Variation 4 Weedons Road
About the private plan change
The request seeks to change the Partially Operative Selwyn District Plan by rezoning approximately 17 hectares of land along Weedons Road, Rolleston from General Rural Zone to Medium Density Residential Zone.
Map showing the affected land
Update 27 May 2026
Council’s decision has now been publicly notified, providing an opportunity for parties involved in Variation 4 to lodge an appeal against the decision. The appeal period is until 5pm Thursday 9 July 2026. A copy of the public notice is below.
Public Notice of Council Decision
Update 13 May 2026
At its meeting on 13 May 2026, the Council resolved to accept the recommendation of the Commissioner in relation to Variation 4 as its formal decision and approved the request.
See pages 37-85 extracted from the agenda:
PUBLIC-AGENDA-Council-13-May-2026.pdf
Council's decision will be formally notified and, once that happens, those parties involved in Variation 4 will have 30 working days to make an appeal to the Environment Court against the Council’s decision. Advice of the notification of Council’s decision will be provided to all parties in due course.
Update 21 April 2026
Council has received the Commissioner’s final recommendation in relation to Variation 4. Council will consider this recommendation at its meeting on 13 May 2026.
Update 27 March
A right of reply from the proponent of Variation 4 Yoursection is available here.
The Commissioner has issued Minute 3 closing the hearing.
Update 23 March
A response to Minute 2 from the Council reporting officer is available here.
Update 16 March 2026
A minute has been issued by the Commissioner requesting further information from Council on the use of occupancy restrictions and the timing of the proponent’s right of reply.
Minute 2 Occupancy Restrictions
A report has been produced by Council on Staging Conditions.
Further Information to assist the Hearing Commissioner Variation 4 – Council Reporting Officer
Update 11 March 2026
A letter has been tabled by submitter the Ministry of Education
Update 5 March 2026
Hearing of Submissions on Variation 4 is livestreamed on Council's YouTube Channel
The following summary statements and additional information was tabled at the hearing:
Kim Seaton (Planning) – Summary of evidence
Hamish Wheelans (Company) – Summary of evidence
Andrew Metherell (Transport) – Summary of evidence
Indicative Development Concept – Falcons Run Masterplan Diagram
Reporting officer summary of key points
Text of oral submission by submitter Samuel Rea
Update 4 March 2026
Further information has been provided from submitter Debra Hasson prior to the Hearing.
Supplementary information from Debra Hasson
Update 3 March 2026 – Hearing
The timetable for the hearing will be as follows. All members of the public, submitters and other interested parties are welcome to attend.
Update 26 February 2026
As per the Commissioners Hearing Minute circulated on 24 December 2025, the following material has been provided by submitters, and is available to view:
Statement of Evidence – Ralph Henderson (Planning) on behalf of Summerset
Update 19 February 2026
An amendment has been made to the Applicant’s Statement of Evidence – Kim Seaton (Planning). The document provided on 18 February 2026 has been superseded by the document below, which deletes paragraph 56.
Statement of Evidence – Kim Seaton (Planning) Amended 19/2/2026
Update 18 February 2026
As per the Commissioner's Hearing Minute circulated on 24 December 2025, the Applicant’s evidence, including supporting expert evidence, is now available.
Statement of Evidence – Kim Seaton (Planning)
Statement of Evidence – Hamish Wheelans (Applicant)
Statement of Evidence – Craig Hurford (Infrastructure)
Statement of Evidence – Andrew Metherell (Transport)
Statement of Evidence – Louise Overtoom (Landscape Architecture)
Update 11 February 2026
As per the Commissioner’s Hearing Minute, the Officers s42A report, including supporting expert evidence, has been prepared and circulated to submitters and the Commissioner for consideration at the hearing.
The hearing will be held on Thursday, 5th March 2026 at the Selwyn District Council offices, commencing at 9am.
s42A Report
Appendix 1 - Summary of recommendations on submission points
Appendix 2 - Urban Design and Landscape evidence, Hugh Nicholson
Appendix 3 - Transport evidence, Mat Collins
Appendix 4 - Servicing evidence, Casey Claborn
Update 24 December 2025
A minute has been issued by the Commissioner concerning the hearing and next steps.
Minute 1 Registration of Interests and Pre-circulation of evidence.pdf
Update 19 November 2025
The period for further submissions closed on 12 November 2025. One further submission was received, which can be viewed below.
Further Submission Variation 4 - Hughes Development.pdf
As there are submitters who wish to be heard, the next step is for Council to schedule a hearing. Further information on this will be published on this page at a later date.
Update 29 October 2025 – Notification of Summary of Submissions and Call for Further Submissions
The original submissions have been summarised and are open for further submissions until 5pm, Wednesday 12 November 2025. The period for further submissions was publicly notified in the Selwyn Times on 29th October 2025.
Click here to view a summary of decisions requested (includes contact details for persons who have made submissions)
Copies of the submissions received are available below:
V4001 Francesca and Bruce Rae
V4002 Ministry of Education
V4003 Hughes Developments Ltd
V4004 Ruth and Samuel Rea
Addendum to V4004 Ruth and Samuel Rea.pdf
V4005 Te Taumutu
V4006 Summerset
V4007 Debra Hasson
Further submissions must be limited to matters either in support of or in opposition to matters raised in an original submission made on Variation 4.
Further submissions may only be lodged by:
- any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest, or
- that has an interest in the plan change greater than the interest the public has, or
- by the local authority itself.
Submissions may be made by emailing to submissions@selwyn.govt.nz either by printing and scanning PDF Submission Form 6 or editing the form online and then saving a copy. Supporting documents and images should be emailed to Council, where possible, using the Further Submitter Name as a reference.
You can also print the further submission form and:
Post to: Selwyn District Council, PO Box 90, Rolleston 7643 (Attention: Further Submission on V4 Weedons Road.)
Deliver to: A Council service centre in Darfield, Lincoln, Leeston or Rolleston.
Further submissions must be served on Selwyn District Council and a copy must be provided to the person who made the original submission no later than 5 working days after a further submission is provided to Council.
Late Submission Debra Hasson, Commissioner Decision.
A submission by Debra Hasson was received shortly after the close of submissions on Variation 4. After considering a recommendation against Council’s Processing of Late Submissions and Further Submissions Policy, the Commissioner appointed for Variation 4 has decided to accept the late submission. The decision can be found here.
Update 16 October 2025 – Submissions Closed
Public submissions on Variation 4 closed at 5pm on Wednesday 15 October 2025. The submissions will be made publicly available in due course. Once submissions have been summarised, the period for further submissions will be notified.
Update 17 September 2025 - Public Notification
Variation 4 Weedons Road was accepted through a delegation afforded to the Executive Director – Development and Growth.
The variation request will be publicly notified in the Selwyn Times newspaper on 17 September 2025.
Any person may make a submission in support of or opposition to the plan change, or any part of it. Submissions close at 5pm Wednesday 15 October 2025.
Submissions may be made by downloading and printing the PDF submission form or editing online and emailing to submissions@selwyn.govt.nz. Supporting documents and images should be emailed to Council, where possible, using the Submitter Name as a reference.
Posted to: Selwyn District Council, PO Box 90, Rolleston 7643 (Attention: Submission on V4 Weedons Road.)
Emailed to: submissions@selwyn.govt.nz
Delivered to: A Council service centre in Darfield, Lincoln, Leeston or Rolleston.
After 15 October 2025, submissions will be summarised and made available to the public.
Update 10 September 2025
The review to ensure that the information provided by the proponent is adequate for public notification, including requesting any additional information, has now been completed.
Variation 4 has now been accepted by Council for notification through a delegation afforded to the Executive Director – Development and Growth.
Council will now undertake the necessary steps to prepare the variation for public notification.
Approval under delegated authority from Executive Director .pdf
Update 7 August 2025 – Response to RFI and amended application
In response to Council’s request dated 14 May 2025, the following information was received on 25 July 2025.
This information includes both an amended request, along with additional materials directly responding to the request for further information.
The documents below supersede the original application documents received.
The material provided is currently being reviewed to ensure that the matters raised in the request for further information have been satisfactorily addressed.
Amended application for Variation to the PODP Weedons Road, Rolleston 25 July 2025.pdf
Response to Request for Further Information [Filed 25 Jul 2025 11_56].pdf
Appendix A - Infrastructure Assessment 25 July 2025 and RFI Response.pdf
Appendix B - Geotechnical Assessment 25 July 2025.pdf
Appendix C - Preliminary Site Investigation 25 July 2025.pdf
Appendix D - Integrated Transport Assessment 25 July 2025 and RFI response.pdf
Appendix E - Landscape and Visual Assessment 25 July 2025.pdf
Appendix F - Assessment of potential loss of productive land.pdf
20250725 Weedons Rd 1-487 Tree Retention Report.pdf
20250725 Location plan of all eastern Rolleston Development Areas.pdf
Update 14 May 2025
The request has been reviewed for completeness, and a request for further information has been issued.
Council request for further information 14 May 2025
Once a response to the request has been received, and reviewed for completeness, the request will be presented to Council for a decision on next steps. If Council decides to accept the request, it will be publicly notified and opened to submissions.
Update 4 April 2025
This request is currently being reviewed to ensure the information is adequate for public notification. Once this has been completed, and any required additional information considered necessary has been received, it will be taken to Council for direction on next steps.
Application:
The Plan Change request consists of the following documents:
Due to the size of the Application, it has been broken into component parts:
Appendix A – Infrastructure Assessment
Appendix B – Geotechnical Assessment
Appendix C – Preliminary Site Investigation
Appendix D – Intergrated Transport Assessment
Appendix E – Landscape and Visual Assessment
Appendix F – Assessment of potential loss of productive land
Contact
For further information contact the team on 0800 SELWYN (735 996) or email contactus@selwyn.govt.nz