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      21 September 2022 
Official information request 8140010388 
 (Please quote this in any correspondence) 
 
Andrew Punnett 
By email: [FYI request #19778 email] 
 
 
Tēnā koe Andrew  
 
 
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 
Re: Planning Committee meeting 
 
Thank you for  your  email  dated  29 June, in  which  you requested information about  the 
Planning Committee meeting held on Thursday 2nd June 2022. Please accept my apologies 
for the delay in getting back to you. The relevant council experts have been extremely busy 
preparing the council’s response to the National Policy Statement on Urban Development and 
have just managed to respond to your request. The specific details of your request and our 
response are below. 
 
Please send me all reports, presentations, and attachments that are referred to in the 
confidential minutes for the Planning Committee meeting that was held on Thursday 
2nd June 2022. 
 
Two items were considered in the confidential section of the Planning Committee meeting on 
2 June 2022. 
 
Item C1 was Auckland Unitary Plan - Drury Private Plan Change Decisions. The minutes for 
that item were restated on the open part of the committee meeting minutes and can be read 
here Minutes of Planning Committee - Thursday, 2 June 2022 (aucklandcouncil.govt.nz) 
 
The report and attachments are withheld in accordance with section 7(2)(g) of the Local 
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 as the withholding of the information 
is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege. 
 
Item C2 was Auckland Unitary Plan - Proposed Plan Change 5 – Whenuapai. The minutes 
were restated after 16 June 2022 and are attached. 
 
The report and attachments are withheld in accordance with section 7(2)(g) of the Local 
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 as the withholding of the information 
is necessary to maintain legal professional privilege. 
  
Please could you also clarify what interest Councillor Chris Darby had in the items 
relating to Whenuapai? 
 
Council or Darby raised that he had a conflict of interest in relation to the Plan Change 5 
(Whenuapai) item on the Planning Committee Agenda.  
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The reason for the conflict was that Council or Darby had previously been an Independent 
Hearing Commissioner on the Hearing Panel for the proposed Plan Change.  
 
Council or Darby did not receive the reports for this item, he did not chair the meeting during 
this item, nor did he participate in that part of the meeting in any way. 
 
Decisions relating to the information that is being released to you were made by John Duguid, 
General Manager - Plans and Places, and Rose Leonard, General Manager - Governance 
Services.                                                                                                                 
 
You have the right to complain to the Ombudsman if you believe we have not responded 
appropriately to your request. Information about how to make a complaint is available at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602. 
 
If you have any further queries, please contact me on 09 301 0101 quoting official information 
request number 8140010388. 
 
Ngā mihi  
 
 
Amanda Pil ay 
Privacy and Official Information Business Partner 
Governance Services 
 
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