Private Plan Change 58 Avenue Business Park (Proposed General Industrial Zone)
What is being proposed?
Matamata-Piako District Council has received a request for Private Plan Change 58 to the Operative Matamata-Piako District Plan from Warwick and Marion Steffert under Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991(RMA).
Private Plan Change 58 seeks to rezone approximately 14ha of rural land to a General Industrial Zone with a supporting Development Area Plan. The land is located on the western side of Morrinsville, between Avenue Road North and SH26. The legal description of the site is Lot 1 and Lot 2 DPS 78100.
Hearing
This private plan change was publicly notified on Thursday 15 June 2023 where we received 14 submissions. On Thursday 17 August 2023 a call for further submissions was made and 1 further submission was received. As a result, a hearing is required to hear the matters raised by submitters.
The hearing for this private plan change is to be held on Monday 26 9.30am and if required Tuesday 27 February 2024 at the Council Chambers, 35 Kenrick Street, Te Aroha.
Hearing commissioners Minutes of Directions
Direction #1 Independent Hearing Panel
Direction #2 Independent Hearing Panel
Direction #3 Independent Hearing Panel (sets out Hearing process)
Post Hearing Documentation
PC58 Applicant Amendments Post Hearing with MPDC alternate provisions
Avenue Business Park Development Area Plan (26.02.24)
Landscape Buffer Planting Plan
To be tabled at the hearing
Fire and Emergency New Zealand
N McMinn - Evidence in Response (Traffic)
N McMinn - Supplementary to the Evidence of Naomi McMinn (Transport)
T Whittaker - Supplementary Statement of Evidence (Planning)
S.42A Officers report will be available 4pm Wednesday 7 February 2024.
PC 58 Avenue Park Plan Change Section 42A Report
Appendix 1 - Summary of Submissions
Appendix 3 - Transportation Review
Appendix 4 - Three Waters Infrastructure Review
Appendix 5 - Letter from MPDC (as submitter)
Appendix 6 - Economic Land Supply Review
Appendix 7 - Recommendations on Submissions
Requestors expert evidence will be available 4pm Wednesday 14 February 2024.
Supplementary Traffic Evidence - T Hills (Transportation Engineering)
J Hunt - Statement of Evidence (Soil Resources)
D Suljic - Statement of Evidence (Civil Engineering)
K Counsell - Statement of Evidence (Economics)
C Steffert - Statement of Evidence (on behalf of Applicant)
T Hills - Statement of Evidence (Transportation Engineering)
J Soanes - Statement of Evidence (Landscape & Visual)
J Soanes - Statement of Evidence (Graphic Supplement)
M Cottle - Statement of Evidence (Acoustic)
B Inger - Statement of Evidence (Planning)
B Inger - Planning Attachment 1
B Inger - Planning Attachment 1 (Landscape Buffer Cross Sections)
B Inger - Planning Attachment 1 (Plan Change Provisions) (Clean)
B Inger - Planning Attachment 1 (Plan Provisions) (Tracked)
B Inger - Planning Attachment 2
B Inger - Planning Attachment 3 (WRPS Objectives & Policies)
B Inger - Planning Attachment 4 (Development Principles)
Submitters expert evidence will be available 4pm Wednesday 21 February 2024.
N Sutherland - Statement of Evidence for Matamata-Piako District Council
K Drew - Statement of Evidence for Calcutta Farms No.2 Limited
Opening legal submissions will be available 4pm Friday 23 February 2024.
Further Information to Plan Change following Submissions
Notification of Summary of Submissions
During the Summary of Submissions phase we received 1 Further Submission. You can view this below:
Further Submission - Peter Hexter
The notification of the Summary of Submissions phase opened 17 August 2023 and closed 4.30pm, Thursday 31 August 2023
Check out the plan change information below:
View the Summary of Submissions and Submissions received here
Notification for submissions
Notification of Plan Change and Engagement
Get involved – Submissions and Engagement
Submissions have now closed.
Check out the plan change information below:
Application
Appendix 1 - District Plan Amendments
Appendix 3 - Development Area Plan
Appendix 4 - NERA Economic report
Appendix 5 - Infrastructure Report & Feedback
Appendix 6 - Transport Assessment
Appendix 6A - Traffic Engineering Response to Gray Matter Peer Review
Appendix 7 - Preliminary Geotech Report
Appendix 8 - Versatile Soils Report
Appendix 9 - Preliminary Site Investigation
Appendix 10 - Landscape & Visual Effects Assessment & Graphic Supplement
Appendix 11 - Acoustics Report
Appendix 12 - Cultural Values Assessment
Appendix 14 - Records of Title
Further Information Response 1 May 2023
Need more information?
If you have any questions about the plan change please contact Ally van Kuijk on 07 8840060 ext 7070 or via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Private Plan Change Process
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Plan Change lodged
22 December 2022
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Plan Change presented to Council
24 May 2023
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Notified for public submissions
15 June 2023
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Submissions closed
17 July 2023
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Council calls for Further Submissions
17 August 2023
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Further Submissions Closed
31 August 2023
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Hearing Commissioners to consider submissions
26 February 2024
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Plan Change decision notified, Environment Court appeal period
Mid 2024*
Plan Change operative
Mid 2024*
*Note that this timeline shows the entire plan change process. Timeframes are indicative only as the plan change process is fluid. The dates will change from time to time as we work through this process
