Process Matters Relating to Plan Change 18 - Plimmerton Farm
Brian Warburton made this Official Information request to Porirua City Council
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      From: Brian Warburton
      
    
    Dear Porirua City Council,
This request relates to matters associated with the RMA processes associated with the PC 18 - Plimmerton Farm - that has recently been considered by a hearing panel appointed by PCC. During this time, submitters have asked PCC (via its hearing administrator) for clarification about various process matters. Submitters have been unable to communicate directly with the hearing panel.
Accordingly, please provide me with the following information: 
  for each request made by members of the public about the PC 18 process:
     -  the request
     -  the response from PCC
     -  the correspondence between PCC and the Panel.
Yours faithfully,
Brian Warburton
        From: Porirua City Council Enquiries
      
    
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        From: Records Management
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Dear Brian
 
Happy New Year.
 
Thank you for your request below.
 
Please find attached our Acknowledgement letter.
 
Ngā mihi,
Marcella Ropu
 Records & Scanning Officer
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Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2020 12:11 PM
To: [3][Porirua City Council request email]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Process Matters
 Relating to Plan Change 18 - Plimmerton Farm
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Dear Porirua City Council,
This request relates to matters associated with the RMA processes
 associated with the PC 18 - Plimmerton Farm - that has recently been
 considered by a hearing panel appointed by PCC. During this time,
 submitters have asked PCC (via its hearing administrator) for
 clarification about various process matters. Submitters have been unable
 to communicate directly with the hearing panel.
Accordingly, please provide me with the following information:
 for each request made by members of the public about the PC 18 process:
 - the request
 - the response from PCC
 - the correspondence between PCC and the Panel.
Yours faithfully,
Brian Warburton
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        From: Moana Wyatt
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Kia ora Brian,
Due to the wide scope of this request for information, in particular for
 “correspondence between PCC and the Panel”, it would be helpful  if you
 could provide more specific parameters around the subject matter of the
 correspondence you are interested in.
 
We have more than 1600 emails relating to Plan Change 18 so it would be a
 substantial undertaking in terms of the number of requests received from
 the public and emails sent between the Council, the panel and the
 submitters.
If are able to provide some searchable subject criteria, we may be able to
 reduce the time load. The queries we received range from minor matters to
 more technical/legal questions.
We estimate that it will take at least two full days to extract and
 collate these. Then we would need to go through a process of redacting
 personal information from the correspondence.
 
Are you interested in all questions from members of the public relating to
 the entire process, or are there particular areas of the process you are
 seeking? i.e. pre-hearing process, expert evidence, presenting at the
 hearing etc. Or are you only interested in questions that required a
 response from the panel?
 
Can you also please confirm your definition of “members of the public” in
 relation to submitters. Does this only refer to individual submitters  –
 or does it also include individuals who represent wider community groups,
 schools/churches, residents associations etc, and if so does this also
 include those representing NGOs such as Forest & Bird and QEII Trust? Some
 clarification on this may also help to narrow the search criteria.
 
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
 
Ngā mihi,
Moana Wyatt
 Acting Principal Advisor (Chief Executive’s Office)
 Kaitohutohu Matua (Tari a te Tumuaki)
Tel: 04 237 1411 I [mobile number]
 [1]poriruacity.govt.nz
 
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      From: Brian Warburton
      
    
    Dear Moana Wyatt,
Thanks for this response. As I indicated in my request I am only seeking copies of the emails relating to process matters. I presume the council would have a data management system in place by which this type of request could be attended to.
As a first step, perhaps in the first instance are you able to provide this information:
- whether the Panel's responses to questions from public / submitters about process issues/queries were sent by the Panel directly to the hearing administrator for relay to the person raising the issue or query, or,
- whether those Panel responses were sent initially to a council planning staff member and then relayed by that planning staff member to the hearing administrator who then sent them to person raising the issue or query.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Warburton
        From: Moana Wyatt
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Kia ora
Thank you for your email. I do not work on Fridays but will respond to
 your email on Monday. If your matter is urgent please call me on 0274 698
 532.
 
Ngā mihi
Moana
 
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        From: Moana Wyatt
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Thank you Brian,
That’s very helpful. We will be in touch with the response as soon as
 possible.
 
Ngā mihi,
Moana Wyatt
 Acting Principal Advisor (Chief Executive’s Office)
 Kaitohutohu Matua (Tari a te Tumuaki)
Tel: 04 237 1411 I [mobile number]
 [1]poriruacity.govt.nz
 
From: Brian Warburton <[FOI #14366 email]>
 Sent: Friday, 15 January 2021 10:34 AM
 To: Moana Wyatt <[email address]>
 Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA Ref # 20-172
 
Dear Moana Wyatt,
Thanks for this response. As I indicated in my request I am only seeking
 copies of the emails relating to process matters. I presume the council
 would have a data management system in place by which this type of request
 could be attended to.
As a first step, perhaps in the first instance are you able to provide
 this information:
- whether the Panel's responses to questions from public / submitters
 about process issues/queries were sent by the Panel directly to the
 hearing administrator for relay to the person raising the issue or query,
 or,
 - whether those Panel responses were sent initially to a council planning
 staff member and then relayed by that planning staff member to the hearing
 administrator who then sent them to person raising the issue or query.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Warburton
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        From: Moana Wyatt
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Kia ora Brian
Please find attached a reply to your recent Local Government Official
 Information & Meetings Act request relating to Plan Change 18 – Plimmerton
 Farm.
Resending today as there was a bounce back yesterday.
 
Ngā mihi,
Moana Wyatt
 Acting Principal Advisor (Chief Executive’s Office)
 Kaitohutohu Matua (Tari a te Tumuaki)
Tel: 04 237 1411 I [mobile number]
 [1]poriruacity.govt.nz
 
Disclaimer
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 The content of this email is confidential, may be legally privileged and
 is intended only for the person named above. If this email is not
 addressed to you, you must not use, disclose or distribute any of the
 content. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the
 sender by return email and delete the email. Thank you.
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        From: Moana Wyatt
        Porirua City Council
      
    
    Kia ora Brian
Please find attached a reply to your recent Local Government Official
 Information & Meetings Act request relating to Plan Change 18 – Plimmerton
 Farm.
 
My apologies that our response wasn’t delivered when first sent on 1
 February due to an error made in the email address.
 
Ngā mihi,
Moana Wyatt
 Acting Principal Advisor (Chief Executive’s Office)
 Kaitohutohu Matua (Tari a te Tumuaki)
Tel: 04 237 1411 I [mobile number]
 [1]poriruacity.govt.nz
 
Disclaimer
---
 The content of this email is confidential, may be legally privileged and
 is intended only for the person named above. If this email is not
 addressed to you, you must not use, disclose or distribute any of the
 content. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the
 sender by return email and delete the email. Thank you.
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