Private Plan Change 1 - Rongotea South Residential Area

Te Kapiti Trust has lodged a private plan change request with the Manawatū District Council to re-zone 31.36 hectares of land adjacent to Rongotea Village for the purposes of housing development.

[Operative]

Plan Change Status
Operative:21 December 2023
Decision: 27 July 2023
Commissioner Hearing: 30 May 2023
Further Submissions Closed: 3 March 2023
Further Submissions Opened: 16 February 2023
Notification Submissions Closed: 31 January 2023
Notified: 8 December 2022

The plan change request seeks to rezone 21.88 ha of land from Rural 2 Zone to Village Zone, an adjacent 10.48 ha is to remain as Rural 2 Zone, with an area set aside for public open space. To guide subdivision and development, a new chapter is proposed titled Rongotea South Development Area which includes the Rongotea South Structure Plan.

The map below indicates the proposed structure plan for the area subject to the plan change request.

Downloads

Operative Documents

Public Notice - Operative - PDF file (479.7 KB)

Decision Documents

Decision Report - 27 July 2023 - PDF file (1.1 MB)

Appendix 1 - Decisions on Submissions - Rongotea South - PDF file (249.9 KB)

Appendix 2 - Annotated Version - PDF file (570.6 KB)

Appendix 3 - Final Version - PDF file (601.2 KB)

Public Notice of Decision - PDF file (162.5 KB)

Public Notice Summary Decision - PPC1 - PDF file (271.6 KB)

Commissioner Hearing Documents (Scheduled for 30/05/2023)

Hearing Panel Minutes 1 - 10/03/2023 - PDF file (178.8 KB)

Requestors Memo - 24/03/2023 - PDF file (165.0 KB)

Hearing Panel Minutes 2 - 28/03/2023 - PDF file (143.9 KB)

Hearing Panel Minutes 3 - 20/04/2023 - PDF file (184.6 KB)

Joint Witness Statement - Stormwater - 13/04/2023 - PDF file (308.9 KB)

Joint Witness Statement - Planners - 27/04/2023 - PDF file (71.9 KB)

Legal Memorandum on Questions Posed by the Commissioners - 21/04/2023 - PDF file (279.7 KB)

S 42A Report - Rongotea Plan Change - Final - PDF file (746.6 KB)

Appendix A - Summary of Submissions - Rongotea South - PDF file (176.3 KB)

Appendix B - S 42A Report - John Bell - PDF file (175.9 KB)

Appendix C - S 42A Report - Tim Williams - PDF file (306.4 KB)

Appendix D - S 42A Report - Wendy Thompson - PDF file (246.8 KB)

Appendix E - S 42A Report - Carl Johnstone - PDF file (244.5 KB)

Appendix F - Transportation Peer Review - Tim Kelly - PDF file (389.5 KB)

Appendix G - Land Use Capability Peer Review - Esther Dykstra - PDF file (451.1 KB)

Appendix H - Strategic Direction Memorandum - Matthew Mackay - PDF file (214.8 KB)

Applicant Evidence - Ruth Allen 11/05/2023 - PDF file (3.0 MB)

Applicant Evidence - Kim Anstey 11/05/2023 - PDF file (6.3 MB)

Applicant Evidence - Duncan and Susan Cheetham 11/05/2023 - PDF file (3.8 MB)

Applicant Evidence - Sharn Hainsworth 11/05/2023 - PDF file (196.8 KB)

Memo from Manawatu District Council - Withdrawal of Submission - 23/05/2023 - PDF file (196.9 KB)

Final Supplementary Evidence - Daniel Batley - PDF file (308.9 KB)

Memo May re site visit - PDF file (60.9 KB)

Requestor's Legal Submissions - PDF file (286.7 KB)

Southern Cross v Eden Epsom - PDF file (2.0 MB)

Hearing Panel Minutes 4 - 01/06/2023 - PDF file (100.3 KB)

Summary Statement - Ruth Allen - PDF file (770.3 KB)

Summary Statement - Duncan and Susan Cheetham - PDF file (722.3 KB)

Summary Statement - Kim Anstey - PDF file (3.4 MB)

Reply Submissions for Requestor - 08 June 2023 - PDF file (244.9 KB)

District Plan Maps Rongotea South Structure Plan V2 - PDF file (3.7 MB)

Joint Witness Statement - Planners (Post Hearing) - PDF file (167.3 KB)

Appendix A Tracked Changes Version Rongotea South Development Area Chapter FINAL - PDF file (650.1 KB)

Appendix B Assessment under s32AA - PDF file (174.1 KB)

Appendix C PC3 Objectives and Policies Assessment Table - PDF file (230.0 KB)

Hearing Panel Minutes 5 - 20/06/2023 - PDF file (98.6 KB)

Further Submissions Received

Further Submission - WB & CM Miles Family Trust - PDF file (184.6 KB)