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
her
e 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.
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
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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
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142 |
aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Ph 09 301 0101