezoning and land exchanges of Taniwha Reserve, Maybury Reserve – West, and Boundary Reserve are progressed.

 

Note:    following discussion the amendment was incorporated into the original motion, with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/72

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr P Hulse:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          approve notification of the proposed Open Space Plan Change (Attachment A – Proposed Open Space Plan Change Maps and Attachment B – Proposed Open Space Plan Change Section 32 Reports of the agenda report) to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part).

b)         delegate to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, the authority to approve any minor amendments to the proposed Open Space Plan Change prior to notification.

c)          request staff report back to the Planning Committee before the end of the year on the issues and options associated with reclassifying and rezoning pieces of road reserve and public owned paper roads as recreation reserves and open space. The report should also assess whether pedestrian only accessways should be zoned as open space.

d)         request that public consultation be carried out on the draft Tāmaki Open Space Network Plan before proposed rezoning and land exchanges of Taniwha Reserve, Maybury Reserve – West, and Boundary Reserve are progressed.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

10

Request to make operative Private Plan Change 9  to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in part)

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/73

MOVED by Cr J Bartley, seconded by Cr E Collins:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       agree to make operative Private Plan Change 9 to the Auckland Unitary Plan (Operative in Part).

b)       request that the General Manager – Plans and Places, carries out the necessary steps required under Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act, to make Private Plan Change 9 to the Auckland Unitary Plan operative.

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

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

 

IMSB Member G Wilcox left the meeting at 12.09 am.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/74

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

That the Planning Committee:

a)       note that 13 appeals remain.

b)       note that section 152 of the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 (LGATPA) deems those parts of the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan no longer under appeal to have been approved by the council under clause 17(1) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act. Section 160 of the LGATPA requires the council to publicly notify the date on which those parts become operative.

c)       request staff publicly notify the following parts of the Auckland Unitary Plan as operative in accordance with clause 20(1) of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act:

i)        zoning of the sites at 55, 55A, 55B Takanini School Road to remain residential – mixed housing suburban.

ii)       mapping of outstanding natural landscapes ONL78 and ONL87.

iii)      chapters B10-Environmental Risk, E37-Genetically Modified Organisms and J1 – Definitions relating to genetically modified organisms.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Draft National Planning Standards - Auckland Council Submission

 

IMSB Member G Wilcox returned to the meeting at 12.14 pm.

 

Note:    changes to the original motion were incorporated under clause a) with the addition of sub clauses i) and ii), and the addition of clause c), with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/75

MOVED by Cr P Hulse, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          approve the submission on the draft National Planning Standards included as Attachment C to the agenda report, noting the committee’s concerns about:

i)           the timeframe for submissions

ii)          that there is no formal hearing or formal consultation process once the government has decided on the National Planning Standards.

b)       authorise the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee to approve any minor amendments and corrections to the submission prior to lodgement on 17 August 2018.

c)       mandate Mayor Phil Goff to convey to the Minister for the Environment Auckland Council’s serious concerns at the current content of the National Planning Standards and the timeframe for implementation.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY 

 

 

 

 

13

Development of core targets with central government for Auckland Plan 2050

 

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

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/76

MOVED by Cr E Collins, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)          establish a political working group to provide direction on the development of joint targets with central government consisting of:

i)           the chair and deputy chair of the Planning Committee

ii)          the chair or deputy chair of the Environment and Community Committee

iii)        Cr C Casey

iv)        up to four local board members, and

v)         a member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board.

b)       confirm target areas as housing, transport, natural environment and social inclusion.

c)       agree the general criteria to guide the setting of targets:

i)        attribution - contribution of the targets to addressing the three big challenges identified in Auckland Plan 2050, and

ii)       spatial context - the ability to achieve the targets through a spatial response.

CARRIED

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 1.00pm and reconvened at 1.44pm.

 

Cr J Bartley was not present.

 

 

14

Impacts of the Unitary Plan on residential development

 

Cr M Lee left the meeting at 2.30 pm.
Cr C Fletcher left the meeting at 2.37 pm.

 

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

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/77

MOVED by Chairperson C Darby, seconded by Cr P Hulse:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       receive the report and forward it to local boards for information.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     7 August 2018, Planning Committee: Item 14 - Impacts of the Unitary Plan on residential development, presentation

 


 

 

15

Summary of Planning Committee information memos and briefings - 7 August 2018

 

Resolution number PLA/2018/78

MOVED by Cr C Casey, seconded by Cr W Walker:  

That the Planning Committee:

a)       receive the Summary of Planning Committee information memos and briefings – 7 August.

CARRIED

  

 

16         Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

3.07 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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