Proposed
Hastings
District Plan
Notified 9th November 2013
Decision
Report
Zone Change
Request –
Raymond Road
Proposed Hastings District Plan Decisions Report
Zone Change Request – Raymond Road
Hearing Held Thursday 2 July 2015
By the Proposed District Plan Hearings Committee comprising:
Chair: Councillor Lyons
Councillors Bowers and Watkins
Rural Community Board Member: Mr P Kay
Attended by:
Hastings District Council Staff:
Environmental Policy Manager (Mr P McKay)
Consultant Planner (Mrs S Morgan – Opus International)
Democratic Support Manager (Mr R Palmer)
Submitters:
J Maurenbrecher
M Holder, Cardno, on behalf of Mr Denis Hardy, Endsleigh
Cottages
E-A Powell, HB Regional Council
D Vesty, HB Fruitgrowers Association Inc
Apologies from:
Councillor Lester
Information tabled and read into the record:
The following Submitters had also advised they would not be attending the hearing and had
forwarded evidence to be circulated and read into the record at the hearing:
The Graham Family Trust
Minutes from the public section of this hearing are available on request
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Other hearings involving submissions on this Rezoning Request

There are no other Hearings that have submissions that directly impact on this
Rezoning request. However there have been a number of other rezoning requests in
the Haumoana/Te Awanga area, namely Clifton Bay Submission 34, Te Awanga
Downs Submission 253 , East Road Submission 25
Please refer to the separate decision reports available on those hearings which can be
accessed from the Council website
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Index of Submitters & Further Submitters involved in the Zone Change
Request – Raymond Road Rezoning
Issue
1
Issue
Rezoning request from D & E
ward, E & V Fuhrer, A & J
Maurenbrecher, and J Snijders to
Raymond Road
Submitters / Further
Submitters
 D & E Ward, E & V Fuhrer,
A & J Maurenbrecher, & J
Snijders (HDC 140)
 Stephen Seque (FS 447)
 Hawkes Bay Regional
Council (FS 200)
 Hawkes Bay Fruitgrowers
Association Inc (FS 205)
 The Graham Family Trust
(FS 510)
 Tanja Baker (FS 26)
 Neoleen Skelton (FS 541)
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Decisions
ISSUE 1: REZONING REQUEST FROM D & E WARD, E & V FUHRER, A & J MAURENBRECHER,
AND J SNIJDERS TO RAYMOND ROAD
A)
That the submission of D & E Ward, E & V Fuhrer, A & J Maurenbrecher and J
Snijders (S140) seeking that 31 hectares at 14 – 80 Raymond Road be rezoned firm
Plains Production to Rural Residential; be rejected.
B)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in support from S Seque
(FS447); be rejected.
C)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in support from T Baker
(FS26); be rejected.
D)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in support from N
Skelton (FS541); be rejected.
E)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in opposition from
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (FS200); be accepted.
F)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in opposition from
Hawke’s Bay Fruit Growers Association (FS205); be accepted.
G)
That as a consequence of A) above, the further submission in opposition from the
Graham Family Trust (FS510); be accepted.
WITH THE REASONS BEING
1.
That rezoning the land to Rural Residential would be inconsistent with the Hawke’s
Bay Regional Policy Statement, and that by doing so would potentially impact on the
versatile land of the Heretaunga Plains.
2.
That the rezoning request will not ‘give effect to’ the objectives and policies of the
Hawke’s Bay Regional Policy Statement, in particular policies UD3 and UD7 which
seek to ensure planned growth in areas identified as appropriate for rural residential
growth; avoid unnecessary removal of valuable land from agricultural production;
and achieve residential intensification within existing residentially zoned areas.
3.
That the rezoning request will not achieve the objectives and policies of the
Proposed Hastings District Plan, and in particularly objectives RRSO1, RSMO1,
PSMO1, RRO1 and policies RRSP1, RSMP1, PSMP1, RRP1 which generally seek to
maintain the life supporting capacity of the District’s rural resources and manage
rural land close to urban areas.
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4.
That there is currently sufficient land identified for future lifestyle development in
the District to meet projected demand.
5.
That the rezoning request has been evaluated under section 32 of the Resource
Management Act and having had regard to the costs and benefits of the proposal,
and its efficiency and effectiveness, the rezoning will not achieve the relevant
objectives in the Proposed Hastings District Plan, the Hawke’s Bay Regional Policy
Statement or meet the purpose of the Resource Management Act.
6.
That the rezoning request does not promote the sustainable management of the
natural and physical resources of the rural environment and is therefore
inconsistent with the purpose of the Resource Management Act.
7.
That rezoning the land subject to this request, would be premature and pre-emptive
of broader planning processes, including a planned review of HPUDS and a ‘Master
Plan’ for the Cape Coast.
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Section 32 Evaluations of Changes Made by Decisions
In making its decision whether to accept, accept in part or reject the rezoning requested by
D & E Ward, E & V Fuhrer, A & J Maurenbrecher and J Snijders, Council considered the reasons
given for the submissions and further submissions, presentations from submitters and
further submitters at the hearing and statements on behalf of submitters tabled at the
hearing. Council also considered the officers section 42A report prepared for the hearing;
http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/meetings/district-plan-hearings-committee/2015/july/02
With specific regard to section 32AA of the Act Council also gave regard to and accepted the
following section 32 evaluation contained within the officers section 42A report:
The removal of land from the Plains Production zone to provide for additional land with a
Rural Residential zoning is not the most effective or efficient way to achieve the sustainable
management purpose of the Act with respect to rural land within the Plains Productive zone
for the life of the Proposed Plan. Currently there is a surplus of land zoned for Rural
Residential purposes and to rezone it ahead of triggers such as a change in demographic
demand, coastal management etc is not warranted. It also would not achieve the core
approach of the plan to intensify existing residential areas as the primary means for
protecting the versatile land of the Heretaunga Plains.
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