Plan change request 63: rezone 60 hectares of Rural Outer Plains, Darfield
Merf Ag Services Ltd and Matthew Reed have lodged a private plan change request with Council. The Plan Change seeks to rezone approximately 60 hectares from Rural Outer Plains to Living 1 (14.6 ha.) and Living 1 Deferred (46 ha.) on the North Eastern side of Darfield along Kimberley Road.
The requested change does not seek to change any objectives but it does seek to change policies, rules and definitions. Within the proposed Living 1 Zone the rule provisions would allow for a retirement village catering for upwards of 110 residents, and over the remainder of the area a residential unit density of 650 m2 except for specified medium density areas which will have a maximum average allotment size of 500 m2, and a minimum allotment size of 400 m2. This will result in approximately 90 low density residential units, and 13 medium density residential units.
The Living 1 Deferred Zone will not be able to be subdivided until a wastewater solution has been implemented, but will have capacity for approximately 283 standard sized residential lots, 56 lower density lots (1000 m2), and 8 medium density lots.
Update 11 February 2022
Plan Change operative as of 11 February 2022.
Certificate of Approval. [PDF, 129 KB]
Update 02 February 2022
The period for lodging appeals on Private Plan Change 66 ended on Tuesday 20 January 2022, and no appeals were received. The provisions of Private Plan Change 66 will therefore become fully operative on 11 February 2022.
Operative Public Notice [PDF, 24 KB]
Update 17 November 2021
Council's decision to accept the recommendation of the Commissioner, will be publicly notified on 17 November 2021, which provides an opportunity for parties involved in Plan Change 63 to lodge an appeal. A copy of the public notice is below.
Public Notice of Council Decision [PDF, 32 KB]
Update 9 November 2021
In his recommendation of 30 September 2021, the Commissioner recommended that the Council approve Plan Change 63 as set out in Appendix A of the recommendation. At its meeting on 3 November 2021, the Council considered the recommendation of the Commissioner in respect of the plan change request. Council resolved at this meeting to accept the Commissioner's recommendation on Plan Change 63 as its formal decision. This will be notified in due course.
Council Meeting Agenda 3 November 2021 [PDF, 3741 KB] (officer's report starting on p56)
Update 29 October 2021
In his recommendation of 30 September 2021, the Commissioner recommended that the Council approve Plan Change 63 as set out in Appendix A of the recommendation. The recommendation will be considered at Council’s meeting on 3 November 2021.
Council Meeting Agenda 3 November 2021 (officer’s report starting on p12, Commissioner’s recommendation starting on p17)
Update 14 October 2021
Following the closure of the hearing, the Commissioner issued the following recommendation. The next step requires that Council consider the recommendation in respect of the plan change request.
Recommendation of the Commissioner – 30 September 2021 [PDF, 663 KB]
Update 20 September 2021
The applicant exercised their right of reply on 13 September 2021, and the Commissioner closed the hearing on 20 September 2021. The right of reply comprises:
Legal submission [PDF, 189 KB]
Revised requested amendments to the Operative District Plan [PDF, 185 KB]
Revised Outline Development Plan [PDF, 334 KB]
Having considered the information provided, the Commissioner has concluded that no additional information is required from any of the hearing participants, and so closed the hearing on 20 September 2021.
Commissioner’s Minute 2 [PDF, 116 KB]
The Commissioner will now consider the plan change request and make a recommendation to Council.
Update 12 July 2021
As per the 9 July 2021 extension to the timeframes set out in the Commissioner's Hearing Minute circulated on 16 June 2021, the applicant’s expert evidence is now available for viewing.
Evidence of Fiona Aston (Planning) [PDF, 626 KB]
Appendix 1 Proposed Outline Development Plan [PDF, 101 KB]
Appendix 2 Darfield Land Supply and Take-Up [PDF, 183 KB]
Appendix 3 Section 32 for Retirement Village Provisions [PDF, 102 KB]
Appendix 4 Recent Residential Sales Figures for Darfield [PDF, 3190 KB]
Appendix 5 Property Brokers Report [PDF, 7131 KB]
Evidence of Mervyn Todd (Proponent) [PDF, 1956 KB]
Evidence Lisa Williams (Transport) [PDF, 331 KB] [PDF, 1323 KB]
Update 9 July 2021
The Commissioner has approved an extension of timeframes for the provision of evidence by the applicant and submitters, beyond those dates set out in the Commissioner’s Hearing Minute of 16 June 2021. The amended dates are:
- The Applicant must provide briefs of evidence to the Council in an electronic form by no later than Monday 12th July 2021; and
- Any person who has made a submission and is intending to call expert evidence must provide briefs of evidence to the Council in an electronic form by no later than Monday 19th July 2021
As previously advised, Submitters who do not intend to call expert witnesses do not have to comply with this timeframe and will be able to present their own evidence at the hearing.
Update 2 July 2021
As per the Commissioner's Hearing Minute circulated on 16 June 2021, the following Officer's S42A report has been prepared and circulated to submitters and the Commissioner for consideration at the hearing.
Officer's s42A report [PDF, 946 KB]
Appendix 1 – Officer comments of Murray England, Asset Manager Water Services [PDF, 1085 KB]
Appendix 2 – Transport comments of David Smith, Abley Consultants
Update 16 June 2021
A Commissioner has been appointed and a hearing is to be held at Darfield Recreation and Community Centre, North Terrace, Darfield on 26 July 2021 at 9am, to consider the application.
The Commissioner's Hearing Minute [PDF, 86 KB] circulated on 16 June 2021 requested that expert evidence be pre-circulated at set times.
The Officer's report is currently being prepared and will be available to view on 2 July 2021.
Update 12 May 2021
A Commissioner has been appointed and a hearing is to be held at Darfield Recreation and Community Centre, North Terrace, Darfield, on Monday 26 July 2021 to consider the application.
Further details will be made available closer to the date of the hearing.
Update 17 September 2020
The period for further submissions closed on Wednesday 16 September 2020. Two further submissions were received, which can be viewed below.
FS01 Janice and Collan Perriton [PDF, 14 KB]
FS02 Malvern Housing Trust [PDF, 656 KB]
The next steps will be to determine if any further information is required in response to the matters raised in submissions, and to schedule a hearing.
Update 2 September 2020 - Further Submissions
The original submissions have been summarised and are open for further submissions until 5pm, Wednesday 16 September 2020. The period for further submissions was publicly notified in the Selwyn Times on 2 September 2020.
Public Notice [PDF, 31 KB]
Summary of Submissions [PDF, 730 KB]
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.
Further submissions must be limited to matters either in support of or in opposition to an original submission made on Plan Change 63. This must be in writing and in accordance with Form 6, which is available below or from any Council Service Centre. 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.
PDF Submission Form 6 [PDF, 76 KB]
Further submissions may be made through the website (this can include uploading attachments) or you can download and print the PDF further submission form.
Further submissions not lodged through the website can be:
Posted to: Selwyn District Council, PO Box 90, Rolleston 7643
Emailed to: submissions@selwyn.govt.nz
Faxed to 347-2799
Update 24 August 2020 - Submissions Received
Submissions:
14 submissions were received in relation to PC63 and can be viewed below.
01 Phillipa Joan Anderson [PDF, 1362 KB]
02 Darren and Vanessa Davies [PDF, 169 KB]
03 Janice and Collan Perriton [PDF, 116 KB]
04 Paul and Alison Wightman [PDF, 159 KB]
05 Crystal Vercoe [PDF, 14 KB]
06 Environment Canterbury [PDF, 218 KB]
07 Duncan and Irene Mattushek [PDF, 88 KB]
08 Canterbury District Health Board [PDF, 536 KB]
09 KiwiRail Holdings [PDF, 658 KB]
10 Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency [PDF, 914 KB]
11 Madison McCullough [PDF, 91 KB]
12 Katherine Molloy [PDF, 36 KB]
13 Westmar Senior Care Darfield [PDF, 15 KB]
14 Kirsty Lucey and Ben Hanburger (Late Submission) [PDF, 553 KB]
Update 06 August 2020 -Submissions Closed
Public submissions on Plan Change 63 closed at 5pm on Wednesday 29 July 2020. The submissions will be made publicly available in due course. Once submissions have been summarised, the period for further submissions will be notified.
Update 1 July 2020 - Public Notification
Plan Change 63 was accepted for notification at Council’s meeting of 27 May 2020.
The Plan Change was publicly notified in the Selwyn Times newspaper on 01 July 2020.
Any person may make a submission in support of or opposition to the plan change, or any part of it. Submissions close at 5pm on Wednesday 29 July 2020.
Online Submission Form 5
PDF Submission Form 5 [PDF, 87 KB]
Submissions may be made through the website (this can include uploading attachments) or you can download and print the PDF submission form.
Submissions not lodged through the website can be:
Posted to: Selwyn District Council, PO Box 90, Rolleston 7643
Emailed to: submissions@selwyn.govt.nz
Faxed to 347-2799
After 29 July 2020, submissions will be summarised and made available to the public.
Update 28 April 2020 -Amended Application
The plan change application has been amended to incorporate the further information requested. The following information supersedes any relevant information received in the original application documents.
Applicants response to Council's request for further information [PDF, 8685 KB]
Appendices separated out:
Appendix A: Amended Outline Development Plan [PDF, 373 KB]
Appendix B: Urban Design Assessment -Response to RFI [PDF, 5531 KB]
Appendix C: Integrated Traffic Assessment [PDF, 1336 KB]
Appendix D: Section 32 Assessment: Addendum [PDF, 203 KB]
Appendix E: Extracts from Proposed Wastewater Treatment Plant ECan Application [PDF, 423 KB]
Appendix F: Mahaanui Kurataiao Report [PDF, 280 KB]
Appendix G: Revised Table of District Plan Amendments [PDF, 176 KB]
Updated 29 January 2020
The application has been reviewed and a request for further information was issued on 29 January 2020.
Further information requested [PDF, 170 KB]
17 December 2019
This application is currently being reviewed to ensure the information is adequate for public notification. Once this has been completed and any required information received it will be taken to Council to be considered for notification. If Council decides to accept the Plan Change it will be publicly notified and opened to submission.
Application
The Plan Change request consists of the following documents:
Application for Private Plan change in a single file [PDF, 16743 KB]
Application broken into component parts:
Private Plan Change request -Darfield [PDF, 841 KB]
Appendix 01 Certificates of Title [PDF, 143 KB]
Appendix 02 Submission on 'Are we on track?' [PDF, 228 KB]
Appendix 03 Outline Development Plan [PDF, 197 KB]
Appendix 04 Assessment Against Planning Provisions [PDF, 405 KB]
Appendix 05 Section 32 Evaluation [PDF, 222 KB]
Appendix 06 Servicing Report [PDF, 6863 KB]
Appendix 07 Wastewater Options Infrastructure Report [PDF, 709 KB]
Appendix 08 Preliminary Site Investigation [PDF, 5179 KB]
Appendix 09 Geotechnical Assessment [PDF, 5897 KB]
Appendix 10 Consultation Record [PDF, 955 KB]
Contact
For further information contact the team on 0800 SELWYN (735 996) or email contactus@selwyn.govt.nz