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Resolution
number PPK/2025/14
MOVED by Deputy
Chairperson J Robinson, seconded by Member K Hieatt:
That
the Papakura Local Board:
a)
note that the Papakura Local Board,
through the Chairperson, approved landowner approval on 8 November 2024 and
included a condition that the applicant must retain and preserve the 80 year
old Rimu tree and Kauri tree on the boundary of 65 Red Hill Drive and Red
Hill Scenic reserve
b)
note that the applicant advised staff
that the tree on private property was not proposed to be removed, but
subsequently removed it
c)
is disappointed that the applicant
decided to remove the tree despite what staff advised was assurances to the
contrary
d)
encourages the applicant to plant and
maintain mature native trees on their property to replace the removed tree
e)
approve the application from Moncy
Mathews to construct wastewater infrastructure within Red Hill Scenic Reserve
to service a development at 65 Red Hill Road, Papakura on the following
conditions:
·
disturbance of the scenic reserve,
including public access, will in all circumstances be kept to a minimum
·
pre and post construction site
meeting with the Facilities Manager
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works restricted to drier months
·
no works in the Tree Protection
Zone of reserve trees without prior approval
·
erosion and sediment controls
·
health and safety fencing and
signage
·
accidental discovery protocols
·
ground protection to protect the
reserve surface when machinery access the park
·
machinery required and associated
materials for the works to be stored on the applicant’s site at the end
of each working day
·
reinstatement of any damage to the
reserve
·
weed removal and the planting of
five (5) native trees in the works area, to the specifications of a council
senior ecologist
f)
approve under Reserves Act s
51, acting under the delegated authority of the Minister of Conservation, the
planting of one each of the following indigenous trees on Red Hill Scenic
Reserve: rimu, tawa, taraire, rewarewa and kohekohe, to the specifications of
a council senior ecologist, being a condition of the approval at e) above.
CARRIED
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