Private Plan Change: Welhom Developments
Closed for submissions
About the Plan Change
Masterton District Council gives notice of a Summary of Decisions Requested for the Welhom Developments Limited Private Plan Change to the Operative Wairarapa Combined District Plan (2011).
The private plan change seeks to:
- Rezone 14.7836ha of land located at State Highway 2, Lansdowne, Masterton (legally described as Lot 3 DP 516269, Lot 36 DP 429991, Lot 1 DP 69308 and Part Lot 9 DP 65445 held in Record of Title 804394) from Rural (Primary Production) Zone to Residential Zone; and also
- Introduce additional site-specific District Plan provisions for the future development of an approximately 9ha retirement village within part of the land rezoned Residential.
Status
Wednesday 31 August 2022
The Welhom Developments Limited Private Plan Change was notified on 31 August 2022, with a deadline for making submissions of 28 September 2022. This deadline was subsequently extended to 29 September 2022 as a result of the unanticipated Queen’s Memorial public holiday. A total of 10 submissions were received within the submission period.
Wednesday 2 November 2022
A summary of all submissions and further submissions are summarised in the Summary of Decisions Requested which was notified on 2 November 2022.
Wednesday 17 November 2022
The date and time for closing of further submissions was 4pm, Wednesday 17 November 2022.
Wednesday 8 March 2023, 9:30am
The Hearing Panel, comprising independent commissioners appointed by Masterton District Council, conducted a Hearing on the Plan Change at the Masterton Club, Chapel Street, Masterton. Three days were set aside for this hearing.
Thursday 27 April 2023, 9:30am
The Hearing Panel reconvened on 27 April, with a recommendation by the Independent Hearing Commissioners received on 8 June.
Independent Commissioners Recommendation
The recommendation by the Independent Hearing Commissioners was received on 8 June. At the time of this recommendation, the Hearing Commissioners recommended that the plan change request be accepted, to rezone land from Rural (Primary Production) Zone to Residential and introduce site-specific provisions for the retirement village proposal.
Hearings
The Hearing was held from 8 - 10 March. The hearing reconvened on 27 April online via teams.
Hearing Documents
Hearing Appearances
The parties that presented (in order) were:
- Megan Barr (4Sight Consulting Limited – Part of SLR, on behalf of Council)
- Harriet Fraser (Harriet Fraser Traffic Engineering & Transportation Planning, on behalf of Council)
- Angela McArthur (Eco=Landscapes & Design, on behalf of Council)
- Rachel Conner (Hazelton Law, Counsel for Council)
- Daniel Minhinnick (Russell McVeagh, on behalf of Welhom)
Also in attendance but not presenting were:
- Christine Chong (Planning Manager, Masterton District Council)
- Ryan Rose (Envelope Engineering, on behalf of Council)
- Georgia Alston (4Sight Consulting Limited – Part of SLR, on behalf of Council)
- Aaron Smail (Summerset/Welhom)
- Tom Calvin (Summerset/Welhom)
- Oliver Boyd (Summerset/Welhom)
- Mitch Lewandowski (Building Block Planning, on behalf of Welhom)
- Jacob Burton (Russell McVeagh, on behalf of Welhom)
- Roger Southey (Landowner)
- Richard Landon-Lane (Waka Kotahi)
- Kathryn St Amand (Waka Kotahi)
- Liam Bullen (Kensington Swan, on behalf of Waka Kotahi)
- Samantha Fowler (Kensington Swan, on behalf of Waka Kotahi)
- Emma Speight (Waka Kotahi)
Also present were the commissioners Stephen Daysh and David McMahon.
Plan Change Documents
Key Documents
Plan Change Request Documents
- Appendix 1 - Changes to the District Plan (PDF, 3.2MB)
- Appendix 10 - Economic Assessment (PDF, 2.8MB)
- Appendix 11 - Land Use Capability Assessment (PDF, 5.3MB)
- Appendix 12 - District Plan Extracts (The Orchards Retirement Village) (PDF, 792KB)
- Appendix 2 - Record of Title (PDF, 369.2KB)
- Appendix 3 - Landscape and Visual Assessment (PDF, 11.5MB)
- Appendix 4 - Ecological Assessment (PDF, 2.8MB)
- Appendix 5 - Archaeological Assessment (PDF, 3.5MB)
- Appendix 6 - Integrated Transport Assessment (PDF, 2MB)
- Appendix 7 - Civil Engineering Assessment (PDF, 1MB)
- Appendix 8 - Geotechnical Assessment (PDF, 12.4MB)
- Appendix 9 - Preliminary and Detailed Site Investigation (PDF, 19MB)
- Consolidated RFI Response (PDF, 4.6MB)
Plan Change Evidence
- Cashmere Oaks - Water Main Pressure Test (PDF, 97.4KB)
- Cashmere Oaks Approval History (PDF, 148.4KB)
- Certified Map of OFDA (PDF, 481.6KB)
- Civil engineering - Joint Witness Statement (PDF, 266.7KB)
- Figures showing surrounding road environment (DOCX, 9.1MB)
- Further explanation of LUC classification system (PDF, 365.7KB)
- Glenn Connelly Graph (PDF, 4.5MB)
- GWRC PCC legal submission on RPS Change 1 weighting (PDF, 152.4KB)
- Summary evidence of Emma Speight - Waka Kotahi (Corporate) (PDF, 65.2KB)
- Summary evidence of GC - Waka Kotahi (Safety) (PDF, 8.8MB)
- Summary evidence of Kathryn St Amand - Waka Kotahi (Planning) (PDF, 337KB)
- Summary evidence of Richard Landon-Lane - Waka Kotahi (Safety) (PDF, 123.8KB)
- Summerset Masterton - Supplementary Legal Submissions (PDF, 13.1MB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Aaron Smail (PDF, 203.3KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - James Allen (PDF, 200.4KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - James Bentley (PDF, 38.6KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Mark Georgeson (PDF, 88KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Melanie Muirson (PDF, 172KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Mitch Lewandowski (PDF, 318KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Russell Brents (PDF, 196.3KB)
- Summerset Masterton Summary Statement - Tim Heath (PDF, 199.6KB)
- Supplementary evidence of Tim Heath - (Economics) (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Waka Kotahi Legal Submissions (PDF, 335.5KB)
- Welhom Developments Limited - Legal Submissions (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Welhom Proposed District Plan Changes Post Day 1 Hearing (PDF, 360KB)
Post-Hearing Documents
- Balmoral Developments (Outram) Ltd v Dunedin City Council (PDF, 384.3KB)
- Council and Waka Kotahi Supplementary Comments (PDF, 356.1KB)
- Masterton District Council s42A Addendum (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Memorandum of Counsel on behalf of Welhom - Response to comments from Council and Waka Kotahi (PDF, 7.6MB)
- Summerset Masterton - Planning - Joint Statement (PDF, 700.6KB)
- Supplementary Submissions on Welhom Developments (PDF, 333.7KB)
- Transportation Statement of Facts (PDF, 2.7MB)
Making a Further Submission
The following persons may make a further submission, in the prescribed form (Form 6 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003):
- any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and
- any person that has an interest in the proposed policy statement or plan greater than the interest that the general public has; and
- the local authority itself.
A further submission must be limited to a matter in support of or in opposition to the relevant submission made and summarised in the Summary of Decisions Requested document. Submissions should be made in writing, in general accordance with Form 6. Full copies of all 10 submissions are available from:
- Masterton District Council’s public offices at 161 Queen Street, Masterton, and Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton.
- Masterton District Library at 54 Queen Street, Masterton.
Further submitters are required to serve a copy of their further submission on the person who made the original submission within 5 days of lodging the further submission with Council. Addresses for service of all submitters are available in the Summary of Decisions Requested document.
Further submissions may be made by sending a written or electronic further submission, and any supporting documents, to Masterton District Council at:
Post
Planning
Masterton District Council
PO Box 444
Masterton
Notification of Summary of Decisions Requested
The Summary of Decisions Requested for the Welhom Developments Limited Private Plan Change to the Operative Combined Wairarapa District Plan (2011), including related documentation, may be inspected at:
- Masterton District Council’s public offices at 161 Queen Street, Masterton, and Waiata House, 27 Lincoln Road, Masterton.
- Masterton District Library at 54 Queen Street, Masterton.
- In the Key Documents list.
Public Participation Process
After the closing date for further submissions, Council will prepare a report and hold a hearing of the submissions. All persons who made a submission or further submission and who requested to be heard in support of their submissions will be advised of the dates, times and place of the hearing. The Council will make decisions on the submissions and further submissions, and any submitter or further submitter may appeal the decision of the Council on their submission to the Environment Court in accordance with the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.
For further information regarding the Summary of Decisions Requested or making a further submission, please contact:
Megan Barr - 4Sight Consulting
021 468 108
megan.barr@4sight.co.nz
Christine Chong
Planning & Consents Manager – Masterton District Council
