IN the MATTER of Section 71 of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 and the Canterbury Earthquake (Christchurch Replacement District Plan) Order 2014
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IN THE MATTER OF section 71 of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 and the Canterbury Earthquake (Christchurch Replacement District Plan) Order 2014 AND IN THE MATTER OF proposals notified for incorporation into a Christchurch Replacement District Plan Date of hearing: 11–18, 22 and 23 March, 24 May and 4 August 2016 Date of decision: 10 November 2016 Hearing Panel: Sir John Hansen (Chair), Environment Judge Hassan (Deputy Chair), Ms Sarah Dawson, Ms Jane Huria, Mr Stephen Daysh ___________________________________________________________________________ DECISION 56 Chapter 6: General Rules and Procedures (Part) – excluding Noise, Airport matters, and Hagley Park (and relevant definitions and associated planning maps) ___________________________________________________________________________ Outcomes: Proposals changed as per Schedules 1 and 2 Directions to Council made 2 COUNSEL APPEARANCES Mr D Laing, Mr H Harwood, Mr M Leslie Christchurch City Council Mr D Allen, Ms L Bazalo Crown Ms J Appleyard Pacific Park Investments Limited, Lyttelton Port Company Limited Ms J Appleyard, Ms A Hill Christchurch International Airport Limited, Orion New Zealand Limited Mr A Beatson Transpower New Zealand Limited Mr J Gardner-Hopkins, Mr E Hudspith Air New Zealand Limited Ms H Marks Carter Group Limited, Scentre New Zealand Limited, Kiwi Property Holdings Limited, Bunnings NZ Limited, NPT Limited Mr G Cleary Radford Family Trust Mr J Leckie Canterbury District Health Board, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Ngā Rūnanga Mr D van Mierlo Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and Ngā Rūnanga Ms J Crawford Kennaway Park Joint Venture Partnership, Go Media Mr D Caldwell, Ms A Limmer, Ms J King Isaac Conservation and Wildlife Trust Ms A Arthur-Young KiwiRail Holdings Limited Mr E Chapman, Ms G Hall University of Canterbury Ms J Robinson Commodore Airport Hotel Mr D Pedley K & B Williams General Rules and Procedures (Part) — excluding Noise, Airport matters and Hagley Park 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 5 Effect of decision and rights of appeal .................................................................................. 5 Identification of parts of existing district plans to be replaced ............................................. 5 Preliminary matters ................................................................................................................. 6 Conflicts of interest ................................................................................................................ 6 Reasons...................................................................................................................................... 6 Statutory framework ............................................................................................................... 6 Introduction............................................................................................................................ 7 Reasons for decision .............................................................................................................. 7 Whisper Creek Golf Resort..................................................................................................... 8 Signs .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Carter Group and others ....................................................................................................... 9 Activity standards for signs for identification, direction or warning P5 ............................. 11 Whether Guest Accommodation should fall within activity P8 or P9 ................................. 11 The number of characters for 3D signage — 20 versus 30 ................................................. 12 Built form standards ............................................................................................................ 12 Definitions ............................................................................................................................ 14 The Crown ............................................................................................................................ 16 Akaroa Civic Trust ............................................................................................................... 17 Scheduled activities (excluding guest accommodation) ...................................................... 18 Water body setbacks .............................................................................................................. 22 Water body setbacks for Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) ...................................................... 22 Consultation and notification of Ngā Rūnanga in relation to resource consent application with water body setbacks ..................................................................................................... 25 Policy 6.6.1.1.3 (Management of activities in water body setbacks) ................................... 25 Setback distances and impervious surface standard for Portlink Industrial Park (Kennaway Partnership) ...................................................................................................... 25 Guest Accommodation/Scheduled Guest Accommodation ................................................ 27 Consistency with the need for further guest accommodation .............................................. 28 It is consistent with current scheduling of the site and its historic use................................ 29 Appropriateness of the site for residential use .................................................................... 32 General Rules and Procedures (Part) — excluding Noise, Airport matters and Hagley Park 4 It is consistent with the Higher Order Documents and Strategic Objectives ...................... 33 Consistency with CCRP ....................................................................................................... 34 Urban design certification ................................................................................................... 36 Avon Hotel Site .................................................................................................................... 36 YMCA ................................................................................................................................... 37 Sale of alcohol ......................................................................................................................... 38 Council’s Section 32 Report ................................................................................................ 46 Section 32AA evaluation ...................................................................................................... 46 OVERALL EVALUATION AND CONCLUSIONS .......................................................... 49 DIRECTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 50 Schedule 1 ............................................................................................................................... 52 Schedule 2 ............................................................................................................................. 281 Schedule 3 ............................................................................................................................. 331 Schedule 4 ............................................................................................................................. 334 General Rules and Procedures (Part) — excluding Noise, Airport matters and Hagley Park 5 INTRODUCTION [1] This decision (‘decision’) continues the series of decisions made by the Independent Hearings Panel (‘Hearings Panel’/‘Panel’) concerning the formulation of a replacement district plan for Christchurch City (including Banks Peninsula) (‘Replacement Plan’/‘Plan’). It concerns a hearing on Chapter 6, which was notified in Stages 2 and 3 of our hearings process.1 [2] In this decision, the phrase ‘Notified Version’ describes the version notified by the Christchurch City Council (‘the Council’) and to which, subsequent to consideration of submissions and conferencing, a number of changes were made. This was then ultimately produced in closing by the Council as a red-line version (‘Revised Version’).2 [3] Where we refer to ‘Decision Version’, it is our redrafting of the Revised Version, as set out in Schedule 1 and 2, which will become operative upon release of this decision and the expiry of the appeal period. [4] This decision follows our hearing of submissions and evidence. Further background on the review process, pursuant to the Canterbury Earthquake (Christchurch Replacement District Plan) Order 2014 (‘the OIC’/‘the Order’) is set out in the introduction to Decision 1, concerning Strategic Directions and Strategic Outcomes (and relevant definitions) (‘Strategic Directions decision’).3 Effect of decision and rights of appeal [5] Our procedure and the rights of appeal are set out in our earlier decisions.4 We concur in those. Identification of parts of existing district plans to be replaced [6] The OIC requires that our decision also identifies the parts of the existing district plans that are to be replaced by the Chapter. In this respect, we replace all of the remaining general 1 Members of the Hearings Panel who heard and determined this proposal are set