Summerset Retirement Village – Half Moon Bay
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
2021-065
Applicant
Summerset Villages (Half Moon Bay) Limited
Project summary
To construct and operate a comprehensive care retirement village comprising:
- one or more buildings approximately 24 metres high, containing:
- approximately 211 independent-living residential units
- approximately 118 assisted-living suites (20 memory care suites, 48 other care suites and 50 serviced apartments)
- ancillary facilities, including a theatre, a bar, a café, a therapy room, a salon, a shop, a pool, a health and wellness centre, a library, indoor and outdoor amenity areas, and a space for associated staff and administrative functions
- temporary buildings, structures and infrastructure to be installed and used during the construction and early operational stages of the project, including a recreation centre and associated car parking spaces, a show suite, advertising hoardings, and operations and sales office
- parking for approximately 309 vehicles
- infrastructure including roads, parking areas and three-waters services.
Location
25 Thurston Place, Bucklands Beach, Auckland.
Referred projects order
Schedule 39 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 aged-care facilities with accessible amenities and services
- generate employment by providing approximately 320 full-time equivalent jobs per year over a 5- to 7-year construction period
- increase housing supply through the construction of approximately 211 independent-living apartments and a total of approximately 118 assisted-living suites
- likely progress faster than would otherwise be the case under the Resource Management Act 1991 standard processes.
Any actual and potential adverse effects on the environment, and proposed measures to avoid, remedy, mitigate, offset, or compensate for 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, 729 KB]