Private Plan Change 15 – Tuumata: further submissions
Private Plan Change 15 – Tuumata was open for submission in April and May this year. A summary of submissions and copies of original submissions were made available in June and July. Further submissions for Private Plan Change 15 reopened in October to allow people to submit on an original submission not included in the summary of submissions.
Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) requested a change to Hamilton’s District Plan to rezone about 68ha in Ruakura to allow for housing. Plans have been made for about 1200 homes.
More than a third of the 68ha site will be set aside as wetlands and swales to manage stormwater. Provision has also been made for a shopping centre and a supermarket. The Tuumata block is located between the Fifth Avenue extension and the AgResearch campus.
The proposed changes to the District Plan include:
Submissions to Plan Change 15 were opened from 18 April to 17 May 2023.
Further submissions to Plan Change 15 were open from 12 June to 10 July 2023 and again between 25 October and 10 November 2023.
We received four submissions and five further submissions. There is now a formal process to follow under the Resource Management Act 1991.
Hearings for Plan Change 15 are due to be held in 2024.
A panel of commissioners will consider all the submissions and make recommendations to Council on the final plan change in 2024.
Keep up-to-date on the plan change here: https://hamilton.govt.nz/property-rates-and-building/district-plan/plan-changes/plan-change-15/
Private Plan Change 15 – Tuumata opened for submissions in April and May this year. A summary of submissions and copies of original submissions were made available in June and July.
Further submissions for Private Plan Change 15 reopened on Wednesday 25 October to allow people to submit on an original submission not included in the summary of submissions.
Further submissions will remain open until Friday 10 November 2023.
Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) has requested a change to Hamilton’s District Plan to rezone about 68ha in Ruakura to allow for housing.
More than a third of the 68ha site will be set aside as wetlands and swales to manage stormwater. Provision has also been made for a shopping centre, a supermarket. Tuumata is located between the Fifth Avenue extension and the AgResearch campus.
The proposed changes to the District Plan include:
Helpful documents and links are located under Related heading at the bottom of this page.
A further submission may only be made in support of, or opposition to, another person’s submission. You can’t raise new issues. It provides an opportunity to assess the effect an original submission may have on you, and have your views considered by accredited Commisioners along with the original submission.
You do not need to have made an original submission to make a further submission.
Note to person making further submission:
You must serve a copy of your further submission on the original submitter within five working days after it is served on the local authority.
Please note that your submission (or part of your submission) may be struck out if the authority is satisfied that at least 1 of the following applies to the submission (or part of the submission):
After further submissions a report will be prepared on the proposed changes and a hearing date will be set. Any submitters and further submitters who wish to be heard will be notified of this date.
After the hearing, the commissioners will make their recommendations and we’ll let all submitters and the public know the outcome.
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