BEFORE THE AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN INDEPENDENT HEARING PANEL
IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provision) Act 2010
AND
IN THE MATTER of Topic 016 RUB North/West
AND
IN THE MATTER of Wilks Road South Land Owners Group (WRSLOG) Submissions:
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STATEMENT OF REBUTTAL EVIDENCE OF JOHN SCOTT ON BEHALF OF THE WILKS ROAD SOUTH LAND OWNERS GROUP (WRSLOG)
17 DECEMBER 2015
Rev.17.12.15 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Summary……………………………………………………………………………… 2
2 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………. 3
3 Scope and Reasons for Rebuttal…………….………………………………..…… 4
4 Refuting the Airfield Development Potential……… …………………………….. 5
5 Refuting the removal of areas of Dairy Flat from within the RUB………. 9
6 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………... 14
Attachment A Different versions of NSAC Rural Urban Boundaries Attachment B NSCA (David Park) Aviation Evidence, dated 27 November 2015 Attachment C CAA Guidance material for land use at or near aerodromes, 2008. Attachment D List of Aerodromes with Part 139 Certification
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1. SUMMARY
1.1 My name is John Scott and I am providing this rebuttal in relation to evidence submitted by the North Shore Aero Club (NSAC) on the northern Rural Urban Boundary (RUB) part of Topic 016 RUB North/West (Topic 016). This relates to the Dairy Flat RUB and specifically to the area owned by the Wilks Road South Land Owners Group (WRSLOG), identified in the Auckland Council’s evidence as the Postman Road area. 1.2 WRSLOG made submissions on the notified Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP), because the Postman Road (WRSLOG area) is excluded from within the RUB. We wish it included as our properties are surrounded on three sides by the Future Urban Zone (FUZ), depreciating the rural nature of our properties, whilst denying us future development opportunities. 1.3 However, in the Council’s Evidence submitted on the 14 October 2015, they supported the inclusion of the Postman Road (WRSLOG area) within the RUB, thereby alleviating these concerns and providing Auckland with much needed land for urban development. 1.4 In the WRSLOG Statement of Primary Evidence dated 16 November 2015, we fully concur and endorse the Council’s decisions to include the Postman Road (WRSLOG area) within the RUB and the FUZ. 1.5 In both our Submissions and Statement of Evidence, the WRSLOG fully support the objectives and policies that ensure the existing aerodrome activities are not compromised by reverse sensitivity issues and these should be resolved through future structure planning. 1.6 However, WRSLOG have been compelled to make this rebuttal because of the evidence presented by NSAC. 1.7 NSAC propose a significant buffer zone around the aerodrome that prohibits future urban development. They also expound on the growing importance of the airfield as a Satellite Auckland Airport and the possibilities to expand, by extending the main runway across Postman Road. 1.8 This rebuttal is based on belief that the NSAC Statements of Evidence are unreasonable, unrealistic and not in the best interest of the Dairy Flat Community. 1.9 There are ample Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) regulations and Council objectives, policies and rules for noise management and land use around airfields that can be implemented when developing the structure plan for Dairy Flat, so that the airfield’s existing activities are not compromised by reverse sensitivity or safety issues.
2 2. INTRODUCTION
2.1 My name is John Scott, I am a registered Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council UK), hold a NZ Private Pilot Licence and a member of NSAC. I am a retired Project Manager and a resident of Dairy Flat within the WRSLOG area. 2.2 This area is owned mainly by the WRSLOG members and is identified in the Auckland Council’s Statements of Evidence as the Postman Road area, as shown in Figure 1. 2.3 This is lay material that we wish to present to the Independent Hearing Panel (IHP) as a rebuttal of evidence submitted by the NSAC.
Figure 1 Dairy Flat Area, Highlighting the Postman Road (WRSLOG area) 2.4 WRSLOG fully support the objectives and policies that ensure the existing aerodrome activities are not compromised by reverse sensitivity issues and these should be resolved through future structure planning. However, NSAC wish to exclude most of Dairy Flat from the FUZ and develop a Satellite Auckland Airport.
3 3. SCOPE AND REASON FOR REBUTTAL
3.1 This rebuttal relates to the following Statements of Evidence: