Kōmiti Whakarite Mahere / Planning Committee

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Planning Committee held remotely at 10.01am on Thursday, 3 March 2022. The meeting can be viewed on the Auckland Council website at: https://councillive.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/

present

Chairperson	Cr Chris Darby
Deputy Chair	Cr Josephine Bartley
Members	Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore
	Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins
	Cr Pippa Coom
	Cr Linda Cooper, JP
	Cr Angela Dalton
	Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO	From 10.06am, Item 8
	Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP
	IMSB Member Hon Tau Henare
	Cr Shane Henderson
	Cr Richard Hills
	Cr Tracy Mulholland
	Cr Daniel Newman, JP
	Cr Greg Sayers
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM
	Cr Wayne Walker
	Cr John Watson
	Cr Paul Young

ABSENT

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

Cr Alf Filipaina, MNZM

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

IMSB Member Karen Wilson

Note:   All members of the committee and those presenting attended via electronic link.

Planning Committee 03 March 2022

Note:   a roll call was conducted that ascertained the following members were in attendance at the commencement of the meeting:

Cr Chris Darby	ü	Cr Shane Henderson	ü
Cr Josephine Bartley	ü	Cr Richard Hills	ü
Cr Dr Cathy Casey (apology)		Cr Tracy Mulholland	ü
Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore	ü	Cr Daniel Newman, JP	ü
Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins	ü	Cr Greg Sayers	ü
Cr Pippa Coom	ü	Cr Desley Simpson, JP (apology)
Cr Linda Cooper, JP	ü	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM	ü
Cr Angela Dalton	ü	Cr Wayne Walker	ü
Cr Alf Filipaina (apology)		Cr John Watson	ü
Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO (apology)		IMSB Member Karen Wilson (apology)
Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP	ü	Cr Paul Young	ü
IMSB Member Hon Tau Henare	ü

1          Apologies

Resolution number PLA/2022/7

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr J Bartley:

That the Planning Committee:

a) accept the apologies from:

Absence

Cr C Casey
Cr A Filipaina
IMSB Member K Wilson

Lateness

Cr C Fletcher
Cr D Simpson – on council business

CARRIED

Note: an apology had been received from Cr D Simpson for lateness on council busines, however, the meeting concluded before Cr D Simpson could attend.

2          Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

3          Confirmation of Minutes

Resolution number PLA/2022/8

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr J Bartley:

That the Planning Committee:

a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 3 February 2022 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

Regional Historic Heritage Grants Programme 2021/2022

Cr C Fletcher joined the meeting at 10.06 am.

Resolution number PLA/2022/9

MOVED by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore, seconded by Cr A Dalton:

That the Planning Committee:

a)      approve the grant allocations for the 2021/2022 Regional Historic Heritage Grants Programme funding round, as listed in the table below:

Organisation/Individual	Amount recommended
Point Chevalier Social Enterprise Trust	$50,000.00
Ngāti Tamaterā Treaty Settlement Trust	$40,000.00
The Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi Inc	$40,000.00
Organisation/Individual	Amount recommended
George Courts Building Body Corporate .0.0(BC 182621)	$35,258.00
The Unitarian Church of Auckland Trust Board (known as Auckland Unitarian Church)	$32,073.50
Howick & Districts Historical Society Inc.	$31,881.81
Puhoi Hotel and Stables	$30,000.00
Espano/20 Poynton Terrace	$24,592.00
Paul Jenkin	$18,800.00
Puhoi Centennial Hall	$17,922.00
Waitakere Methodist Parish	$17,000.00
Drake City Limited (Old Customhouse Building)	$17,000.00
Drake City Limited (Canterbury Arcade)	$15,301.27
Greenwhale Holdings Limited (Saatchi & Saatchi Building)	$15,000.00
Silverdale and Districts Historical Society Inc	$10,000.00
Rangitoto Island Heritage Conservation Trust	$10,000.00
Anglican Parish of Clevedon	$9,908.00
Fiona Edgar	$7,500.00
Hibiscus Coast Presbyterian Church	$6,641.25
The Hollywood Cinema Avondale	$6,500.00

b)      decline the other 17 applications for the reasons identified in Attachment B of the agenda report.

CARRIED

9	Auckland Council’s submission on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water
	A 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/2022/10 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore: That the Planning Committee: a) approve the attached draft submission (Attachment B of the agenda report) to the Ministry for the Environment on the proposed amendments to the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water) Regulations 2007 (NES-DW), subject to any amendments sought at committee. b)      delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, Chair and Deputy Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, and a member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board, to sign-off on Auckland Council’s final NES-DW submission before 6 March 2022. c)      delegate authority to the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Planning Committee, Chair and Deputy Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, and a member of the Independent Māori Statutory Board, to approve Auckland Council’s submission to Taumata Arowai on a package of related technical drinking water standards, due by 28 March 2022. CARRIED
	Attachments a     3 March 2022, Planning Committee:  Item 9 - Auckland Council’s submission on the proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Sources of Human Drinking Water, Presentation

10

Application of the new policy 3(d) of the National Policy Statement - Urban Development

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

Note:   changes were made to the original motion under clause b), with the agreement of the meeting.

Resolution number PLA/2022/11

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr A Dalton:

That the Planning Committee:

a)      rescind the Planning Committee resolution PLA/2021/97 that related to a now superseded version of policy 3(d) in the National Policy Statement – Urban Development. 

b)      endorse the following principles for the application of the new policy 3(d) in the National Policy Statement – Urban Development for the purpose of developing draft proposals for public engagement in mid-April to early May in order to give effect to what central government has required of council:

i)       no change to building heights and density of urban form within Neighbourhood, Local and Town Centre zones (subject to a review of the Height Variation Controls to ensure consistency with the heights of proposed new zones surrounding the centres)

ii)      no additional Policy 3(d) intensification (beyond the application of zone(s) containing the Medium Density Residential Standards) for:

A)      All Neighbourhood Centres

B)      Local Centres that are small in size and/or have low accessibility

C)      Town Centres that have low accessibility

iii)     apply the Terrace Housing and Apartment Buildings zone to residential zoned sites adjacent to the edge of a centre zone (up to around 200 metres) for:

A)      Local Centres that are both large in size and have high accessibility

B)      Town Centres that are small in size, but have high accessibility

iv)     apply the Terrace Housing and Apartment Buildings zone to residential zoned sites adjacent to the edge of a centre zone up to around 400 metres for:

A) Town Centres that are large in size and have high accessibility.

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

For Cr J Bartley Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore Cr E Collins Cr P Coom Cr L Cooper Cr A Dalton Cr C Darby Mayor P Goff IMSB Member T Henare Cr S Henderson Cr R Hills Cr D Newman Cr P Young

Against

Abstained Cr C Fletcher Cr T Mulholland Cr G Sayers Cr S Stewart Cr W Walker Cr J Watson

The motion was declared carried by 13 votes to 0, with 5 abstentions.

CARRIED

Attachments

a     3 March 2022, Planning Committee:  Item 10 - Application of the new policy 3(d) of the National Policy Statement - Urban Development, Presentation

11	Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings – 3 March 2022
	Resolution number PLA/2022/12 MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore: That the Planning Committee: a)      tūtohi / receive the Summary of Planning Committee information items and briefings – 3 March 2022. CARRIED

12	Review of the Forward Work Programme - Planning Committee
	Note:    changes were made to the original recommendation, amending clause b) with  agreement of the meeting.
	Resolution number PLA/2022/13 MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr L Cooper: That the Planning Committee: a)      riro / receive and arotake / review the progress on the 2022 Planning Committee forward work programme included as Attachment A of the agenda report. b)      whakaae / approve the forward work programme to October 2022, as amended. CARRIED

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

12.52 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

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