Hobsonville Road Retirement Village
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
2023-156
Applicant
Kings Heights Group Limited
Project summary
To construct and operate a retirement village on a 4-hectare site. he retirement village will include approximately 354 residential units, including approximately 42 single storey villas, approximately 267 independent-living apartments in six buildings between four and six storeys in height (excluding basement car parking levels), and 45 care units in one building of three storeys in height (excluding basement car parking levels). The retirement village also includes an amenities building of two storeys in height and one basement level, containing a reception, health and well-being facilities, a pool and café.
The project includes works within the Hobsonville Road road reserve to upgrade the site access and within the Hobsonville Road and Westpoint Drive road reserves to construct infrastructure. The project also includes the development of outdoor recreation areas, landscaping and planting, car parking areas, and construction of accessways and three-waters services infrastructure.
Location
82 Hobsonville Road, West Harbour, Auckland.
Referred projects order
Schedule 106 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- generate employment by providing approximately 675 direct full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs over a 2-year design and construction period, and approximately 121 ongoing FTE jobs through the ongoing operation of the retirement village
- increasing housing supply for aged persons through the construction of approximately 354 residential units
- 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, 1.3 MB]