Notified Resource Consent

Horokiwi Quarries Limited

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

The Greater Wellington Regional Council and Hutt City Council have received the following application for resource consent.

Location:

Fitzroy Bay, Pencarrow Coast, Wellington Harbour entrance.

Name of Applicant:

Horokiwi Quarries Limited

Address for Service:

Horokiwi Quarries Limited, C/- Resource Management Solutions Limited, 8 John Street, Titahi Bay, Porirua, 5022.

Proposal:

The applicant is seeking resource consent from Hutt City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council to continue to extract up to 17,500m³ of commercially saleable sand and gravel material annually from above and below the Mean High Water Springs Mark of Fitzroy Bay, Pencarrow. The site forms part of the East Harbour Regional Park. The proposed works would be carried out on a rotation basis up and down the coastal strip, starting approximately 250m east of Lake Kohangatera and working southwards along Fitzroy Bay. The works would involve a front end loader, excavator and mobile screening plant. Stock piles of saleable material up to 5m high would be created during the extraction works before being trucked offsite. Any remaining overburden would be deposited within worked area and contoured to mimic coastal landforms.

Consent applied for from Greater Wellington Regional Council:

Coastal permit [27250] – To conduct activities in the coastal marine area and seabed, including the disturbance, deposition and extraction of sand and gravel for the purpose of commercial sale.The activity is classified as a Discretionary Activity under the Regional Coastal Plan for the Wellington Region.

Consents applied for from Hutt City Council:

Under the City of Lower Hutt District Plan, the subject site is situated within the General Rural Activity Area of the City of Lower Hutt District Plan. Within this activity area, the excavation and mining of minerals are an identified Discretionary Activity. The proposal also involves works within the Significant Natural Resource (9) identified as the “Coastal Environment – Fitzroy Bay and Pencarrow Lakes Cliffs” and does not comply with the earthworks and noise rules for the General Rural Activity Area of the City of Lower Hutt District Plan. Overall, the proposal is a Discretionary Activity under the City of Lower Hutt District Plan.

Submissions

Submissions must be received by 4.30pm on Wednesday 15 July 2009 to the following:

The Manager
Environmental Regulation
Greater Wellington Regional Council
PO Box 11646
Manners Street
Wellington 6142

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

You can use a Greater Wellington submission formif you wish.

The application and all supporting information can be viewed during normal office hours at:

• The Environment Help Desk, Level 3, The Regional Council Centre, 142-146 Wakefield Street, Wellington;
• Consents Counter, Hutt City Council, 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt;
• War Memorial Library, 2 Queens Drive, Lower Hutt; and
• Eastbourne Library, 38 Rimu Street, Eastbourne.

The officers in charge of processing this application are Raymond Chang, Environmental Regulation, Greater Wellington Regional Council and James Beban, Senior Resource Consents Planner, Hutt City Council.

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