Council Workshop
Agenda
Notice of Workshop Te Pānui o te Hui:
A Council Workshop will be held
on:
Date: Tuesday 5 August 2025
Time: 1.00 pm – 3.45 pm
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
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Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
Members
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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
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1 August 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS NGĀ IHIRANGI
1. Apologies Ngā Whakapāha................................................................................. 3
Information
Session/Workshop Items
2. PC14
opt out proposal and decision making.......................................................... 5
1.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Presenter: Ike Kleynbos, Principal Advisor Planning
3. Local
Area Planning........................................................................................... 7
2.00 pm – 2.30 pm
Presenters: Sarah Oliver, Team Leader City Planning; Carolyn Bonis,
Team Leader Urban Regeneration
Break: 2.30 pm – 2.45 pm
4. Three
Waters Quarterly Activities Update (April - June 2025).................................. 9
2.45 pm – 3.15 pm
Presenter:
Gavin Hutchison, Head of Three Waters
5. Quarterly
Governance Update - Q43 2024/2025 (April - June 2025)......................... 31
3.15 pm – 3.45 pm
Presenters: Matt Boult, Team Leader Governance Process and Sean Rainey,
Manager Official Information
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2. PC14
opt out proposal and decision making
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Reference Te Tohutoro:
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25/1498404
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Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :
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Ike
Kleynbos, Principal Advisor Planning
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1. Detail Te Whakamahuki
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Purpose and Origin of the Workshop
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· This
workshop follows the 22 July workshop on the opting out of undecided parts of
Plan Change 14 (PC14) and future withdrawal of the plan change.
· The
purpose of this workshop is to discuss the outcomes of feasibility modelling
of the operative District Plan, a prospective opt out scheme, and the
required decisions that need to be made prior to an application being made by
the Minister.
· A
memo regarding commercial feasibility has been pre-circulated.
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Timing
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This workshop is expected to last for 60 minutes.
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Outcome Sought
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To confirm with Council, the zoning decision that
needs to be made to meet the prospective criteria to opt out of the balance
of PC14. This includes:
· Detailing
how much medium density is ideally zoned beyond the minimum required;
· Explaining
where medium density will be located;
· Detailing
the decisions that will also need to be on relevant qualifying matters in new
zones; and
· Affirming
the decision date.
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ELT Consideration
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This has not been considered by ELT.
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Next Steps
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The next step following this workshop is for a
decision to be made on the zoning and related qualifying matters at a Council
meeting on one of the following dates: 20 August; 3 September; or 10
September.
Only once the Minister formally agrees to
Council’s application can the balance of PC14 be withdrawn. This is
likely to take place in November 2025.
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Key points / Background
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· The Environment Select Committee
have recommended changes are made to the RMA to specifically allow the
intensification plan changes for Christchurch City Council and Auckland
Council to be withdrawn.
· Changes to the Act are forthcoming,
with the second reading complete and third reading anticipated shortly. Staff
expect the law to change by the end of August.
· The Bill states that Christchurch
City Council may seek to opt out of PC14 if it is demonstrated that the
operative District Plan provides sufficient commercially feasible residential
capacity to meet a Statistics New Zealand high growth scenario, plus a 20%
contingency. This totals some 65,600 dwellings.
· Staff
have engaged with the Ministry to affirm the feasibility approach with a
suggested criteria shared with staff. This has now been confirmed by the
Minister’s office, an important step as the Minister has full
discretion on how this is interpreted. This gives staff confidence that our
modelling approach is fit-for-purpose.
· A
proposal that would meet these criteria has been drafted. Council must make a
formal decision on zoning by mid-September to enable an application to be
made to the Minister and avoid a breach of the 12 December 2025 deadline to
complete all decision making on PC14.
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Useful Links
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· Reference should be made to the
memo circulated to Mayor and Councillors – ‘Draft Plan Change 14
Opt Out Option & Commercial Feasibility’.
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Attachments
Ngā
Tāpirihanga
There are no
attachments to this coversheet.
Signatories Ngā Kaiwaitohu
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Author
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Ike Kleynbos -
Principal Advisor Planning
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Approved By
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Mark Stevenson
- Head of Planning & Consents
John Higgins -
General Manager Strategy, Planning & Regulatory Services
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3. Local
Area Planning
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Reference Te Tohutoro:
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25/980733
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Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :
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Sarah
Oliver, Team Leader City Planning; Carolyn Bonis, Team Leader Urban
Regeneration
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1. Detail Te Whakamahuki
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Purpose and Origin
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· Update
elected members on the current programme of work to deliver Local Area
Planning.
· This briefing
responds to a request for further information from elected members at the 19
March 2025 Council meeting, when considering the Urban Regeneration
Biannual Report : Suburban report.
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Timing
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This information session is expected to last for 30
minutes.
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Outcome Sought
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The briefing is for information only.
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ELT Consideration
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The Local Area Planning Programme was endorsed by the
Council on 6 November 2024; There have been no further reports or briefings
of ELT on the programme as a whole.
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Next Steps
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The programme comprises a number of specific projects,
with engagement and/or reporting processes tailored to each area.
The next scheduled briefings for Local Area Planning
are:
- September
2025: focused on the Central City.
- November/December
2025: Planning & Consents unit biannual update
- March
2026: Suburban priority areas
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Key points / Background
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· The Ōtautahi Christchurch
Planning Programme was endorsed by the Council in November 2024. It takes
direction from the Greater Christchurch Spatial Plan and provides further
guidance and detail on the city’s intended future form. This will be
achieved by way of a regenerative and integrated approach through a programme
of network and local area planning.
· The Programme identifies three
tranches of Local Area Planning activity:
o Tranche
1: Central City and priority Suburban Centres (Linwood Village, New Brighton,
Sydenham and Lyttelton). This work has been underway for some time.
o Tranche
2: Linwood neighbourhood and the western corridor between Hornby and the
Central City. This has recently commenced.
o Tranche
3: Northern corridor between the Central City and Papanui to Belfast.
o Further
greenfield work has also been identified as high priority to commence now.
· The
briefing will give an overview of these tranches of work and key next steps.
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Useful Links
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Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga
There are no
attachments to this coversheet.
Signatories Ngā Kaiwaitohu
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Authors
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Carolyn Bonis
- Team Leader Urban Regeneration
Sarah Oliver -
Team Leader City Planning
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Approved By
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Mark Stevenson
- Head of Planning & Consents
John Higgins -
General Manager Strategy, Planning & Regulatory Services
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