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Notified Resource Consent

Wairarapa Aggregates Ltd

Notification of an application for resource consent under Section 93(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991.

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington) and Carterton District Council (CDC) have received the following application for resource consent.

Location:

Kiwi Lumber site adjacent to Waingawa Swamp at approximate map references NZMS 260:2727829.6023761, 2727919.6023496, 2727992.6023395, 2727366.6023255, 2727296.6023359.

Legal description:

Valuation No. 18140 118 0 - Lots 1 3 DP 383510 Pt Lot 2 DP 5550

Name of applicant:

Wairarapa Aggregates Ltd

Address for service:

Wairarapa Aggregates Ltd
C/- MWH New Zealand Ltd
PO Box 9624
Wellington 6011

Proposal:

The applicant proposes to develop a Gravel Extraction and Cleanfill Operation. The proposal will include:

  • extraction of aggregate materials to 0.5m above the water table;
  • use of a mobile crushing plant on the floor of the existing quarry area;
  • taking water from the Taratahi water race for aggregate washing;
  • discharging sediment laden washwater and stormwater via settlement ponds with final discharge to a water body draining to Waingawa Swamp;
  • extraction of gravels to be staged with completed areas receiving clean fill to rehabilitate the site.

Consents sought from Greater Wellington

WAR080518

[27010] Discharge permit to discharge sediment laden washwater and stormwater that will enter a waterbody as its final receiving environment.

[27378] Water permit to take water from the Taratahi Water Race at a rate of 10 litres/second for up to 150 days per year.

[27491] Land use consent to construct a settlement pond that may intercept groundwater.

Consent sought from CDC:

[080040]

Land use consent for activities associated with mineral extraction in the rural zone, and the construction and ongoing operation of a cleanfill operation

Submissions

Submissions must be received by 4.30pm on Wednesday 1 April 2009 to the following:

For Greater Wellington aspects of this proposal:

Greater Wellington Regional Council
PO Box 41
Masterton 5840

For more information about making a submission download our Making a submission on a resource consent applicationbrochure.

You can use a Greater Wellington submission form if you wish.

For CDC aspects of this proposal:

Carterton Disctrict Council
PO Box 9
Carterton 5743

Please note that if you wish to make a submission on all resource consent applications, you will need to make a separate submission to each Council identified above.

The application and all supporting information can be viewed at GWRC, Masterton office, 34 Chapel Street, Masterton, and CDC administration offices, Holloway Street, Carterton, during normal office hours, or PDF versions can be downloaded from the document bar on the right of this page. The officers in charge of processing this application are Deirdre Ross, Resource Advisor, Greater Wellington and Edita Babos, Senior Planner, Carterton District Council.

Hearing details

Date: Tuesday 1 June and Wednesday 2 June 2010

Time: 9.00am

Venue: Carterton District Council, Holloway Street, Carterton

Decision

  • Discharge permit 27010 (GWRC) – Granted (excluding discharges associated with the crushing or washing of aggregate).
  • Water permit 27378 (GWRC) – Declined.
  • Land use consent 27491 (GWRC) – Granted (excluding the construction of sumps or settlement ponds associated with the crushing or washing of aggregate).
  • Land use consent 080040 (CDC) – Granted (excluding the operation of an aggregate crushing plant and the establishment of a cleanfill).

Under appeal.

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