The applicant has advised that they expect to provide the additional information requested by the Hearing Commissioners in Minute No.3 by 31 January 2025.
The Commissioners will issue further directions regarding the adjourned hearing after they have received the new information.
The hearing was adjourned on 10 December 2024. The Commissioner panel has requested additional information from the applicant. The Commissioners’ Minute No.3 can be accessed here:
K03 Minute No.3 Corrected Mapua Community Boat Ramp Trust Application RM230253.pdf (pdf 124 KB)
Another update will be posted when the timeframe for receiving this additional information is confirmed.
The hearing was adjourned at 4.30pm on Wednesday at the completion of hearing from the applicant and all the submitters who attended. The hearing will resume on Monday 09 December 2024.
The Commissioner Panel has issued Minute No.2 setting out their directions for the remainder of the hearing – which is primarily for the session with the Council’s reporting team, plus other matters as set out in the Minute. In particular, the 3 traffic experts have been requested to caucus and provide a Joint Witness Statement prior to resumption of the hearing.
The Commissioners also advise that they will make another site visit at a low tide time. It was full tide when they visited the site on the evening of Monday 25 November.
The Commissioners’ Minute No.2 can be accessed here:
K02 Minute No.2 Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust Application RM230253 (pdf 152 KB)
This hearing will resume on the previously notified reserve days as follows:
When: Monday 09 December and Tuesday 10 December 2024.
Start time: 12 Noon (day one) – Chair’s discretion for day two.
Where: The Headingly Centre (Elm Room), 452 Lower Queen Street, Richmond (Note: this is a change of venue)
Remote attendance will be provided for via Zoom, as for the first three days of this hearing.
The Commissioners Directions dated 08 November 2024 requested that Council’s reporting officers provide a summary of Outstanding issues by 20 November.
Their summary can be accessed here:
A revised hearing timetable will be sent to the applicant and submitters on Thursday 21 November.
Submitters’ expert evidence is now available as part of the pre-circulated material before the hearing.
These documents can be accessed here:
The Independent Hearing Commissioner panel appointed by Tasman District Council to hear and decide this resource consent application have today issued a minute setting out their directions for the order of business at the hearing and how the hearing will be conducted. This Minute No.1 can be accessed here:
K01 Commissioner Minute No.1 Mapua Community Boat Ramp Trust Application RM230253.pdf (pdf 121 KB)
This Minute has been sent by email to all submitters who have requested to be heard. A DRAFT hearing timetable has also been sent to the applicant and submitters.
This is envisaged as being a three-day hearing, however additional days have been reserved if needed.
When: Monday 25 November to Wednesday 27 November 2024.
Start time: 9.30 am (day one) – Chair’s discretion for days two and three.
Where: Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (this is a change from the venue originally notified, to enable remote attendance via zoom link).
Reserve Days: Two reserve days are available on 9 December and 10 December, should they be needed. The Commissioners do not anticipate hearing from submitters on those days but, if needed, they will be used for the Council officers’ presentations and the applicant’s right-of-reply.
The next formal step prior to the hearing is the receipt of submitters’ expert evidence:
The applicant’s evidence is now available as part of the pre-circulated material before the hearing.
These documents can be accessed here:
Note: these documents were substituted with searchable pdf files on 15 November 2024
The Council report and recommendation, referenced as ‘Attachment1 – Section 42A Hearing Report’, and other accompanying attachments, is now available in the Hearing Agenda bundle as part of the pre-circulated evidence before the hearing.
The Hearing Agena is available here:
The other attachments, as individual documents, can be accessed here:
A notice of hearing for this consent application is issued in accordance with Section 101 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
This will be a three-day hearing.
When: Monday 25 November and Wednesday 27 November 2024.
Start time: 9.30 am (day one) – Chair’s discretion for days two and three.
Where: Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (this is a change to the venue previously listed).
The independent Hearing Commissioners are Bianca Sullivan (Chair) and Graham Taylor, who will consider the resource consent application and make the decision on it.
The expert evidence is circulated before the Hearing.
The Council, applicant and submitters who have indicated that they want to be heard must provide all their expert evidence before the hearing in accordance with section 103B of the Resource Management Act 1991(external link).
Please note:
The hearing report and expert evidence is required to be made available within the following deadlines.
Key deadlines and evidence availability
The applicant and submitters who indicated that they want to be heard have been contacted individually regarding these requirements. Updates will be made to this webpage for each steps outlined above, with links to the reports and evidence that has been provided.
The applicant has made amendments to their application, firstly as summarised in the Update dated 14 August - Refer documents F01-F04 linked below.
The applicant has also lodged a further amendment on 19 September 2024, adding a floating barrier comprising a rope line of safety buoys which is proposed to run from the south end of the Mapua Wharf across to the shoreline at the end of Aranui Road.
For details of this proposed floating barrier refer documents F05-F08 linked below.
In response to the large number of opposing submissions to their proposed activities, the applicant has decided to make the following changes to their application:
Plans of the amended proposal can be seen on the links below.
The applicant considers they have provided sufficient information to understand the environmental effects of the amended proposal, including matters of concern that were raised in the submissions.
Specifically with regard to safety concerns relating to use of the proposed boat ramp, the applicant considers that the additional report from Gary Teear dated 7 November 2023 clarified matters related to tidal flows when using the boat ramp on an outgoing tide (refer Appendix 15A in Document B03 below).
Council has accepted that the amendments made are within the scope of the original application, so there is no need to re-notify the application.
The applicant has requested that the amended application proceed to a hearing, which will be held by Independent Hearing Commissioners. It is envisaged that the hearing will be held sometime in November/December this year.
Those submitters who requested to be heard will be contacted by Council’s consents staff with further details regarding the hearing, and to confirm whether they still want to be heard given the changes that have been made to the proposed activities.
On 15 April 2024, Council received a request from the applicant to suspend the processing of their application pursuant to Section 91A of the Resource Management Act 1991, and Council must oblige.
The reason for this request is to enable the applicant to address some of the matters raised in the submissions prior to the hearing. These matters fall into the following broad categories: health and safety; ecology; traffic and transportation; noise; and contaminated land.
This processing suspension will cease in accordance with either Section 91B or 91C of the Act (being the date when the applicant requests the Council to cease to suspend the processing of the application, or once 130 working days have elapsed).
Further updates will be posted here regarding the provision of any additional information that comes out of this action, including how to access that information once available.
Council has received 328 submissions on this application. You can view the submissions via the links below. Two thirds of the submissions support the proposal, one third of the submissions oppose it. 88 submitters have requested to be heard (of those, 30% support the proposal, 70% oppose it).
Further updates will be posted regarding the next steps in the application process when details are confirmed.
Tasman District Council has received the following application for resource consent.
Publicly notified Wednesday 24 January 2024. Submissions closed on at 5pm on Monday 26 February 2024.
Read a general overview of what is proposed in the amended application here or read on for full details.
Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust
Site address: 5, 11 and 6-16 Tahi Street, Māpua
Legal Descriptions: Lot 6 DP11502, Lot 1& 5 DP11502, Lot 2 DP 11502, Lot 2 DP 11106, Sections 13,14, 15, 16, 24 & 25,26, 27, 28 & 29 SO496194
Records of Title: RTs NL6C/850, NL 7B/371, NL7B/373, 7B/374, 7B/375, NL7B/376, 743706, 743708, 743709,743712 & 743714s
The application seeks approval for the construction and operation of a new boat ramp within the coastal marine area and foreshore, with access from the Māpua Waterfront Park and associated consents for access and parking on the western side of Tahi Street, signage, stormwater discharge and earthworks.
The proposal also includes the construction of a Sea Scout / Community building within the Māpua Waterfront Park.
The subject site includes 5, 11 and 6-16 Tahi Street, Māpua, and is zoned Recreation, Open Space, Residential and Coastal Residential under the Tasman Resource Management Plan.
The land is also subject to the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011, with activities described in the Hazardous Activities and Industries List having been undertaken on it in the past.
RM230253: Land use consent to construct boat ramp and signage in the Open Space Zone and Coastal Environment Area.
RM230388: Land use consent for carparking in association with the boat ramp plus a public parking area.
RM230254: Land use consent under the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health for soil disturbance.
RM230255: Land Disturbance within the Coastal Environment Area for construction of the boat ramp, sea scout building and associated infrastructure including car parking areas.
RM230256: Disturbance of the Coastal Marine Area in association with construction of the boat ramp.
RM230257: Occupation of the Coastal Marine Area for the purpose of constructing and operating a boat ramp.
RM230258: Discharge of sediment to the Coastal Marine Area during construction of the boat ramp.
RM230259: Discharge of stormwater into the Coastal Marine Area.
| RMA | Consent Type | Activity | Status |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Operation of a boat ramp in the Open Space zone. | Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Construction of a building [sea scout building and boat ramp] which does not comply with boundary setbacks. | Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Use of a building [sea scout building] for a community activity in the Recreation zone. | Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Breach of permitted noise levels within the Residential, Open Space and Recreation zones. | Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Erection of 9 signs associated with the boat ramp and car parking. | Restricted Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Construction of more than one crossing which exceed the maximum width and exemption from providing a footpath on the eastern side of Tahi Street to serve the Sea Scout building. | Restricted Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Breach of visibility splay standards, not sealing the car park and no provision of a loading area on car park on the western side of Tahi Street. | Restricted Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Construction of a building [boat ramp] which is not setback from Mean High Water Springs in the Coastal Environment Area. | Restricted Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use | Land Disturbance within the Coastal Environment Area for construction of the boat ramp, sea scout building and associated infrastructure including car parking. | Discretionary |
| Section 9 | Land Use (NES:CS) | Soil disturbance and change of use of contaminated land. | Restricted Discretionary / Discretionary |
| Section 12 | Coastal permit | Land disturbance within the Coastal Environment where there is the potential for material to enter the coastal marine area. | Discretionary |
| Section 12 | Coastal permit | Disturbance and occupation of the seabed and foreshore associated with construction and use of the boat ramp. | Discretionary |
| Section 12 | Coastal permit | Discharge of sediment during construction to the coastal marine area. | Discretionary |
| Section 12 | Coastal permit | Discharge of stormwater to the coastal marine area. | Discretionary |
These resource consents required are all inter-related and are considered collectively (bundled) as a discretionary activity.
You can see the application documents below.
If you have any questions about the application contact us by email at [email protected] or phone 03 543 8400.
Read a general overview of what is proposed in the amended application here.
Submissions closed at 5pm on Monday 26 February 2024.
Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that—
a) adversely affects the environment; and
b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.
The submission must be in accordance with Form 13 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003.
You can lodge your submission with the Tasman District Council (Resource Consents Administration Officer) in any of the following ways:
You must also serve a copy of your submission on Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust (the applicant) as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Tasman District Council. The applicant’s contact details are:
Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust
C/- Davis Ogilvie Ltd, FAO Mark Morris
via email: [email protected] or physical address: 1/42 Oxford Street, Richmond 7020.
More information on submissions can also be found here.
The following applies if you are a trade competitor of the applicant.
Your right to make a submission may be limited by the trade competition provisions in Part 11A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
You can make a submission only if you are directly affected by an effect of the activity to which this application relates that:
You must declare in your submission:
You must have asked to speak at a hearing. If you will consider making a joint submission with any person presenting a submission simialr to yours, you must tell us that you're willing to make a joint submission under those circumstances.
I request (under section 100A of the RMA), that you delegate your functions, powers, and duties to hear and decide the application to one or more hearings commissioners who are not members of the local authority.
