Oruku Landing
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
2021-039
Applicant
Northland Development Corporation Limited
Project summary
To construct and operate a development in central Whangārei, comprising:
- a hotel approximately 22 metres high, containing approximately 132 rooms for accommodation, a restaurant, a bar and a swimming pool
- a mixed-use building approximately 18.5 metres high, containing approximately 17 residential units, retail and commercial tenancies, and a car park for approximately 190 vehicles
- a marina located in the coastal marine area, providing approximately 29 berths and a ferry terminal
- a multi-purpose conference and events centre approximately 16.5 metres high, containing a hall, a theatre, back-of-house facilities, meeting rooms, a cafe, and other associated facilities
- a public plaza located between the hotel and the conference and events centre
- roads and infrastructure for three waters services
- a section of the existing Hātea Loop walkway boardwalk that is widened and cantilevered partially above the water of the coastal marine area.
Location
44 Riverside Drive, Whangārei.
Referred projects order
Schedule 30 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- help to achieve the purpose of the Act
- have positive effects on social well-being by:
- providing a range of employment opportunities and flow-on economic benefits
- maintaining and enhancing public access to and enjoyment of the coastal marine area
- provide up to:
- 395 direct full-time equivalent jobs per year over a 3-year construction period
- 223 direct part-time jobs per year over the construction period
- 123 direct full-time equivalent permanent jobs after the construction period ends
- have positive effects on the local economy by bringing approximately $376 million into the local construction, tourism and hospitality industries, which have been affected by COVID-19
- increase housing supply through the construction of approximately 17 residential units
- likely progress faster than would otherwise be the case under the Resource Management Act 1991 standard processes.
Any effects arising from the project and proposed measures to mitigate 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, 843 KB]