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[1]Christchurch City Council logo

 
Dear Finn,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the
appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a
response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your
request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any additional
factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Ana Macadie
Information Advisor
Official Information Team

 

From: [email address]
Sent: July 19 08:16:06
To:[email address]
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Definitions of qualifying
matters and walkable catchments under the NPS-UD

 

 

From: Finn Jackson <[FOI #16114 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2021 12:48 PM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Definitions of qualifying matters
and walkable catchments under the NPS-UD

 

Dear Christchurch City Council,

Please provide all information relating to the city council's definitions
of what constitute "qualifying matters", "walkable catchments" and "rapid
transit" for the purposes of giving effect to the National Policy
Statement on Urban Development 2020. This should include any briefing or
workshop notes, potential definitions that are under consideration or have
been under consideration by staff and/or councillors, and any final
definitions which may have been reached, and the rationale for their
adoption.

Thanks very much!

Finn Jackson

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[1]Christchurch City Council logo

 
Dear Finn,  

 

Thank you for your query.

 

The Planning and Strategic Transport team have provided the following: 

 

Staff are currently working through the NPSUD directions to inform a Plan
Change to enable further intensification in the City. This plan change
will be notified by August 2022.
No decisions have been made regarding the form and locations for further
intensification; the first council decisions on a zone framework, housing
typologies and spatial areas are anticipated to made in October this year.

 

In regards to your specific queries about qualifying matters, walkable
catchments and rapid transit stops:

Qualifying matters

Staff are still working through what we may identify as qualifying
matters. It will include the matters specified in clause 3.32 of the NPS,
namely:

a. A matter of national importance under Section 6 of the Resource
Management Act 1991 (RMA), including:

i. Outstanding Natural Features and Landscapes;

ii. Areas of Significant Indigenous Vegetation;

iii. Sites of Waahi Tapu, Waahi Taonga, Wai, and other Taonga;

iv. Historic Heritage;

v. Natural Hazards.

b. A matter required in order to give effect to any other National Policy
Statement;

c. Any matter required for the purpose of ensuring the safe or efficient
operation of nationally significant infrastructure;

d. Open space land provided for public use;

e. An area subject to a designation or heritage order, but only in
relation to the land that is subject to the designation or heritage order;

f. A matter necessary to implement, or ensure consistency with, iwi
participation legislation;

g. The requirement to provide sufficient business land suitable for low
density uses to meet expected demand under the NPS-UD;

h. Any "other" matter that renders the prescribed intensification under
the NPS-UD inappropriate in an area.
Most of these matters are already given protection through the district
plan and so we will rely on the district plan provisions and evidence
based that informed those, to justify those as qualifying matters for the
NPSUD.

Under sub-clause (h), Council can consider other qualifying matters -
matters that render the prescribed intensification under the NPSUD
inappropriate in an area. We are currently investigating whether matters
such as earthquake recovery drivers (e.g. central city low rise urban
form), existing character areas and lack of infrastructure etc, meet the
high bar to justify use as qualifying matters.

Walkable catchments

The NPSUD does not specify what a walkable catchment should be and so
staff are currently modelling a range of scenarios to inform subsequent
decision making by Council. That will include 800m but some larger
catchment areas distances. Staff have developed a walkability model that
models walking distance and time and takes account of barriers and time
delays etc. This is a much more nuanced approach that simply adopting a
'as the crow flies' methodology.

Rapid Transit Stops

Staff consider that the City does not have any stops that currently meet
the definition of a Rapid Transit Stop. A business case for Mass Rapid
Transit is however underway, and if that work results in the
identification of 'stops' that meet the definition in the NPS, then staff
will revisit the obligations in the NPSUD to enable intensification in
those locations.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

 

Finn, I hope that this is of assistance. if you need any clarification
please let me know.

 

 

 

Nga mihi,

 

 

Ana Macadie
Information Advisor
Official Information Team

 

From: [email address]
Sent: July 19 08:36:53
To:[FOI #16114 email]
Subject: Re: [ Ticket: 443155 ] LGOIMA acknowledgement: Definitions of
qualifying matters and walkable catchments under the NPS-UD

 
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[3]Christchurch City Council logo

 
Dear Finn,

 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official
Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). We have forwarded it to the
appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a
response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your
request. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me. If any additional
factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not
hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Ana Macadie
Information Advisor
Official Information Team

 

From: [email address]
Sent: July 19 08:16:06
To:[email address]
Subject: FW: Official Information request - Definitions of qualifying
matters and walkable catchments under the NPS-UD

 

 

From: Finn Jackson <[FOI #16114 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 18 July 2021 12:48 PM
To: Official Information <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Definitions of qualifying matters
and walkable catchments under the NPS-UD

 

Dear Christchurch City Council,

Please provide all information relating to the city council's definitions
of what constitute "qualifying matters", "walkable catchments" and "rapid
transit" for the purposes of giving effect to the National Policy
Statement on Urban Development 2020. This should include any briefing or
workshop notes, potential definitions that are under consideration or have
been under consideration by staff and/or councillors, and any final
definitions which may have been reached, and the rationale for their
adoption.

Thanks very much!

Finn Jackson

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