Drury West Secondary School And
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Assessment of Environmental Effects to Support a Notice of Requirement To designate land for a new Secondary School and Early Childhood Education Centre, Drury West Prepared for Ministry of Education (NZ) Prepared by Beca Limited 22 February 2021 Geomaps (Auckland Council, 2020) Creative people together transforming our world | Drury West Secondary School Notice of Requirement AEE // February 2021 | Revision History Revision Nº Prepared By Description Date 1 Kristina Gurshin Draft for client review 25 November 2020 2 Kristina Gurshin Updated from client review 18 December 2020 3 Kristina Gurshin Soft lodgement with Auckland Council 18 January 2021 4 Kristina Gurshin Final lodgement with Auckland 8 March 2021 Council Document Acceptance Action Name Signed Date Prepared by Kristina Gurshin 22 February 2021 Reviewed by Jamie Swan 22 February 2021 Approved by 8 March 2021 on behalf of Beca Limited © Beca 2021 (unless Beca has expressly agreed otherwise with the Client in writing). This report has been prepared by Beca on the specific instructions of our Client. It is solely for our Client’s use for the purpose for which it is intended in accordance with the agreed scope of work. Any use or reliance by any person contrary to the above, to which Beca has not given its prior written consent, is at that person's own risk. Drury West Secondary School Notice of Requirement AEE (February 2021) | 4287983-627069363-15 | 22/02/2021 | i Contents Overview ................................................................................................................... 1 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2 2 Description of the Designation ........................................................................ 3 2.1 The Minister’s Objectives................................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Purpose of the Designation ............................................................................................................. 3 3 The Existing Environment ................................................................................ 9 3.1 Zoning ............................................................................................................................................ 10 3.2 Surrounding Road Network Environment ...................................................................................... 11 3.3 Contamination ................................................................................................................................ 12 3.4 Archaeological and Cultural Heritage ............................................................................................ 12 3.5 Geotechnical Investigations ........................................................................................................... 13 4 Assessment of Environmental Effects .......................................................... 14 4.1 Positive Effects .............................................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Landscape Effects ......................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Visual Effects ................................................................................................................................. 15 4.4 Effects on Property Access............................................................................................................ 15 4.5 Traffic Effects ................................................................................................................................. 15 4.6 Noise Effects .................................................................................................................................. 17 4.7 Construction Effects ....................................................................................................................... 17 4.8 Conclusion ..................................................................................................................................... 18 5 Alternative Sites and Methods ....................................................................... 19 5.1 Site Selection Methodology ........................................................................................................... 19 5.2 Identifying a preferred site ............................................................................................................. 21 5.3 Review of alternative site options .................................................................................................. 22 5.4 Alternative Methods ....................................................................................................................... 23 6 Statutory Assessment ..................................................................................... 25 6.1 The Resource Management Act 1991 ........................................................................................... 25 6.2 National Policy Statement for Urban Development 2020 .............................................................. 27 6.3 Auckland Unitary Plan: Operative in Part (AUP:OP) ..................................................................... 27 7 Consultation ..................................................................................................... 31 7.1 Landowners ................................................................................................................................... 31 7.2 Auckland Council ........................................................................................................................... 31 7.3 Fire and Emergency New Zealand ................................................................................................ 32 7.4 Franklin and Papakura Local Board .............................................................................................. 32 7.5 Mana Whenua ............................................................................................................................... 33 8 Proposed Conditions ...................................................................................... 35 8.1 Lapse Date .................................................................................................................................... 35 8.2 Standard Conditions Applying to All Schools ................................................................................ 35 Drury West Secondary School Notice of Requirement AEE (February 2021) | 4287983-627069363-15 | 22/02/2021 | ii 8.3 Additional Site-specific Conditions ................................................................................................ 36 9 Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 39 Appendices Appendix A – Integrated Transport Assessment Appendix B – Detailed Site Investigation Appendix C – Geotechnical Investigation Appendix D – Consultation Appendix E – Summary of Assessment of Additional Alternative Site Options Drury West Secondary School Notice of Requirement AEE (February 2021) | 4287983-627069363-15 | 22/02/2021 | iii | Overview | Overview Requiring authority: The Minister of Education Objective: The establishment and operation of a Secondary School for students in years 7 to 13 and an Early Childhood Education Centre (ECE) Site address: A combination of the following addresses: • 401 Jesmond Road, Drury West • Part 281 Jesmond Road, Drury West • Part 341 Jesmond Road, Drury West together “the Site” Legal description: Land to be designated affects the following titles (refer to Figure 2): • Area A - Lot 1 DP 139263 (NA82D/39) • Area B - part Lot 1 DP 89570 (NA46D/240) • Area C - part Lot 2 DP 164625 (NA99A/988) Landowners: Land to be designated affects the following landowners: • 401 Jesmond Road – Her Majesty the Queen (“the Crown”) • 281 Jesmond Road – Her Majesty the Queen (“the Crown”) • 341 Jesmond Road – Elly S Pan and Benjamin Ban Chong Bong Site area: Approximately 8.42ha Relevant legislation: Notice of Requirement for a designation under Section 168 of the Resource Management Act 1991 Designation sought: ‘Educational Purposes – being a Secondary School (years 7 to 13) and an Early Childhood Education Centre (preschool).’ Underlying District Plan zoning: Residential – Mixed Housing Urban Zone Additional consents: Development related activities for the Site may require resource consents for disturbance of contaminated land, stormwater discharge, earthworks and dewatering depending on the design solutions pursued. These consents will be sought prior to construction commencing. Drury West Secondary School Notice of Requirement (February 2021) | 4216997 | 22/02/2021 | 1 | Introduction | 1 Introduction This document and attachments provide the information and assessment required under Sections 168 and 171 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (‘the RMA’) in respect of a Notice of Requirement (‘NoR’) by the Minister of Education (‘the Minister’) to designate land for educational purposes in Drury West. 1.1.1 Urban Growth Drury West is an area of partially developed greenfield land that has been the subject of several plan changes to zone it for residential land use which will enable the supply of 5,100 to 9,800 new residential dwellings across 1,016ha of land1. The designation will enable the future development of important