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Publicly Notified Resource Consents

Below are current publicly notified resource consents. 

Because of their possible environmental effects, many activities need a resource consent from the Council.

You have the right to inspect the following consent application at any Council service centre during normal office hours and to make a submission supporting or opposing it.

Submissions have now closed and a further information request has been made regarding potential ecological effects. This website will be updated when further information is received and a hearing date is set.

West Coast Regional Council have lodged consent applications with the West Coast Regional Council and the Westland District Council to extend the Hokitika Seawall between Stafford Street and Richards Drive on the Hokitika beachfront. The application is for coastal permits and land use consents because the seawall is partially within the Coastal Marine Area. The proposal involves the replacement of temporary rock protection and the extension of the existing seawall for a further 1,100m primarly on Legal Road reserve fronting the beach.

The application is being processed externally by a planning consultant, and an Independent Commissioner(s) will be appointed to conduct a hearing and make a decision on the applications in due course.

The application was publicly notified on Friday 9 June 2023, the submission period has now closed.

The application documents, and further information received in support of the application can be found on the West Coast Regional Council Website via the below link. 

Hokitika Seawall Extension - The West Coast Regional Council (wcrc.govt.nz)

This link will be updated as the process progresses, to include any submissions received, and information about the public hearing of the application.

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Land Information Memorandum

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Building consents

The Westland District Council is a Building Consent Authority and is charged with many tasks and responsibilities under the Building Act 2004.

Resource consents

A resource consent is a formal approval under the Resource Management Act 1991 that is required when a proposed building or activity does not comply with all of the relevant rules in a District Plan.