The Pitau
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
2023-162
Applicant
Pitau LP
Project summary
To construct and operate a retirement village and aged-care facility comprising three or four interconnected buildings up to 6 storeys (or between 21-23 metres) high, on an approximately one-hectare site. The project provides approximately 167 apartments, 60 hospital-level care suites and ancillary facilities for the retirement village (including office/administration, a café, lounges, library, wellness space, theatre, swimming pool, spa and gym). It also includes 220 basement-level carparks, vehicle and pedestrian accessways, open space areas and infrastructure for three-waters services.
Location
53, 55, 55A, 57, 59, 61A and 61B Pitau Road, Mount Maunganui, Tauranga.
Referred projects order
Schedule 107 to the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Referred Projects Order 2020 [New Zealand Legislation website]
The project will:
- generate employment by providing approximately 1,130 FTEs over a 6-year construction period and 130–140 ongoing FTEs through operation of the retirement village
- increase housing supply through the construction of approximately 167 apartments and 60 hospital-level care suites
- 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, 1.2 MB]