Brookby Quarry – Stage 3

This project has been referred to an expert consenting panel for fast-track consenting under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting Act 2020).

Project ID

2023-141

Applicant

Brookby Quarries Limited

Project summary

To expand the existing Brookby Quarry operation over approximately 52 hectares. The project will include extraction of approximately 110 million tonnes of aggregate over a period of 60 years, stockpiling and processing aggregate on site, constructing infrastructure and structures associated with quarry operations, reclaiming permanent and intermittent watercourses and undertaking ecological enhancement.

Location

134 Kimptons Road and 271 & 275 Ara Kotinga Road, Brookby, Auckland.

Reasons for decision

The project will:

  • generate employment by creating approximately 65 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs over the life of the project
  • facilitate construction, including construction of infrastructure, in the Auckland region
  • progress faster than would otherwise be the case under standard Resource Management Act 1991 process.

Any actual and potential effects on the environment, and proposed measures to avoid, remedy, mitigate, offset, or compensate for any adverse effects, can be appropriately tested by an expert consenting panel against Part 2 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the purpose of the Act.

Section 17 report

Section 17 report [PDF, 1.1 MB]

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