Ngongotahā Housing Development Project
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
2022-134
Applicant
Watchman Residential Limited
Project summary
To subdivide an approximately 15.9-hectare site and construct approximately 196 residential units and supporting infrastructure including roads and reserves intended to vest with Rotorua Lakes Council, accessways, car parking areas and three-waters services. The project will include construction of a new intersection with State Highway 36, landscaping and planting of open spaces and the creation of a series of artificial wetlands for flood mitigation on a large balance lot.
Location
31 Ngongotaha Road (State Highway 36), Ngongotahā, Rotorua.
Referred projects order
Schedule 98 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- generate employment by providing approximately 479 direct full-time equivalent jobs over a 5-year construction period
- increase housing supply through the construction of approximately 196 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, 1.6 MB]