Application for resource consent
From City Scene, published on 13 April 2008
Auckland City Council has received applications for
resource consent under the Resource Management Act 1991 for the following sites:
- 72 Lunn Avenue, Mount Wellington
- Winstone Park, Mount Roskill.
You can make submissions on these applications. See the end
of this notice for more information.
Application one
Site
72 Lunn Avenue, Mount Wellington.
Details
The applicant, College Road Holdings Limited, seeks consent
to establish a building improvement centre (Mitre 10 Mega) and hire centre at 72
Lunn Avenue, Mt Wellington.
The development will consist of a 9,643m2 building
improvement centre (including garden centre and cafe) and a separate 1,000m2
hire centre, with a total gross floor area proposed on the site of 10,643m2.
The proposal requires consent:
- to establish a building improvement and hire centre,
garden centre, cafe (that exceeds 100m2) and an office on a site zoned Business
5 under the isthmus section of the operative district plan.
It also requires consent as the rear vehicle access to the building improvement
and hire centre is located within 30m of a residential area at the Maura/Harris
Road intersection.
- to undertake 15,500m2 of earthworks on the site, which is
also identified by the council as being potentially subject to soil instability
and potentially contaminated.
- to establish more than 100 car parks on the site and for
three proposed vehicle crossings, two of which fail to comply with the minimum
width requirements.
- the proposal also requires the removal of 28 generally
protected trees. The applicant also proposes to establish a range of signs, with
the largest having an area of 900m2 and located on the north-eastern facade of
the proposed building.
Overall, the application is a discretionary activity.
Applicant
College Road Holdings Limited.
Applicant's address for service
Haines Planning Consultants Limited, PO Box 68856, Newton,
Auckland (attention: Susannah Tait).
Copies of the application can be viewed at:
- Panmure Community Library, 7-13 Pilkington Road, Mount
Wellington
- Auckland City Council service centre,
35 Graham Street, central city.
Application two
Site
Winstone Park, Mt Roskill.
Details
The applicant proposes to construct a pedestrian walkway
and cycleway through the northern edge of Winstone Park, on the northern slopes
of Mt Roskill. The proposed route traverses land within the park zoned both Open
Space 1 and 3. The route also extends partially through Transit New Zealand's
designated motorway corridor.
The proposal also requires resource consent for matters
associated with the construction of the path including earthworks over an area
of 1685m2, the removal of 52 trees, works within the dripline of generally
protected trees, site modification and planting on an archaeological and
geological site, providing a new carparking area general planting on site and
repositioning of an existing stockyard.
Overall the activity is a non-complying activity.
Applicant
Auckland City Council - Transport Planning.
Applicant's address for service
URS New Zealand Limited, PO Box 821, Auckland (attention:
Ben Chester).
Copies of the application can be viewed at:
- Mt Roskill Community Library, 546 Mt Albert Road, Mt
Roskill
- Auckland City service centre, 35 Graham Street, central
city.
Making a submission
Your submission must be in writing, dated, signed and
include:
- your name and postal address, along with any telephone
and fax numbers
- details of the application your submission is about
(including location)
- whether you support or oppose the application
- your submission, with reasons
- the decision you wish the consent authority to make
- whether you wish to be heard in support of your
submission.
Send your submission to the address in the notice. You must
also serve a copy of your submission on the applicant at their address for
service. You can get
submission forms from
the website or from any Auckland City Council library or service centre.
Closing date for submissions
12 May 2008.
Address for submissions
Auckland City Council, Private Bag 92516 Wellesley Street,
Auckland 1141 (attention: administration officer, regulatory services).
