Heritage Section 42A Report Proposed Second Generation Dunedin City District Plan (2GP) 20 September 2016 HR190-2016-09-21 Emma Christmas Author Name: Emma Christmas Qualifications: MSc Zoology, University of Otago; Certified Hearings Commissioner Experience: I have approximately twenty years planning experience, including preparing and processing resource consent applications and policy development, in both local authority and private practice. I am also a certified independent hearings commissioner. I have been employed by the Dunedin City Council as a Policy Planner since March 2013. I prepared the Heritage section of the 2GP in association with Dr Glen Hazelton, DCC Heritage Planner and Urban Design Team Leader. Code of Conduct I confirm that I have read, and agree to comply with, the Environment Court Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses (Consolidated Practice Note 2014). 1 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Purpose of the Officer’s Report ........................................................................ 7 1.2 Scope of report/section .................................................................................. 7 2.0 Statutory Context .............................................................................................. 8 2.1 Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) ............................................................ 8 2.2 National Policy Statements (NPS) and National Environment Standards (NES) ........ 8 2.3 Operative and Proposed Regional Policy Statement ............................................ 8 2.4 Dunedin Spatial Plan (September 2012) ......................................................... 10 2.5 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 ............................................. 11 3.0 Background .................................................................................................... 12 3.1 Consultation ............................................................................................... 12 3.1.1 Issues and options consultation .................................................................. 12 3.1.2 Preferred options consultation .................................................................... 12 3.1.3 Heritage focus group ................................................................................ 12 3.1.4 Heritage New Zealand ............................................................................... 13 3.2 Heritage Precinct Consultation ....................................................................... 13 3.2.1 Queen Street ........................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 York Place – Stuart Street – Arthur Street ................................................... 13 3.2.3 View Street - Tennyson Street precinct ........................................................ 13 3.2.4 Royal Terrace - Pitt Street – Heriot Row ...................................................... 14 3.3 Research and background documents ............................................................. 14 3.3.1 Review of operative plan ........................................................................... 14 3.3.2 Heritage Strategy ..................................................................................... 14 3.3.3 Thematic Study........................................................................................ 14 3.3.4 Dunedin City Heritage Commercial Buildings: Economic Re-use Report, and Heritage Buildings Economic Re-use Steering Group Report ...................................... 15 3.3.5 Heritage precincts research ....................................................................... 15 3.4 Expert advice .............................................................................................. 16 4.0 Summary ....................................................................................................... 16 4.1 Overview of submissions received .................................................................. 16 4.2 Overall recommendations ............................................................................. 16 4.2.1 Heritage general approach background ........................................................ 16 4.2.2 Heritage general approach submissions ....................................................... 16 4.2.3 Scheduled heritage buildings and sites background ....................................... 17 4.2.4 Submissions on scheduled heritage buildings objectives and policies ................ 17 4.2.5 Submissions on Scheduled heritage sites objectives and policies ..................... 18 4.2.6 Submissions on rules related to heritage buildings (scheduled and in precincts) 19 Heritage precincts background ............................................................................. 20 4.2.7 Submissions on Heritage precincts objectives and policies .............................. 20 4.2.8 Submissions requesting changes to the Heritage Schedule ............................. 20 2 4.2.9 Submissions requesting new heritage precincts and changes to precinct boundaries ........................................................................................................ 21 4.2.10 Submissions on Appendix A2 - Heritage precinct values ................................. 23 4.2.11 Archaeological sites background ................................................................. 24 4.2.12 Submissions on Archaeological sites provisions ............................................. 24 4.2.13 Definitions .............................................................................................. 25 5.0 Provision by Provision assessment and recommendations ...................................... 27 5.1 Definitions .................................................................................................. 27 5.1.1 Additions and Alterations definition ............................................................. 27 5.1.2 Repairs and Maintenance definition ............................................................. 31 5.1.3 Restoration definition ................................................................................ 31 5.1.4 Public Place definition ............................................................................... 33 5.1.5 Proposed new definition – Conservation ....................................................... 35 5.2 Heritage general approach ............................................................................ 36 5.2.1 Heritage section ....................................................................................... 36 5.2.2 Heritage general comments ....................................................................... 37 5.2.3 Introduction to Heritage section ................................................................. 38 5.2.4 Objective 2.4.1 ........................................................................................ 43 5.2.5 Objective 2.4.2 ........................................................................................ 44 5.2.6 Heritage Section Objectives and Policies – general ........................................ 47 5.3 Scheduled heritage buildings ......................................................................... 48 5.3.1 Policy 2.4.2.1 .......................................................................................... 48 5.3.2 Objective 13.2.1 ...................................................................................... 50 5.3.3 Policy 13.2.1.2 ......................................................................................... 51 5.4 Earthquake strengthening............................................................................. 53 5.4.1 Policy 2.2.1.9 .......................................................................................... 53 5.4.2 Policy 13.2.1.3 ......................................................................................... 54 5.5 Adaptive re-use .......................................................................................... 56 5.5.1 Policy 2.4.2.3 .......................................................................................... 56 5.5.2 Policy 13.2.1.1 ......................................................................................... 58 5.5.3 Policy 13.2.1.4 ......................................................................................... 59 5.5.4 Policy 13.2.1.9 ......................................................................................... 61 5.6 Additions and alterations .............................................................................. 62 5.6.1 Policy 13.2.1.5 ......................................................................................... 62 5.7 Subdivision................................................................................................. 63 5.7.1 Policy 13.2.1.6 ......................................................................................... 63 5.8 Demolition ................................................................................................. 64 5.8.1 Policy 13.2.1.7 ......................................................................................... 64 5.9 Relocation .................................................................................................. 67 5.9.1 Policy 13.2.1.8 ......................................................................................... 67 5.10 Scheduled heritage