Publicly notified resource consents
Resource consent application - Taumatatotara Wind Farm Limited (RM200019)
Summary of the proposal
Waitomo District Council has received an application from Taumatatotara Wind Farm Limited for a resource consent as follows:
- An application to vary conditions 1, 2, 3 and 11 of the 2008 resource consent granted to Ventus Energy (NZ) Ltd to construct a 22 turbine wind farm with tip heights of 110 metres. The wind farm site is located at Taumatatotara West Road, Te Kuiti.
- The proposal includes:
- Reducing the number of turbines from 22 to 11 (Conditions 1 and 2), including reducing the on-site roading proposed. The proposal is to retain the northern 11 turbines (in the same locations as turbines 1-11 in the original consent).
- Increase the tip height of the remaining 11 turbines from 121.5 m to 172.5m, with rotor diameter increasing from 110m to 155m.
Public notices
- Public notice - Taumatatotara wind farm 23-3-23 (PDF 76 KB)
- Public notice - Taumatatotara wind farm-Summary (PDF 76 KB)
Application
- Taumatatotara AEE June 2020 (PDF 771 KB)
- Attachment 1 - Wind Energy Yield Prediction (PDF 414 KB)
- Attachment 2A - Appendix 2 V90 Transport Manual (PDF 1.09 MB)
- Attachment 2B - Appendix 4 -Specialist Transporter, Windblade adapter (PDF 1.42 MB)
- Attachment 2C - Transport Memorandum -3 July 2020 (PDF 1.09 MB)
- Attachment 3 - Turbine Dimensions (PDF 355 KB)
- Attachment 4 - Civil Aviation email (PDF 1.78 MB)
- Attachment 5 - Noise Assessment Altissmo Consulting (PDF 593 KB)
- Attachment 6A - Landscape and Visual Assessment, WPS Opus (PDF 900 KB)
- Attachment 6B - Landscape Graphic Attachments (PDF 2.56 MB)
- Attachment 6C - Photographic Equipment (PDF 113 KB)
- Attachment 7 - Ecology Memorandum (PDF 115 KB)
- Attachment 8 - Landowner's full names (PDF 399 KB)
- Attachment 9 - 2008 Consent Conditions Waitomo District Council (PDF 1.54 MB)
- Attachment 10 - Opus Landscape Visual Assessment S92 Response 2012 (PDF 1.62 MB)
- Attachment 11 - ZVI Analysis (PDF 1.7 MB)
- Attachment 12 - Response re Mansergh Graham Memo Dec 2019 (PDF 599 KB)
- Attachment 13 - Ngā Tai o Kāwhia Communication (PDF 364 KB)
Further information request pursuant to section 92 of the Resource Management Act 1991
- 1_WDC_Section 92 request for further information RM200019 (PDF 234 KB)
- 2_Applicant response (PDF 246 KB)
- Appendix 1 - LVEA (WPS Opus) (PDF 862 KB)
- Appendix 1B - Landscape Graphic Attachments (PDF 2.71 MB)
- Appendix 2 - Noise (Altissimo Consulting) (PDF 521 KB)
- Appendix 3A - Ecological Areas map (PDF 1.09 MB)
- Appendix 3B - photos road, turbine sites (PDF 1.02 MB)
- Appendix 3C - SNA's near T4 Windfarm Map (PDF 271 KB)
- Appendix 4A - Avifauna (PDF 310 KB)
- Appendix 4B - Bats (Ecology NZ) (PDF 455 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Transportation Response (TES Ltd) (PDF 4.51 MB)
- Appendix 6 - 2004 Ecological report (PDF 932 KB)
- Appendix 7 - 2005 Ecological report turbines 18-22 (PDF 1.29 MB)
Further information response from the Applicant
- 1_WDC L006 Further info clarification 3_Feb_2021 (PDF 156 KB)
- 1_WDC to Ventus - L007 Further information clarification 11_May_2021 (PDF 576 KB)
- 2_Clarification letter to Waitomo DC (PDF 74 KB)
- 2_S92 Clarification letter (PDF 102 KB)
- Ecology Memorandum 10.4.21 (PDF 423 KB)
- Ecology Report 10 Aug 21 (PDF 1.49 MB)
- Email_ Taumatatotara WF conditions (PDF 154 KB)
- Landscape and Visual Assessment WSP 22 March 2021 (PDF 1.11 MB)
- Memorandum WSP re visual landscape (PDF 1.11 MB)
- Ngaati Mahuta response to Taumatatotara wind farm turbines (PDF 229 KB)
- Noise letter 10 November 2020 (PDF 866 KB)
- Noise Altissimo 7.4.21 (PDF 1.25 MB)
- Transportation 18.2.21 (PDF 190 KB)
Notification Decision and Report
- s95 Notification Decision - RM200019 (PDF 260 KB)
- s95 Notification report - Taumatatotara 17_Sept 2021 (PDF 16.9 MB)
Submission form
- Submission form (PDF 156 KB)
- Word version - Submission form (DOCX 98 KB)
Application history
- RM050019 – decision on the original application (PDF 3.6 MB)
- RM050019A – section 127 application to change consent conditions (PDF 1.26 MB)
Submissions
- Chris Iron & Debra Hastie (PDF 1.92 MB)
- David Galbraith (PDF 168 KB)
- Department of Conservation (PDF 230 KB)
- Julie Knight & Brett Knight (PDF 159 KB)
- Leslie Gaston (PDF 252 KB)
- Natasha Willison (PDF 250 KB)
- Ngahuia Herangi (PDF 151 KB)
- Roimata Harmon (PDF 188 KB)
- Susan Irons (PDF 2.71 MB)
- Te Nehenehenui (PDF 499 KB)
- Te Nehenehenui - 2 (PDF 591 KB)
- Trustees of John David Keepa Kupa Whaanau Trust (PDF 301 KB)
- Virginnia Dawn Taia (PDF 412 KB)
- Waikato regional Council (PDF 195 KB)
- Yvonne Armstrong (PDF 1.37 MB)
- Summary of Submissions (PDF 48 KB)
Further information requested as a result of submissions
- T3 s92 Letter (PDF 294 KB)
Hearing direction and notices
- Hearing Notice (PDF 168 KB)