Appeals

The period for lodging appeals on the Proposed District Plan closed on 7 July 2023, and the period for lodging section 274 notices ended on 31 July 2023. Anyone who made a submission or further submission on the Proposed District Plan had the opportunity to lodge an appeal with the Environment Court in respect of provisions to which their submission referred. 

You can find the appeals and section 274 notices received below

Environment Court Decisions

On 7 August 2024, the Environment Court issued its decision on amendments to the Proposed District Plan that were agreed through Court-assisted mediation on the appeals. The decision, also known as the consent order, can be found here. 

The consent order makes changes to the following sections of the Proposed District Plan:

• Interpretation
• Rural Land Resource (RLR)
• Sustainable Subdivision and Building (SSB)
• Natural Hazards (NH)
• Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity (ECO)
• Natural Features and Landscapes (NFL)
• Subdivision (SUB)
• Coastal Environment (CE)
• Earthworks (EW)
• Noise
• General Rural Zone (GRUZ)
• Rural Production Zone (RPROZ)

As a result of the consent order, the following appeals are now fully resolved: 

• Transpower New Zealand Limited – ENV-2023-AKL-113
• Federated Farmers of New Zealand – ENV-2023-AKL-114
• Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated – ENV-2023-AKL-116
• New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association – ENV-2023-AKL-118

• Tukituki Water Security Project & Water Holdings Hawke’s Bay Ltd – ENV-2023-AKL-119

In addition, the following appeal has been withdrawn: 

• W Foley – ENV-2023-AKL-000115

Further Environment Court decisions will be made available on this page as remaining appeals are resolved.

Appeals received

Click on an appellant name from the list below to view appeal documents for that appeal. Council will continue to update these as each appeal progresses through the appeals process.