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Urban Intensification Variation

Details regarding Queenstown Lakes District Council's Urban Intensification Variation

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Summary of Decisions Requested - Addendum

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Make a Further Submission to Submission 1263, 1368 & 1369

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About Urban Intensification Variation

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Want to talk about it?

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Section 32 Report and Appendicies

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Next steps

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Urban Intensification Variation - Update

Earlier this year Commissioner Jane Taylor was appointed as Chair of the Independent Hearings Panel to hear and make recommendations on submissions received on the Variation. Ms Taylor has recently advised that she will be stepping down from the Panel, due to unforeseen personal reasons.

A formal process is underway to appoint a replacement Commissioner. Once this process is complete (anticipated by mid-December), the Panel will then be in a position to commence their initial tasks, which include setting timeframes for evidence exchange and the hearing.

Summary of Decisions Requested - Addendum August 2024

Submissions Received - 1370, 1371 and 792

792:  Three submission points from the following submission were also not included in the summary

Make a Further Submission to Submission 1370, 1371 & 792

Make a further submission:

Any written further submissions must be made using Form 6, as prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. All submissions must state whether or not you wish to be heard in support of your further submission at a hearing. The further submission form is available below as well as the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Legislation websites.

Who can make a further submission?

The following persons may lodge a further submission:

(a) Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and

(b) Any person that has an interest in an aspect of the variation greater than the public in general.

 

What can a further submission cover?

Further submissions must be limited to matters in support of, or in opposition to, a matter raised in an original submission.

How do I make a further submission?

Using: Form 6

By post: Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348, Attention: PDP Urban Intensification Variation Further Submission

By email: pdpsubmission@qldc.govt.nz (subject line: PDP Urban Intensification Variation Further Submission)

Submissions close August 22nd 2024

Summary of Decisions Requested - Addendum July 2024

Submissions Received - 1263, 1368 & 1369

Make a Further Submission to Submission 1263, 1368 & 1369

Make a further submission:

Any written further submissions must be made using Form 6, as prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. All submissions must state whether or not you wish to be heard in support of your further submission at a hearing. The further submission form is available below as well as the Ministry for the Environment and New Zealand Legislation websites.

Who can make a further submission?

The following persons may lodge a further submission:

(a) Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and

(b) Any person that has an interest in an aspect of the variation greater than the public in general.

 

What can a further submission cover?

Further submissions must be limited to matters in support of, or in opposition to, a matter raised in an original submission.

How do I make a further submission?

Online: Form 6

By post: Queenstown Lakes District Council, Private Bag 50072, Queenstown 9348, Attention: PDP Urban Intensification Variation Further Submission

By email: pdpsubmission@qldc.govt.nz (subject line: PDP Urban Intensification Variation Further Submission)

Submissions closed 25 July 2024

General Hearing Information

  • The Hearing Panel:

    Commissioners: Jane Taylor (Chair), Ian Munro and Councillor Lyal Cocks

    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.

    Ian Munro

    Ian is a senior urban planner and urban designer who has had the opportunity to work across New Zealand including in all of the major centers and many of the provincial centers.

    He has made or contributed to over 500 decisions on consent and plan change applications since 2007 for Auckland Council, Thames Coromandel District Council, Waikato District Council, Hutt City Council, Porirua City Council, Christchurch City Council and Queenstown Lakes District Council.

    Specifically in Queenstown Lakes District, Ian has been a decision maker since 2007 including Resource Consents, Private Plan Changes, the Council's PDP, and more recently the Ladies Mile SPP procedure and the COVID-19 Recovery Act (Fast Track consents).

    He is familiar with the National Policy Statement on Urban Development and what it means for Councils, including by way of being a Commissioner on Christchurch City Council's PC14 process.

    Deputy Mayor Lyal Cocks

    Lyal has lived in Wanaka for 26 years and was a QLDC Councillor for nine years from 2007 to 2016.  During that time, he was an RMA commissioner and sat on many Resource Consent and Plan Change hearings, such as Northlake and Hanleys Farm. 

    After six years off Council, Lyal stood successfully for Council again in 2023 and has re-qualified as an RMA commissioner.  He has extensive knowledge of the district and the challenges we face to continue being a great place to live and visit, and a significant contributor to New Zealand's economy.

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About the Urban Intensification Variation

QLDC's Urban Intensification Variation implements policy 5 of the NPS-UD, which directs councils to enable more height and density in certain locations. It also aims to implement the wider directive of the NPS-UD, to ensure well-functioning urban environments that meet the changing needs of our diverse communities and future generations.

This variation to the Proposed District Plan was endorsed for notification by Councillors at the Full Council meeting on Thursday 1 June 2023 and the inclusion of Lake Hāwea South was endorsed at the 10 August 2023 Full Council meeting. The full plan variation is being publicly notified for submissions using the process prescribed by schedule 1 of the RMA.

The plan variation gives effect to the central government's NPS requirements, while responding to the local context. The plan variation also marks the implementation of several outcomes and objectives identified across the Queenstown Lakes Spatial Plan 2021, the Joint Housing Action Plan, the Climate and Biodiversity Plan 2022-2025, and the Better Ways to Go Mode Shift Plan 2022.

This variation does not apply to land where Operative District Plan (ODP) zones apply. The approach for urban ODP land is that the NPS-UD will be implemented when each ODP zone is reviewed through the district plan review work programme.

Regarding proposed amendments to Council’s Design Guides which are incorporated by reference in the Proposed District Plan, Appendix 1L – ‘Proposed Changes to Design Guides Summary’ describes the proposed changes which reflect the changes proposed to the planning provisions. A separate public feedback process applies when changes are proposed to material incorporated by reference, pursuant to clause 34 of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act.

More info on how to give feedback on the proposed changes to the following documents incorporated by reference in the Proposed District Plan will follow:

  • Wānaka Town Centre Character Guideline 2011

  • Residential Design Guide 2021

  • Business Mixed Use Design Guideline 2021

  • Arrowtown Design Guidelines 2016

  • Queenstown Town Centre Special Character Area Guidelines 2015

Summary of Decisions Requested

A further submission can only be made in support or opposition of an original submission on the variation. More information on the further submission process can be found on page 5 of this guidance note.

The Summary of Decisions Requested Report linked below summarises the decisions requested in the original submissions on the variation, however it is not required to summarise the reasons or broader context outlined in the original submissions. The full version of the original submissions can be viewed via the link below.

Please note that during the hearing for the variation, the Independent Hearings Panel will consider all submissions received (including all the reasoning and discussion within the submissions), not just the summary of decisions requested.

If you have any questions about the further submission process or need any help with making a further submission, please email PDPenquiries@qldc.govt.nz or call 03 441 0499 and ask to speak to the Duty Policy Planner.

Submissions Received

You can view all submissions received via our online submission system Consult24 using the link below.

Make a further submission

When a person or group makes a submission or further submission on a District Plan or Plan Change this is public information.

Please note that by making a submission your personal details, including your name and addresses will be made publicly available under the Resource Management Act 1991. This is because, under the Act, any further submission supporting or opposing your submission must be forwarded to you as well as to QLDC.

There are limited circumstances when your submission or your contact details can be kept confidential. If you consider you have compelling reasons why your submission or your contact details should be kept confidential please contact the Senior District Plan Administrator on 03 441 0499 to discuss.

 

Further Submissions closed 14 June 2024

A Guide To Making Submissions

Specific guidance on how to make a further submission is on page 5

Want to talk about it?

If you have any queries on any of the information provided, how to make a submission or need help finding a particular document, please contact one of our dedicated duty policy planners on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka) or email us at pdpenquiries@qldc.govt.nz

Notification

Section 32 report and appendices

Next steps

Hearings on the Proposed Urban Intensification Variation are expected to be held in 2025.

Submitters who said that they wished to speak to their submission will be contacted with more details about the hearing closer to the time.