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2. AEE – Assessment of Environmental Effects Q Invest Company Limited Waiau Pa Proposed Development Application to Auckland Council for Water Take 74 Seagrove Road, Waiau Pa February 2019 Planz Consultants Quality Assurance Statement: Application Prepared By: Planz Consultants Ltd, Auckland www.planzconsultants.co.nz Jane Douglas DDI: 09 428 2101 E: [email protected] Reviewed By: Mike Foster E:[email protected] DDI: 0274 722 798 Project Number: 15045 Document Status: Final Date: February 2019 The information contained in this document produced by Planz Consultants Ltd is solely for the use of the Client for the purpose for which it has been prepared and Planz Consultants Ltd undertakes no duty to or accepts any responsibility to any third party who may rely upon this document. All rights reserved. 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T: 09 414 6186 E: [email protected] W: planzconsultants.co.nz A: 507 Lake Road Takapuna PO Box 331 475 Takapuna Auckland 0740 New Zealand TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.1 OVERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1.2 BACKGROUND ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1.3 REPORT STRUCTURE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 1.4 CONSENT TERM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2 SITE DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2.1 APPLICATION SITE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2.2 SURROUNDING AREA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 3 PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 3.1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGE----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WATER TAKE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 4 AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN ASSESSMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 4.1 AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN - REGIONAL POLICY STATEMENT (RPS) -------------------------------------------------------------- 9 4.2 AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN - REGIONAL PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 4.3 AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN – DISTRICT PLAN --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 4.3.1 ZONING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 4.3.2 RELEVANT RULES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 4.3.3 ACTIVITY STATUS AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15 5 STATUTORY FRAMEWORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 5.1 SECTION 104 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 5.2 PART 2 OF THE RMA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 6 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT-----------------------------------------------------------------------21 6.1 ZONE PROVISIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 6.2 OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 6.3 POSITIVE EFFECTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 6.4 EFFECTS ON AQUIFER ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 6.5 EFFECTS ON NEIGHBOURING BORES -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 6.6 CONDITIONS OF CONSENT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 7 CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 7.1 CONSULTATION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 7.2 NOTIFICATION -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 8 CONCLUSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27 ATTACHMENTS: Attachment 1: Seagrove Road Water Take, Groundwater Effects Assessment, Pattle Delamore Partners Limited, Auckland, February 2019. Attachment 2: Copy of Certificates of Title. APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE CONSENT UNDER SECTION 88 OF THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 Applicant: Q Invest Company Limited Application: Consent to take and use groundwater for the use of establishing and operating a kiwifruit orchard. Location: 74 Seagrove Road, Waiau Pa, Auckland. Legal Description: Lot 3 DP 209401, Lot 2 DP 455646. Site Size: 104.9 hectares. Auckland Unitary Plan Zone: Rural – Mixed Rural Zone Auckland Unitary Plan Controls: Macroinvertebrate Community Index – Rural, Macroinvertebrate Community Index – Exotic Address for Service: Address for Billing: Planz Consultants Ltd Q Invest Company Ltd P O Box 103 95 Hingaia Road, Whangaparaoa Karaka AUCKLAND 0943 AUCKLAND Attention: Jane Douglas Attention: Garry Ji DDI : 09 428 2101 DDI: 027 801 9176 Mobile : 0274 495 675 Mobile : 027 801 9176 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] * Planz Consultants Limited accepts no liability for any Council costs or charges. Invoices for all such work are to be sent to the Applicants address above for billing. 1 Resource Management Act 1991 Fourth Schedule Assessment of Effects on the Environment 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview Q Invest Company Limited (QIL) is seeking a resource consent under Section 88 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The application is to take groundwater for the purposes of establishing and operating a kiwifruit orchard within the 105 hectare property located at 74 Seagrove Road, Waiau Pa (site). For the purpose of clarity, this application does not seek to drill the necessary bores to take the water, a future application for such will be made following the outcome of the planning processes to take water and change the Auckland Unitary Plan – Operative in Part (AUP-OIP) in the manner described below. 1.2 Background QIL own the site which is currently leased to a dairy farmer. The farm is not viable on its own for this purpose over the long-term and QIL intend to develop it as a kiwifruit orchard to maximise the land’s capability, thereby creating a more efficient land use into the future. The land is zoned Rural – Mixed Rural under the AUP-OIP and the establishment of orchards is a permitted activity. The proposal is to develop up to 75 hectares of the site with the Gold 3 variety of kiwifruit providing approximately 50 hectares canopy cover. Advice received from a number of experts has confirmed the suitability of the soils and areal extent of the site for this purpose1. In order to achieve QIL’s development intentions, the remainder of the site will be developed for rural/residential purposes, similar to the countryside living arrangements currently developed in close proximity to the site and subdivided for this purpose. QIL intend to develop each of the sites and homes with the sale of these funding the kiwifruit orchard development. As part of this overall approach a Private Plan Change request will be made to create a Precinct Overlay across the rural zoned site to give effect to the rural/residential part of the development and to manage potential reverse sensitivity effects. This application is being 1 These matters will be outlined in detail in the expert assessments that are submitted in support of the QIL’s application to change the AUP-OIP. Q Invest Company Ltd February 2019 Water Take Resource Consent Application Assessment of Environmental Effects 2 made as the first stage to ensure that the irrigation water required to develop the kiwifruit orchard is available and able to be utilised. 1.3 Report Structure This AEE is structured in eight sections as follows: Section1: provides an introduction to the proposal, background information and property details. Section 2: describes the site and its context in the location. Section 3: provides a detailed description of the proposal. Section 4: considers the provisions of the AUP-OIP and assesses the proposal against the relevant provisions. Section 5: describes