Minutes of a meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 30 June 2016, commencing at 9.00am
Present: Councillor B McGurk (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors I Barker, R Copeland, K Fulton (Deputy Chairperson), M Lawrey, and M Ward, and Ms G Paine
In Attendance: Group Manager Strategy and Environment (C Barton), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Manager Communications and Acting Manager Libraries and Heritage (P Shattock), Team Leader Roading and Solid Waste (M Parfitt), Strategy and Environment Analyst (B Wayman), Manager Planning (M Heale), Youth Councillors F Sawyer and J Stallard, and Administration Adviser (J McDougall)
Apologies: Councillor E Davy for attendance, Her Worship the Mayor R Reese and Councillor M Lawrey for lateness.
Resolved PR/2016/032 THAT apologies be received and accepted from Councillor Davy for attendance, and from Her Worship the Mayor R Reese and Councillor Lawrey for lateness. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
Lindsay Wood read out his presentation Doing justice to macro-scale environmental issues in Nelson City Council’s planning and tabled a copy (A1573376).
Mr Wood urged Council to promote a standalone policy on climate change and ocean change and suggested that the policy be reflected in all Council’s plans.
Attendance: Councillor Lawrey joined the meeting at 9.04am.
In answer to a comment that ratepayers seemed to raise more concerns about parking than about climate change issues, Mr Wood advised that in his opinion it was important for organisations such as Council to take the lead in major issues such as climate change.
1 A1573376 - Public Forum - tabled document |
5. Confirmation of Minutes
5.1 19 May 2016
Document number M1892, agenda pages 6 - 7 refer.
Resolved PR/2016/033 THAT the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 19 May 2016, be confirmed as a true and correct record. |
5.2 19 May 2016
Document number M1893, agenda pages 8 - 11 refer.
Resolved PR/2016/034 THAT the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 19 May 2016, be confirmed as a true and correct record. |
5.3 2 June 2016
Document number M1914, agenda pages 12 - 14 refer.
Resolved PR/2016/035 THAT the unconfirmed minutes of the meeting of the Planning and Regulatory Committee, held on 2 June 2016, be confirmed as a true and correct record. |
6. Status Report - Planning and Regulatory - 30 June 2016
Document number R6114, agenda pages 15 - 18 refer.
In response to a query about warrants of fitness for rental housing schemes, Group Manager Strategy and Environment, Clare Barton, advised that once information on this topic had been collated from other councils, a report would come to the Committee outlining possible actions and timeframes.
Resolved PR/2016/036 THAT the Status Report Planning and Regulatory Committee 30 June 2016 (R6114) and its attachment (A1155974) be received. |
Document number R6120, agenda pages 19 - 20 refer.
The Chairperson presented his report.
In response to a query regarding the petition, Group Manager Strategy and Environment, Clare Barton advised that the matter was being looked into and a report, including costings, was being prepared.
Resolved PR/2016/037 THAT the Chairperson's Report (R6120) be received and the contents noted. |
Regulatory
8. Parking and Vehicle Control Bylaw (2011), No 207, Amendments to Schedules
Document number R5863, agenda pages 21 - 27 refer.
Team Leader Roading and Solid Waste, Marg Parfitt, presented the report.
Resolved PR/2016/038 THAT the report Parking and Vehicle Control Bylaw (2011), No 207, Amendments to Schedules (R5863) and its attachments (A1554304, A1554307, A1555003 and A1554291) be received; AND THAT the amendments detailed in report R5863 to the following Schedules of Bylaw No 207, Parking and Vehicle Control (2011), be approved: - Schedule 9: No Stopping. |
9. The approach taken by other Councils to Freedom Camping
Document number R5911, agenda pages 28 - 30 refer.
Group Manager Strategy and Environment, Clare Barton presented the report.
In response to a question, Ms Barton noted that there was information on the Council website about freedom camping but that signage in specific places could be appropriate to assist in communicating information about freedom camping in the Nelson area.
Resolved PR/2016/039 THAT the report The approach taken by other Councils to Freedom Camping (R5911) be received and noted. |
Policy and Planning
10. Proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity
Document number R6121, agenda pages 31 - 38 refer.
Strategy and Environment Analyst, Brylee Wayman, and Manager Planning, Matt Heale, presented the report and advised that the draft submission from Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) was expected to be received today.
Councillors were interested to see the draft submission and Group Manager Strategy and Environment, Clare Barton advised that it could be circulated by email.
There was discussion about whether Council, in addition to supporting the LGNZ submission, should make its’ own submission.
In response to a query, Ms Wayman advised that the proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity would look at the availability of airspace such as above carparking areas, as well as actual land usage.
Attendance: Her Workshop the Mayor joined the meeting at 9.33am.
Attendance: The meeting adjourned from 9.40am to 9.42am.
It was noted that it was important for Nelson’s voice to be heard on these matters. It was suggested the elected members contribute ideas for the submission, and also suggested that councillors think widely about the housing issue in addition to any concerns about the supply of land for housing development.
Resolved PR/2016/040 Receive the report Proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (R6121) and its attachments (A1565123); Approve that the issues raised in this report are communicated to Local Government New Zealand to be considered in their submission on the proposed National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity; Approve a submission on the matter be made by Nelson City Council to the Ministry for the Environment. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.48am.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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