Proposed Private Plan Change 06/01

Catal Developments Ltd

Council approves 6 March; operative on 31 March 2008

Following the hearing before three Commissioners on 26-29 June and 3-4 July 2007, the Commissioners recommended that Council accept the application for a plan change in its current form.  A copy of the Commissioners’ report was sent to all submitters on 7 September, and is also available for inspection at Civic House and the Nelson Public Libraries.

The Commissioners’ recommendations were adopted by Council on 27 September; this decision was publicly advertised on Saturday 6 October. One appeal was filed with the Environment Court by the 19 November deadline, but this appeal was subsequently withdrawn by the appellant. The plan change is operative on 31 March 2008.

Background

Nelson City Council received a request from Catal Developments Ltd for a change to the Nelson Resource Management Plan (NRMP), pursuant to Clause 21 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991. The Council resolved to proceed with notification of this private plan change which was publicly notified on 25 November 2006.

The Private Plan Change proposed to amend the existing Industrial Zone retailing rule INr.21 to provide for large format retail and trade outlets of no less than 500m2 and associated activities to a maximum of 30,000m2. A number of other amendments were requested to ensure that the proposed provision is fully integrated into the existing planning framework.

Submissions closed on 26 January 2007. Twenty-three (23) submissions were received. A summary of the submissions for proposed private plan change 06/01 is available for download (PDF @ 85KB).

The Environment Committee met on 27 March 2007 to appoint a commission of selected Councillors and an Independent Commissioner to consider all submissions, hear from those who ask to speak on their submission, and make a recommendation to Council for a decision.

Public participation process

The process for public participation in the consideration of the proposal under the Act is as follows: After the closing date for submissions the Nelson City Council will prepare a summary of submissions.

This summary will be publicly notified; there will then be an opportunity to make a further submission in support of or in opposition to the submissions already made.

A public hearing will then be held (if applicable) and Council will give its decision on the proposed change, together with its reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions.

Following the Council's decision, any person who has made a submission has the right to appeal the decisions on the proposal to the Environmental Court.

Following the Council’s decision, replacement pages for the NRMP will be made available online, and to subscribers.

Any person may make a submission on the proposed change, or a ‘further submission’ either in support of or in opposition to a submission.

Further information on this process can be found on the Ministry for the Environment’s website or by contacting Nelson City Council’s Planning Assistant on +64 3 546 0388.

Find out more

Full details of the proposed private plan change 06/01 are available at the Planning Counter, Nelson City Council, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street ( PO Box 645 ) from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Details of the proposed plan change may also be inspected at Council libraries during normal working hours.

If you have any queries about the proposal or the process to be followed, or to request a copy of the proposed plan change please contact Planning Assistant Environmental Policy, +64 3 546 0388.