FORM 18 NOTICE OF A REQUIREMENT BY REQUIRING AUTHORITY FOR A DESIGNATION UNDER SECTION 168 OF THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 Prepared for Auckland Transport By GHD Limited P O Box 6543 Wellesley Street Auckland 1141 November 2012 1 Contents 1. The Sites to Which The Notice of Requirement Applies ................................................. 4 2. The Nature of the Proposed Public Work ....................................................................... 6 3. Conditions Relating To This Notice of Requirement ....................................................... 8 4. Potential Effects that the Public Work will have on the Environment, and the ways in which any adverse effects will be Mitigated ......................................................................... 11 4.1. Traffic Network, Access and Parking..................................................................... 11 4.2. Visual, Shading and Privacy Effects ...................................................................... 11 4.3. Tree and vegetation Removal ............................................................................... 14 4.4. Noise Effects......................................................................................................... 15 4.5. Stormwater Effects................................................................................................ 16 4.6. Construction Related Effects ................................................................................. 16 4.7. Safety ................................................................................................................... 17 4.8. Earthworks ............................................................................................................ 17 4.9. Archaeological and Heritage Assessment ............................................................. 18 4.10. Ecological Effects .............................................................................................. 18 4.11. Conclusion to Potential Effects Section ............................................................. 19 5. Alternative Routes, Route Infrastructure (Sites) and Methods ...................................... 19 5.1. Alternative Routes................................................................................................. 19 5.2. Development of Northside Drive ........................................................................... 20 5.3. Alternative Methods .............................................................................................. 21 6. The Public Work and Designation are Reasonably Necessary for Achieving the Objectives of the Requiring Authority .................................................................................. 21 7. Strategic Context ......................................................................................................... 22 Walking and Cycling ........................................................................................................ 23 8. Resource Consents that are Needed ........................................................................... 24 8.1. Resource Consents Required ............................................................................... 24 8.2. Auckland Regional Plan: Sediment Control ........................................................... 25 8.3. Auckland Regional Plan: Air Land and Water........................................................ 25 8.4. National Environmental Standard for Assessment and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health .......................................................................................... 25 8.5. Outline Plan of Works ........................................................................................... 26 9. Consultation ................................................................................................................. 26 10. Information Required by the District Plan, Regional Plan or any Regulations Made Under the Resource Management Act 1991 ....................................................................... 27 10.1. Auckland Council District Plan (Waitakere Section) 2003 .................................. 27 10.1.1. Objectives and Policies of the District Plan ................................................. 27 10.1.2. Relevant District Plan Rules ....................................................................... 28 11. Further Information ................................................................................................... 28 12. National Legislation and Policy ................................................................................. 29 12.1. The Resource Management Act 1991 ............................................................... 29 12.2. The Land Transport Management Act 2003 ...................................................... 30 12.3. The New Zealand Transport Strategy 2008 ....................................................... 30 12.4. Regional Policy.................................................................................................. 30 12.4.1. Auckland Regional Policy Statement .......................................................... 30 12.4.2. Auckland Regional Land Transport Strategy 2010 ......................................... 32 12.4.3. Auckland Transport Plan 2009 ....................................................................... 33 12.4.4. Auckland City Council Policy ...................................................................... 33 Waitakere City Freight Plan: Freight Management Plan 2009-2040 Consultation Draft 33 13. Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 34 Appendix A: Landtake Plans ............................................................................................... 36 2 Appendix B: Designation Plans ........................................................................................... 37 Appendix C: Certificates of Title .......................................................................................... 38 Appendix D: Waitakere District Plan Reference: Designations Appendix ............................ 39 Appendix E: Traffic Assessment and Construction Management Plan ................................ 42 Appendix F: Plan Change 15 Massey North Urban Concept Plan ....................................... 43 Appendix G: Northside Drive East Layout and Construction Plans ...................................... 44 Appendix H: Acoustic Report .............................................................................................. 45 Appendix I: Aerial Photograph With Sites and State Highway Location ............................... 46 Appendix J: Arborist Report ................................................................................................ 47 Appendix K: Stormwater and Erosion and Sediment Control............................................... 48 Appendix L: Background Memo .......................................................................................... 49 Appendix M: Landowner Letter ........................................................................................... 50 Appendix N: Waitakere City District Plan Relevant Objectives and Policies ........................ 51 Appendix O: District Plan Assessment Criteria .................................................................... 54 Appendix P: Soil Contamination Report ............................................................................. 55 Appendix Q: October 2009 Waitakere City Freight Plan: Freight Management Plan 2009- 2040 Consultation Draft ...................................................................................................... 56 3 To: Auckland Council Private Bag 92300 Victoria Street Auckland 1142 Attn: The Chief Executive Auckland Transport (an Auckland Council Controlled Organisation) gives Notice of Requirement (Notice) under section 168 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) for a designation in the Auckland District Plan (Waitakere Section 2003) in respect of a Project for roading purposes applying to land between the new SH 16 North - western motorway and Trig Road. The land will be used for the construction and maintenance of a new road, being Northside Drive (East)1. The land directly affected by the Notice is set out in Appendix A attached to this Notice. 1. The Sites to Which The Notice of Requirement Applies The sites are identified in Appendix A and generally are located in an area stretching from the new SH 16 North - western motorway corridor and includes land owned by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) located to the west of the motorway corridor. The route of the new road extends east from there across private land to connect with Trig Road and totalling some 750m in length by 30m in width. The plan located in Appendix B shows the extent of the proposed designation. NZTA has an existing designation applying to a section of the land over which Northside Drive (East) would cross. The NZTA designation as it currently exists in the Auckland Council District Plan (Waitakere Section 2003) is as follows: LOCATION REF LOCAL PLAN LEGAL DESIGNATED PURPOSE DESCRIPTION State Highways SH 16B NZTA 4 B7, B8, B9, B10, Auckland – Kumeu N/A and SH 18B C7 and C8 Motorway (SH 16) Motorway (SH 18) The NZTA designation will take priority over this Notice of Requirement in accordance with Section 177 of the RMA. 1 Northside Drive (East) is the term applied to