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Council Workshop

Agenda

 

 

Notice of Workshop Te Pānui o te Hui:

A Council Workshop will be held on:

 

Date:                                    Tuesday 8 July 2025

Time:                                    9.30 am – 11.00 am

Venue:                                 HR Training Room, Level 1, Civic Offices,
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch
Open session will be recorded and published online

                                             https://councillive.ccc.govt.nz/meeting-calendar/

 

 

Membership Ngā Mema

Chairperson

Deputy Chairperson

Members

Mayor Phil Mauger

Deputy Mayor Pauline Cotter

Councillor Kelly Barber

Councillor Melanie Coker

Councillor Celeste Donovan

Councillor Tyrone Fields

Councillor James Gough

Councillor Tyla Harrison-Hunt

Councillor Victoria Henstock

Councillor Yani Johanson

Councillor Aaron Keown

Councillor Sam MacDonald

Councillor Jake McLellan

Councillor Andrei Moore

Councillor Mark Peters

Councillor Tim Scandrett

Councillor Sara Templeton

 

 

4 July 2025

 

 

 

Principal Advisor

Mary Richardson

Chief Executive

Tel: 941 8999

mary.richardson@ccc.govt.nz

 

 

There will be no public admittance into the meeting room. The open session will be recorded and published online. Note: This forum has no decision-making powers and is purely for information sharing. To find upcoming meetings, watch a recording after the meeting date, or view copies of meeting Agendas and Notes, go to: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/the-council/meetings-agendas-and-minutes/

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS NGĀ IHIRANGI

 1.      Apologies Ngā Whakapāha.............................................. 3

Information Session/Workshop Items

2.       Council submission on the Resource Management national direction packages.................................... 5

9.30 am – 10.15 am

Presenters: Mark Stevenson - Head of Planning & Consents and Ruohan Zhao - Senior Policy Analyst

 

3.       Plan Change Programme update............................. 7

10.15 am – 11.00 am

Presenters: Sarah Oliver - Team Leader City Planning (West) and Darren Bridgett - Team Leader City Planning (East)

  

 

 

 

1.   Apologies Ngā Whakapāha

Apologies will be recorded at the meeting.


 

2.     Council submission on the Resource Management national direction packages

Reference Te Tohutoro:

25/1115015

Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :

Mark Stevenson, Head of Planning & Consents
Ruohan Zhao, Senior Policy Analyst

 

1. Detail Te Whakamahuki

 

Purpose and Origin

·    The purpose of this session to provide elected members with an overview of the draft Council submission staff have prepared in response to the proposed changes to national direction under the resource management system.

·    Elected members were previously briefed on the proposed national direction changes at an Information Session on Tuesday 17 June 2025.

Timing

This information session is expected to last for 50 minutes.

Outcome Sought

·    We are seeking feedback from elected members on the draft Council submission on the proposed changes to Resource Management national direction. This feedback will enable staff to take a final submission to the Finance and Performance Committee for approval on Wednesday 23 July 2025.

ELT Consideration

·    The General Manager for Planning, Strategy and Regulatory Services will review the draft Council submission that will be distributed to elected members after the session.

Next Steps

·    Following the Information Session, staff will distribute the draft submission to elected members for feedback. Feedback is due by Friday 11 July 2025.

·    Following elected members feedback, staff will address this in the submission.

·    The final draft submission will be taken to the Finance and Performance Committee on Wednesday 23 July 2025 for approval.

·    Once approved, staff will lodge the submission on Friday 25 July 2025.

Key points / Background

·    The Government is consulting on four packages of national direction:

-       Package 1: Infrastructure and Development

-       Package 2: Primary Sector

-       Package 3: Freshwater

-       Package 4: Going for Housing Growth

·    The submission we are presenting on in this information session covers our feedback on Packages 1, 2 and 3. We are writing a separate submission on Package 4, as this was released after the first three packages and has a later submission deadline.

·    The draft Council submission contains the cover letter, alongside 3 technical appendices – one for each package.

·    Given the breadth of issues, we are proposing that the cover letter summarises our key feedback across the packages as a whole, and provides high level indications of the proposals we support and do not support.

·    Generally, we are supportive of enabling growth and infrastructure, but have concerns that the proposed changes do not strike the right balance between growth and managing adverse environmental impacts. We also raise concerns that some proposals reduce local decision-making.

·    In relation to Package 3 on freshwater, we are not supportive of the options in the discussion document. Our preference is to retain the current Te Mana o te Wai framework and hierarchy of obligations. We would like to seek your feedback on this approach.

 

Useful Links

·    Consultation on updating RMA national direction | Ministry for the Environment

 

Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga

There are no attachments to this coversheet.

 

Signatories Ngā Kaiwaitohu

Authors

Ruohan Zhao - Senior Policy Analyst

Helaina Gregg - Principal Advisor Policy

Approved By

Mark Stevenson - Head of Planning & Consents

 

 

 

3.     Plan Change Programme update

Reference Te Tohutoro:

25/1052804

Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :

Sarah Oliver, Team Leader City Planning (West); Darren Bridgett, Team Leader City Planning (East)

 

1. Detail Te Whakamahuki

Purpose and Origin

This briefing is to provide the Council with an update on the plan change programme, acknowledging that recent briefings have been provided on Plan Change 14 Housing and Business Choice and Plan Change 21 Central City Noise.

Council was last briefed on the broader programme on 30 April 2024 and since this time work has continued to advance on Council led plan changes. In addition, four private plan change requests have been lodged with Council.

Timing

This information session is expected to last for 45 minutes.

Outcome Sought

Elected Members will have a good understanding of the plan change programme and have provided direction on the priorities going forward.

ELT Consideration

ELT will consider this matter in review of the agenda for this Information Session.

Next Steps

Staff will present plan changes to Council for approval ahead of notifying any plan change and engaging with the Community.

Key points / Background


Council has sought changes to the District Plan to address issues including coastal hazards, heritage, effects at the interface between industrial and residential zones, noise in the Central City, the run-off of sediment into rivers and streams and managing significant indigenous biodiversity. 

It is timely to update the Council on the plan change programme and other work in light of further announcements on changes to national direction and proposed amendments to the Resource Management Act. A number of private plan changes have now been lodged which will be covered in the workshop.

Useful Links

Christchurch District Plan

https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/plans-strategies-policies-and-bylaws/plans/christchurch-district-plan/changes-to-the-district-plan

Private Plan Changes

Private plan changes : Christchurch City Council

 

Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga

There are no attachments to this coversheet.

 

Signatories Ngā Kaiwaitohu

Authors

Sarah Oliver - Team Leader City Planning

Darren Bridgett - Team Leader City Planning (E)

Approved By

Mark Stevenson - Head of Planning & Consents

John Higgins - General Manager Strategy, Planning & Regulatory Services