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MOVED by Chairperson C Handley, seconded by Member R
Tucker:
That
the Waiheke Local Board:
a)
support the introduction of the NZCPS as a matter
of consideration for applications to establish a helipad under the Hauraki
Gulf Islands District Plan (HGIDP).
b)
note that this is a statutory provision that
must be integrated across the HGIDP and has been since 2010, and therefore it
is mandatory to include it:
i)
across all relevant aspects of the HGIDP.
ii)
among the matters of discretion for Helipad
consents.
c)
note that the board has previously formally
moved to have the NZCPS 2010 integrated and taken up into matters of
discretion for Helipad consents:
i)
on 22 March 2023 Item 14: Helicopter
Activity - Compliance and Monitoring: findings and options, resolution number
WHK/2023/30,
ii)
on 29 November 2023 Item15: Notice of Motion
- Chairperson C Handley - Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan change,
resolution number WHK/2023/159, and;
iii)
on 28 February 2024 Item 13: Planning,
Environment and Parks (PEP) Committee - 20/12/2023 Memorandum on Helicopter
activity, resolution number WHK/2024/8, that was attached as part of the
Notice of Motion brought by Councillor Lee to the PEP Committee meeting on 14
March 2024.
d)
formally thank the PEP Committee for moving
to enact these changes to the HGIDP.
e)
bring attention to Policies 2, 3, 7, 11 and
13.2 within the NZCPS as especially relevant to this matter as below:
i)
Policy 2.d to provide
opportunities for Māori involvement in decision making.
ii)
Policy 3 to place the onus on
applicants to provide the environmental assessments that comprehensively
prove that there will be no harmful effectives to native fauna including seabird
populations and marine animals within all possible flight vectors for the
helipad.
iii)
Policy 7.1.b in preparing
regional policy statements and plans, that council identify areas of coastal
environment where particular activities are inappropriate and provide
protection from inappropriate use through objectives, policies and rules.
iv)
Policy 7.2 to identify coastal
values that are under threat from adverse cumulative effects.
v)
Policy 11 to protect indigenous
biological diversity in the coastal environment to avoid adverse effects on
indigenous taxa.
vi)
Policy 11.2 to avoid significant
adverse effects and avoid, remedy or mitigate other adverse effects of
activities on ii) habitats in the coastal environment that are important
during the vulnerable life stages of indigenous species , i.e. nesting and
fledging.
vii) Policy 13.2 to recognise that natural
character is not the same as natural features and landscapes or amenity
values and may include matters such as experiential attributes, including the
sounds of the sea and their context and setting.
A division was called for, voting on which was as
follows:
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For
Chairperson C Handley
Deputy Chairperson K Matthews
Member B Ranson
Member R Tucker
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Against
Member P Walden
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Abstained
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The motion was declared carried by 4 votes to 1.
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