Adaptation of the executive wing of Parliament
The Minister for the Environment has declined to refer this project to an expert consenting panel for fast-track consenting under the Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting Act 2020).
Project ID
2020-008
Applicant
Her Majesty the Queen by an employee of the Parliamentary service that was duly established under the provision of Section 6 of the Parliamentary Service Act 2000 (acting pursuant to authority given to the General Manager by the Attorney-General of New Zealand under section 4B of the Public Works Act 1981).
Project summary
Adapt the Executive Wing of Parliament by demolishing/deconstructing the two-storey existing Press Gallery (an existing heritage building and earthquake-prone building) and constructing a three-storey building to accommodate new ministerial suites.
Location
1 Molesworth Street, Wellington
While a project of this nature and scale would be able to be determined by an expert consenting panel, it would be more appropriate for it to go through the normal consenting process under the Resource Management Act 1991 (section 23(5)(b) of the FTCA), given the location of the project within New Zealand’s Parliamentary precinct.
It is noted alternative processes include the option of requesting that the application go directly to the Environment Court under section 87D of the Resource Management Act 1991, which could be an appropriate process in this case.
Section 17 report
Section 17 report [PDF, 1 MB]