8 July 2021 Anderson & Co Resource Management PO Box 5933 Dunedin 9058 By email:
[email protected] Dear Conrad AFFECTED PARTY APPROVAL UNDER THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991: MANIOTOTO HOSPTIAL (FORMER), 51 TYRONE STREET, RANFURLY 1. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is an autonomous Crown Entity with statutory responsibility under the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 (HNZPTA) for the identification, protection, preservation, and conservation of New Zealand’s historical and cultural heritage. 2. Heritage New Zealand received an application for resource consent dated 4 August 2020, applied for by Conrad Anderson of Anderson & Co Resource Management on behalf of Maniototo Health Services Ltd, for the proposed demolition of the former Maniototo Hospital at 51 Tyrone Street, Ranfurly. The application did not include an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) and processing was put on hold until additional information was supplied. 3. An updated application including an AEE was provided on 22 September 2020. The AEE lacked detail required under the Central Otago District Plan to assess the potential adverse effects of the proposed demolition and Heritage New Zealand advised it was unable to provide written approval at this time. An updated application was provided on 26 November 2020 which included further detail regarding the heritage significance, structural integrity and potential for adaptive reuse of the hospital. Heritage New Zealand considered that the adverse effects on heritage values would be more than minor and advised the applicant that written approval unable to be provided. On 1 July 2021, the applicant offered conditions to mitigate the adverse effects of the proposed demolition which formed part of their application.