Publicly notified resource consents
Resource consent application - Taumatatotara Wind Farm Limited (RM200019)
To hear and decide the application by Independent Hearing Commissioner, a hearing commencement date has been set as follows:
Date: 13th and 14th November 2023
Time: 9.00am
Venue: Les Munro Centre, 8 King Street East, Te Kuiti
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, Notices and Minutes
- Hearing Notice (PDF 168 KB)
- Minute 1 – 12 September 2023 (PDF 84 KB)
- Minute 2 – 14 September 2023 (PDF 16 KB)
- Minute 3 – 19 September 2023 (PDF 21 KB)
- Minute 4 – 2 October 2023 (PDF 74 KB)
- Minute 5 - 3 October 2023 (PDF 112 KB)
- Minute 5 - Reissue 4 October 2023 (PDF 116 KB)
Legal Submissions
- Legal submission re s88 and s127 (PDF 262 KB)
- Legal submission T4 S127 (PDF 334 KB)
S42A Report and Appendices
- S42A Report Taumatatotara Windfarm RM200019 (No Appendices) (PDF 432 KB)
- S42A Report Taumatatotara Windfarm RM200019 (with Appendices) (PDF 17.67 MB)
- Appendix 1 - 2006 Decision (PDF 249 KB)
- Appendix 2 - 2011 Variation Decision (PDF 12.53 MB)
- Appendix 3 - WRC Consent (PDF 606 KB)
- Appendix 4 - Summary of Submissions (PDF 53 KB)
- Appendix 5 - Landscape and Visual (PDF 404 KB)
- Addendum (PDF 44 KB)
- Appendix 6 - Noise (PDF 252 KB)
- Appendix 7 - Ecology (PDF 650 KB)
- Appendix 8 - Traffic-Transport (PDF 1.19 MB)
- Appendix 9 - Separation Distance Map (PDF 687 KB)
- Appendix 10 - Applicant's Draft Conditions (PDF 82 KB)
- Appendix 11 - S42A Report Draft Conditions (PDF 90 KB)
- Appendix 12 - Notification Decision (PDF 224 KB)
Applicant’s Evidence and other Documents
- Taumatatotara Windfarm Waitomo DC Evidence ENZL Final (PDF 420 KB)
- Taumatatotara Windfarm Waitomo DC Summary Statement Evidence ENZL (PDF 112 KB)
- EIC Glenn Starr (Corporate) Final (PDF 686 KB)
- Evidence t4 - Michael Smith Acoustics (PDF 913 KB)
- Evidence t4 Transport J Daly w appendices (PDF 2.92 MB)
- Evidence Mike Moore att 1 Landscape graphics (PDF 11.82 MB)
- Evidence t4 M Moore Landscape inc App B (PDF 981 KB)
- T4 C Shearer Planning apps 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 (PDF 1.46 MB)
- App 3 Site Plan Final (PDF 692 KB)
- Taumatatotara Site Plan 1.5 (A3) SNA BATS v4 (PDF 414 KB)
- Appendix 3; TWF Site Plan 8.11.23 (PDF 696 KB)
- App 6 Consent Conditions Hearing Version (PDF 128 KB)
- Supplementary Evidence M Moore landscape (PDF 198 KB)
- Taumatatotara - Overlays (PDF 3.92 MB)
- Part 2-s31 Assessment TWF 14.11.23 (PDF 147 KB)
- Legal submissions T4 FINAL (PDF 365 KB)
- Summary Evidence Final (PDF 169 KB)
- Table of Authorities (PDF 84 KB)
Table of Authorities - Legal Submissions
- Body Corporate 97010 v Auckland City Council CA64 00, 17 August 2000 (PDF 106 KB)
- Envirowaste Services Ltd v Auckland Council [2011] NZEnvC 130 (PDF 3.35 MB)
- Genesis Power Ltd v Franklin District Council ENC Auckland A148 05, 7 September 2005 (PDF 2.22 MB)
- McIntyre v Christchurch City Council PT A15 96, 5 March 1996 (PDF 901 KB)
- Ngati Kahu Ki Whangaroa Co-operative Society Ltd v Northland Regional Council ENC Auckland A95 2000, 4 August 2000 (PDF 2.87 MB)
- Ngati Ruahine v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2012] NZHC 3381 (PDF 156 KB)
- Palmerston North City Council v New Zealand Windfarms Ltd [2013] NZHC 2654 (PDF 51 KB)
- Palmerston North City Council v New Zealand Windfarms Ltd [2014] NZCA 601 (PDF 565 KB)
- R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2017] NZHC 52 (PDF 2.02 MB)
- R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2018] NZCA 316 (PDF 291 KB)
- Re Meridian Energy Ltd [2013] NZEnvC 59 (PDF 6.96 MB)
- Te Runanga O Ngai Te Rangi Iwi Trust v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2011] NZEnvC 402 (PDF 5.55 MB)
- Te Runanga o Ngati Awa v Bay of Plenty Regional Council [2019] NZEnvC 196 (PDF 2.51 MB)
- Wakatipu Environmental Society Inc v Queenstown Lakes District Council ENC Christchurch C164 2004, 26 October 2004 (PDF 588 KB)
- Z-National-Policy-Statement-for-Indigenous-Biodiversity (PDF 533 KB)
- Z-nps-reg-2011 (PDF 76 KB)
- ZZ proposed-national-policy-statement-for-renewable-electricity-generation (PDF 298 KB)
- ZZZ Bats and Windfarms Advice Note - Version 5 - 6 October 2023 (PDF 347 KB)
Submitter’s Evidence and other Documents
Ngahuia Herangi
- Ngaati Mahuta ki te Hauaaruru support letter to commissioner FINAL (PDF 38 KB)
- Ngaati Mahuta ki te Hauaauru effects assessment report FINAL (PDF 401 KB)
Department of Conservation
- Memorandum of Counsel requesting an extension of evidence deadline (PDF 74 KB)
- Evidence of M Pryde (Bat Ecology) (PDF 1015 KB)
- Taumatatotara Windfarm Planning Evidence E Williams 8 November Final (PDF 434 KB)
- Legal Submissions on behalf of the Director-General of Conservation (PDF 621 KB)
- Decision of the Mackenzie District Council and Caterbury Regional Council re an application for a solar array at Tekapo (PDF 512 KB)
- Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2017] NZHC 52 (PDF 656 KB)
- Dye v Auckland Regional Council [2002] 1 NZLR 337 (PDF 90 KB)
- Environmental Defence Society Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd [2014] NZSC 38 (PDF 584 KB)
- R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2016] NZEnvC 81 (PDF 5.83 MB)
- Sustain Our Sounds Inc v New Zealand King Salmon Co Ltd [2014] NZSC 40 (PDF 208 KB)
- IMG_4425 (MP4 20.27 MB)
- Environment Court Practice-Note-2023- 10.4 - draft conditions (PDF 292 KB)
- Summary Statement Moira Pryde_ (003) (PDF 226 KB)
- Taumatatotara Windfarm Supplementary Planning Evidence E Williams final (PDF 220 KB)
- Track changes version of the amended legal submissions on behalf of the Director-General of Conservation (PDF 632 KB)
- Amended Legal submissions on behalf of the Director General of Conservation (PDF 628 KB)
- Weston Lea Ltd case (PDF 1.59 MB)
Julie Knight & Brett Knight
Sue Irons
- Extra Notes (PDF 77 KB)
- Landscape Photos (PDF 56 KB)
Yvonne Armstrong
- C8730A51-38F3-4388-AD72-C9E8BE22F709 (MOV 2.4 MB)
- Flooding Evidence Tahaaroa Road- bottom of the valley -before the quarry into Tahaaroa (PDF 95 KB)
Other Documents Presented by Reporting Officer
- Draft 14 Nov S42A Report Addendum Taumatatotara Windfarm RM200019 (PDF 402 KB)
- T4 Conditions 14 November hearing version (WDC version) 10.00 am (PDF 351 KB)
Post Hearing Information
Reporting Officer
- Report To Hearings Committee for Taumatatotara windfarm.doc (2006) (PDF 249 KB)
- Schedule 6 - submission points on SNA provisions - PWDP (PDF 83 KB)
- Waitomo PDP Submissions - T4 (DoC evidence) (PDF 1.12 MB)
- s42A Report Ventus s127 (Final) (PDF 12.53 MB)
- Taumatatotara DoC submission 2006 (PDF 141 KB)
- T4 Conditions post hearing WDC version 24 November (FINAL for Commissioner) (PDF 275 KB)
- Appendix 1; TWF Site Plan 8.11.23 (PDF 696 KB)
- T4 Conditions post hearing WDC marked up 30.11.23 (FINAL) 5.00 pm version (PDF 115 KB)
- Appendix 1 - TWF Site Plan 8.11.23 (PDF 696 KB)
- T4 Conditions post hearing WDC marked up 30.11.23 (FINAL) 5.00 pm version + Appendix (PDF 846 KB)
Department of Conservation
- Supplementary Legal Submissions on behalf of the Director-General of Conservation (PDF 740 KB)
- T4 Conditions post hearing WDC version 24 November 3pm (FINAL for Commissioner) With DOC tracked changes 8pm (PDF 426 KB)
Applicant
- Legal submissions T4 Reply Submissions (PDF 329 KB)
- Aubade NZ Ltd v Marlborough District Council [2015] NZEnvC 154 (PDF 1.55 MB)
- DL Newlove Ltd v Northland Regional Council PT Decision A30 94, 27 April 1994 (PDF 118 KB)
- Dye v Auckland Regional Council CA86 01, 11 September 2001 (PDF 58 KB)
- Meridian Energy Ltd v Wellington City Council ENC Wellington W031 07, 14 May 2007 (PDF 4.98 MB)
- NZ Rail Ltd v Marlborough District Council HC Wellington AP169 93, 4 November 1993 (PDF 912 KB)
- R J Davidson Family Trust v Marlborough District Council [2016] NZEnvC 81 (PDF 5.83 MB)
- Sampson v Waikato Regional Council ENC Auckland A178 2002, 2 September 2002 (PDF 486 KB)
- Shirley Primary School v Christchurch City Council ENC C136 98, 14 December 1998 (PDF 2.4 MB)
Decision
Decision Report - Taumatatotara Wind Farm s127 Application FINAL (PDF 1.37 MB)