CURRENT STATUS: Council Summarises Submissions

See where this fits in the overall plan change process [PDF, 419 KB].

About the private plan change

On 17 December 2020 Marama Te Wai Limited lodged a private plan change request (PC77) to rezone approximately 12.5 ha of land on the western side of the West Melton township, bounded by West Coast Road and Preston Downs from Rural (Inner Plains) to residential land. The projected yield is 218 retirement village units and a caretaker’s residence.

On this page you can find all the information on the plan change request, including material that has been made available at each stage of the application process.

Map showing the proposed site

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Update 17 July 2023 – Process suspended at applicant’s request

At the request of the applicant, Council suspended processing of this plan change request on 17 July 2023. A decision on whether the plan change request will be recommenced or withdrawn will be made in due course.

Update 27 March 2023 - Submissions Received

79 submissions were received in relation to PC77 and can be viewed online at Summit Up.
The summary of submissions, and the period for further submissions, will be notified in due course.

Update 23 March 2023 -Submissions Closed

Public submissions on Plan Change 73 closed at 5pm on Wednesday 22 March 2023. The submissions will be made publicly available in due course. Once submissions have been summarised, the period for further submissions will be notified.

Update 22 February 2023- Public Notification

Private Plan Change 77 was accepted for notification at Council’s meeting on 8 February 2023.

The Plan Change was publicly notified in the Selwyn Times newspaper on 22 February 2023.

Public Notice [PDF, 32 KB] [PDF, 33 KB]

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 22 March 2023.

Online Submission Form 5 - Closed
PDF Submission Form 5 - Closed

Submissions may be made through the website 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 22 March 2023 submissions will be summarised and made available to the public.

Update 23 June 2022

In response to the Council’s request for further information dated 27 April 2021, the following amended application was received on 16 June 2022. The amended 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 submissions.

Private Plan Change Request - West Melton Holdings  [PDF, 1234 KB]
Appendix 1: Outline Development Plan and Landscape Strategy [PDF, 1674 KB]
Appendix 2: Urban Design Report [PDF, 4526 KB]
Appendix 2A: ODP Narrative [PDF, 1428 KB]
Appendix 2D: (to Urban Design Report) Visual Assessment [PDF, 7189 KB]
Appendix 3: Proposed Amendments to the Selwyn District Plan [PDF, 12 KB]
Appendix 4: Assessment Against National Policy Statement on Urban Development [PDF, 125 KB]
Appendix 5: Assessment Against Canterbury Regional Policy Statement Objectives and Policies [PDF, 354 KB]
Appendix 6: Assessment Against Operative District Plan Objectives and Policies [PDF, 326 KB]
Appendix 7: Assessment Against Proposed District Plan Objectives and Policies [PDF, 229 KB]
Appendix 8: Section 32 Assessment [PDF, 223 KB]
Appendix 9: Servicing Report [PDF, 1472 KB]
Appendix 10: Geotech Report [PDF, 8745 KB]
Appendix 11: Integrated Transport Assessment [PDF, 6635 KB]
Appendix 12: Economic Assessment [PDF, 3210 KB]
Appendix 13: Market Assessment [PDF, 802 KB]
Appendix 14: Preliminary Site Investigation [PDF, 6392 KB]
Appendix 15: Assessment Against Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan [PDF, 152 KB]
Appendix 16: Matters to Consider Pursuant to Schedule 4 [PDF, 96 KB]
Appendix 17: Mana Whenua Statement [PDF, 284 KB]

Update 29 October 2021

In response to Council request dated 27 April 2021, the following partial response was received on 28 October 2021.

Applicants response to Council's request for further information 28 October 2021 [PDF, 11128 KB]

Some matters raised in the request have not yet been addressed, and so the application is not yet complete. Once the request is complete 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.

Update 27 April 2021

Further information has been requested in order to better understand the application. Once all required information has been 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.

Council request for further information 27 April 2021 [PDF, 340 KB]

Update 17 December 2020 - Private plan change application received

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 submissions.

Application:

The Plan Change request consists of the following documents:
Due to the size of the Application, it has been broken into component parts: 

Private Plan Change Request - Marama Te Wai Limited [PDF, 1506 KB]Appendix 1: Outline Development Plan [PDF, 302 KB]
Appendix 2: Geotech Report [PDF, 8725 KB]
Appendix 3: NZTA West Melton Roading Upgrades [PDF, 810 KB]
Appendix 4: Infrastructure Report [PDF, 19523 KB]
Appendix 5: Assessment Against Canterbury Regional Policy Statement Objectives and Policies [PDF, 331 KB]
Appendix 6: Assessment Against Proposed District Plan Objectives and Policies [PDF, 220 KB]
Appendix 7: Section 32 Assessment [PDF, 249 KB]
Appendix 8: Urban Design Statement [PDF, 7453 KB]
Appendix 9: Preliminary Site Investigation [PDF, 6451 KB]
Appendix 10: Traffic Assessment [PDF, 1337 KB]
Appendix 11: Assessment Against Operative District Plan Objectives and Policies [PDF, 331 KB]
Appendix 12: Assessment of Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan [PDF, 132 KB]

Contact

For further information contact the team on 0800 SELWYN (735 996) or email contactus@selwyn.govt.nz