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Bin Enquiry FormHutt City Council has accepted a request from Urban Edge Limited for a proposed change to the City of Lower Hutt District Plan.
The proposal is to rezone 190, 236 and 268 Stratton Street, Normandale from the General Rural Activity Area to the Rural Residential Activity Area. No changes to the provisions of the District Plan are proposed.
The purpose of the proposal is to provide for additional rural residential development at a scale similar to surrounding rural residential areas.
Read the Plan Change Document (PDF 4.1 Mb)
Note: The provisions of this Plan Change Document have been amended. See below for more details.
The steps for processing a proposed change to the District Plan are set out by Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
The proposal was publicly notified on 14 January 2020. The submission period closed on 12 February 2020. Seven submissions were received.
The summary of decisions requested by submitters was then publicly notified on 17 March 2020. The further submission period closed on 31 March 2020. Three further submissions were received.
Read the Summary of Decisions Requested and Full Set of Submissions (PDF 5.1 Mb)
Read the Full Set of Further Submissions (PDF 7.0 Mb)
Amended proposal
In response to issues raised by submitters and further submitters on the proposed plan change, the requestor for the proposed plan change has amended the provisions of the proposed.
Read the Amended Plan Change, dated 17 August 2021 (PDF 749 kb)
Read the Evaluation of the amendments (PDF 961 kb)
Note: This page previously included an amended version of the plan change as of 9 August 2021. That version has been superceded by the 17 August 2021 version, above.
Hearing
A hearing for the proposed plan change was held on Friday, 10 September 2021.
Hearing documents
Read the Notice of the hearing (PDF 188 kb)
Read Minute #1 from the hearing panel (PDF 148 kb)
Read Minute #2 from the hearing panel (PDF 289 kb)
Read Minute #3 from the hearing panel (PDF 275 kb)
Read Minute #4 from the hearing panel (PDF 113 kb)
Read Minute #5 from the hearing panel (PDF 113 kb)
Read the Officer's Report (PDF 16.0 Mb)
Read the Evidence in Chief from C Tessendorf (excluding appendices) (PDF 627 kb)
Read the appendices to the Evidence in Chief from C Tessendorf (PDF 9.5 Mb)
Read the opening statement from C Tessendorf (PDF 154 kb)
Read the Right of Reply / Joint Statement of C Tessendorf and D Kellow (PDF 4.8 Mb)
Read the updated Assessment of Ecological Effects of the proposed plan change (PDF 7.7 Mb)
Following the hearing, the hearing panel will consider the proposed plan change and prepare a recommended decision. The hearing panel's recommendation will then be taken to a meeting of the Hutt City Council, and the Council will make its decision on the proposed plan change.
Key steps, dates, and related documents
Please get in touch if you have any questions about this plan change.