Fowlds Park, 50 Western Springs Road, Morningside Proposed
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Auckland Council Parks, Sport and Recreation Auckland Council Parks, Sport and Recreation Fowlds Park, 50 Fowlds Park, 50 Western Springs Western Springs Road, Morningside Road, Morningside Proposed Sports Proposed Sports Field Upgrade Field Upgrade Application for Resource Consent and Assessment of Effects on the Environment Application for Resource Consent and Assessment of Effects on the Environment Prepared By Opus International Consultants Ltd Matthew Kerr-Ridge Auckland Environmental Management Resource Management Planner The Westhaven Building, 100 Beaumont St, Westhaven PO Box 5848, Auckland 1141 New Zealand Reviewed By Telephone: +64 355 9500 Jarrod Snowsill Facsimile: +64 355 9585 Principal Planner Date: March 2015 Reference: 1-95496.00 Status: Final Draft Approved for Release By Tracey Talbot Project Manager Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade i Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade ii Contents 8 Notification ...................................................................................................... 66 9 Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 67 Applicant Details ........................................................................................................ 1 Appendices ............................................................................................................... 68 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Reasons for Consent ........................................................................................................... 4 2 Site and Location ................................................................................................ 6 2.1 Fowlds Park ........................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Visual Character ................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Future Development .......................................................................................................... 12 3 Proposal ............................................................................................................ 13 3.1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 13 3.2 Project Objectives .............................................................................................................. 14 3.3 Options Analysis ................................................................................................................ 15 3.4 Project Details .................................................................................................................... 16 3.5 Construction ..................................................................................................................... 22 4 Assessment of Effects on the Environment ....................................................... 24 4.1 Positive Effects .................................................................................................................. 24 4.2 Visual Effects .................................................................................................................... 24 4.3 Amenity .............................................................................................................................. 27 4.4 Noise .................................................................................................................................. 28 4.5 Traffic and Parking ........................................................................................................... 28 4.6 Stormwater ....................................................................................................................... 28 4.7 Construction ..................................................................................................................... 29 4.8 Summary of Effects on the Environment ........................................................................ 32 5 Plans and Standards ......................................................................................... 33 5.1 Auckland Council Operative District Plan: Isthmus Section 1999 ................................. 33 5.2 Auckland Council Proposed Unitary Plan 2014 .............................................................. 45 5.3 Auckland Council Operative Regional Plan: Sediment Control 2001 ............................ 54 5.4 National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health ............................................................................................................... 56 6 Statutory Assessment ....................................................................................... 58 6.1 Resource Management Act 1991 ...................................................................................... 58 6.2 Other Matters ..................................................................................................................... 61 7 Consultation ..................................................................................................... 63 7.1 Local Board ....................................................................................................................... 63 7.2 Iwi ...................................................................................................................................... 63 7.3 Fowlds Park Community Liaison Group ......................................................................... 64 Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade 1 Applicant Details Site Location: Fowlds Park 50 Western Springs Road Mt Albert Auckland (See Figure 1.0) Applicant's Name: Auckland Council Parks, Sport and Recreation Applicant’s Address: 24 Wellesley Street West Auckland Central Auckland Attn: Toni Rowe Address for Service: Opus International Consultants Limited P O Box 5848 Auckland Attn: Matthew Kerr-Ridge Legal Description: Allotment 177 SBRS OF Auckland SECT 10 & Pt Allotment 176 SBRS OF Auckland (Appendix A) Site Area: 11.8406 ha Operative District Plan: Auckland Council Operative District Plan: Isthmus Section 1999 - Zoning : ‘Open Space 3 ’ -Overlay(s): View Protection – Volcanic Cones Affected Areas Proposed Plan: Auckland Council Proposed Unitary Plan 2013 - Zoning : ‘Public Open Space - Sport and Active Recreation’ - Overlays: ‘Volcanic Viewshafts and Height Sensitive Areas - A11, Mt Albert, Extent of Volcanic Viewshafts ’ Opus International Consultants Ltd ‘Viewshaft Contours ’ The Westhaven Building, 100 Beaumont St, Westhaven ‘Aquifer - Western Springs Volcanic Aquifer ’ PO Box 5848, Auckland 1141 New Zealand - Precinct: N/A t: +64 09 355 9500 f: +64 09 355 9580 w: www.opus.co.nz Designations/Limitations: N/A Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade 2 Mt Albert Lions Rugby League Club Rooms Existing Netball Courts Upper Field Auckland Irish Society and Lower Field s Rocky Nook Bowls Figure 1.0 – Fowlds Park Site Plan 1-95496.00| March 2015 Opus International Consultants Ltd Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade 3 Fowlds Park Proposed Sports Field Upgrade 4 1 Introduction 1.1 Reasons for Consent The proposal requires resource consent under the Auckland Council Operative District Plan: Auckland Council Parks, Sport and Recreation (“ Auckland Council Parks”) is charged with the Isthmus Section 1999 ( “ACODP: Isthmus ”), Auckland Council Operative Regional Plan: Sediment operation of all Council operated parks and recreation areas throughout the Auckland Region. In Control (“ACORP: Sediment Control”) , Auckland Council Proposed Unitary Plan (“ACPUP” ), and facilitating the operation of the parks and recreation network, Auckland Council Parks is responsible National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect for the maintenance, replacement and upgrade of existing infrastructure where necessary, to provide Human Health (NES) for the following reasons: for the recreational and sporting needs of Auckland communities. Auckland Council Parks is currently undertaking a programme of upgrading existing facilities at Plan Activity Status Rule which demand is highest to ensure the most efficient use of existing resources and to satisfy public ACODP: Isthmus Artificial lighting producing illuminance in Discretionary 9.7.1 demand for sports and recreational space. As part of this programme, Auckland Council Parks have excess of 150 lux. identified that the facilities at Fowlds Park, Morningside are required to be updated. Limited site Construction of a new ‘building’ 1 with an Open Discretionary 9.7.1 drainage and the general restraints of grassed surfaces restricts the current play time on the upper Space 3 zone. field at Fowlds Park to no more than 10 hours per week during the winter. To facilitate increased 3 community use of the park, Auckland Council Parks propose to upgrade the existing grassed upper Earthworks in excess of 5m . Non-Complying 9.7.1 field and netball court to a new artificial turf, allowing extended playing periods up to 40 hours per Structures for the seating of spectators. Discretionary 9.7.1 week. The proposed artificial turf is to have an area of approximately 1 hectare and is to provide for Exceedance of the Open Space 3 maximum Discretionary 9.8.1.1 multisport