Queenstown Lakes is experiencing heavy rain and strong winds across the district. Some roads have closed due to flooding and slips. The QLDC Emergency Operations Centre is closely monitoring conditions alongside Otago Regional Council and Otago Emergency Management. See our Emergency Management webpage for more information (including a list of road closures) or follow along on our Facebook page.

Landscape Schedules

Hearing of submissions and further submissions made on the Variation to the Queenstown Lakes Proposed District Plan: Priority Area Landscape Schedules

General Hearing Information

  • The Hearing Panel:

    Commissioners: Jane Taylor (Chair), Peter Kensington and Councillor Quentin Smith

    Jane Taylor (Chair)

    Jane was appointed as an Independent Hearings Commissioner for QLDC in 2006.  To date she has chaired or been on the panel of more than 90-100 hearings in the district. These have included for resource consent applications, Notices of Requirement for designations, and Plan Changes.  Jane is a well-known and respected hearing commissioner in the district. She has an extensive working knowledge of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the QLDC District Plan.

     

    Peter Kensington

    Peter is an experienced resource management practitioner, having worked for twenty-five years throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.  Originally from Te Papa-i-Oea, Palmerston North, Peter is a director at KPLC Limited, following earlier roles at the Christchurch City Council, the Wellington City Council, the Tāmaki Makaurau office of Boffa Miskell Limited and the Auckland Council.

    He has qualifications and expertise in planning and landscape architecture, and he is a full member of Te Kokiringa Taumata / the New Zealand Planning Institute and a registered member of Tuia Pito Ora / the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA).  Peter has served as an elected member of the NZILA national executive committee, and he has judged at NZILA awards.

    Deputy Mayor Quentin Smith

    Quentin is elected to the Wānaka-Upper Clutha Ward. With a strong background working in Environmental Management, Recreation, Planning and Local Government, he is passionate about helping Wānaka to manage the extraordinary growth it is experiencing. He is committed to a well informed and strategic approach to planning for our future.

     

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