Consent for cell tower in Pagitt Street, Kapanga/ Coromandel town

Wendy Pond made this Official Information request to Thames-Coromandel District Council

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From: Wendy Pond

Dear Thames-Coromandel District Council,

1. Please provide a copy of the application(s) for consent or permission to construct a cell tower on road reserve in Pagitt Street, in an area of Kapanga / Coromandel Town zoned residential, received by TCDC.

2. Please provide a copy of the consents or permissions granted by TCDC.

3. Please provide associated correspondence with the applicant.

4. Please identify and quote the rules / regulations / statutes Council relied on when deciding that 4(a) the structure was permitted to be built on road reserve; 4(b) this privately owned, commercial activity was permitted in an area zoned residential; 4(c) the activity was a "permitted activity" not requiring resource consent; 5(d) the activity required consent.

5. Please state the date on which the tower was first used for 5G.

6. Please state what monitoring of the radiation field was undertaken following completion of the tower. Please provide these results.

Yours faithfully,

Wendy Pond

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From: Anouska Greene
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Dear Wendy,

I acknowledge receipt of your official information request.
We received your request on date 17th July 2023. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than date 15th August 2023, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, I will notify you of an extension of that time frame.
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Regards,
Anouska Greene
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Subject: Official Information request - Consent for cell tower in Pagitt Street, Kapanga/ Coromandel town

Dear Thames-Coromandel District Council,

1. Please provide a copy of the application(s) for consent or permission to construct a cell tower on road reserve in Pagitt Street, in an area of Kapanga / Coromandel Town zoned residential, received by TCDC.

2. Please provide a copy of the consents or permissions granted by TCDC.

3. Please provide associated correspondence with the applicant.

4. Please identify and quote the rules / regulations / statutes Council relied on when deciding that 4(a) the structure was permitted to be built on road reserve; 4(b) this privately owned, commercial activity was permitted in an area zoned residential; 4(c) the activity was a "permitted activity" not requiring resource consent; 5(d) the activity required consent.

5. Please state the date on which the tower was first used for 5G.

6. Please state what monitoring of the radiation field was undertaken following completion of the tower. Please provide these results.

Yours faithfully,

Wendy Pond

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Dear Wendy,
 
I refer to your official information request received 17^th July 2023. For
ease of reference I have copied your request below along with Councils
response.
 
1. Please provide a copy of the application(s) for consent or permission
to construct a cell tower on road reserve in Pagitt Street, in an area of
Kapanga / Coromandel Town zoned residential, received by TCDC.
The application for resource consent (RMA/2022/368) is available on our
website via the consent tracker tool
[1]https://www.tcdc.govt.nz/Our-Services/Pl...
 
2. Please provide a copy of the consents or permissions granted by TCDC.
The decision for resource consent (RMA/2022/368) is available on our
website via the consent tracker tool.
 
3. Please provide associated correspondence with the applicant.
Correspondence with the applicant can be found within the ‘documents tab’
of RMA/2022/368 on consent tracker.
 
4. Please identify and quote the rules / regulations / statutes Council
relied on when deciding that 4(a) the structure was permitted  to be built
on road reserve; 4(b) this privately owned, commercial activity was
permitted in an area zoned residential; 4(c) the activity was a "permitted
activity" not requiring resource consent; 5(d) the activity required
consent.
The decision for resource consent sets out the rules and regulations that
applied to the application. Under the Telecommunications Act 2001 section
142, a service provider has the right to erect the mast within road
reserve. The rules within the district plan have been provided to you in
our response dated 30 June 2023.
 
5. Please state the date on which the tower was first used for 5G.
Council does not hold this information
 
6.  Please state what monitoring of the radiation field was undertaken
following completion of the tower. Please provide these results.
The applicant provided a certificate confirming the predicted exposure
levels provided for under NZS 2772 Part 1 Radio frequency fields, have
been met. This means no ongoing monitoring is required. The certificate
can be found within the documents on consent tracker. Clause 4 of the
National Environmental Standards is set out below.
Regards,
Anouska Greene
Legal Technical Specialist (LGOIMA)
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
Thames-Coromandel District Council
p: 07 280 0230 
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From: Wendy Pond

Dear Anouska Greene,
STILL OUTSTANDING ON 22 AUGUST 2023
Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2023 4:38 PM
To: Anouska Greene <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Request for clarification of OIA response

Anouska,
1. I am sorry to extend your patience, I can’t open two of the documents on the Council’s Tracker archive, even when I have downloaded them. Please send them to me. The message I receive is “There is no application set to open the document”.
# Application acknowledgement and s37 letters, 10 October 2022 - 7421986.msg
# Final decision released, 27 October 2022 - 7437882.msg

2. # The last document loaded was 12 May 2023. Erection of the tower was completed on 23 May 2023. A certificate confirming the predicted exposure levels, would have to be dated some time after 23 May 2023. Please provide this certificate, and any further correspondence and documents after 12 May 2023.

3. Please answer Q6, Please state what monitoring of the radiation field was undertaken following completion of the tower on 23 May 2023. Please provide these results. If Council doesn’t have them, please obtain them. Note that residents have complained of the excessively high peaks of radiation being pulsed from the Pagitt /Edward Street tower.

Yours sincerely,

Wendy Pond

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Dear Wendy,

Council has until 6^th September 2023 to respond to your request received
9^th August 2023, recepit of which was acknowledged on 10^th August 2023.

Regards,

Anouska Greene

Legal Technical Specialist (LGOIMA)

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Thames-Coromandel District Council

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-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Pond <[FOI #23518 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2023 4:33 PM
To: Anouska Greene <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information Request - Response - Consent for cell
tower in Pagitt Street, Kapanga/ Coromandel town

 

Dear Anouska Greene,

STILL OUTSTANDING ON 22 AUGUST 2023

Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2023 4:38 PM

To: Anouska Greene <[7][email address]>

Subject: Re: Request for clarification of OIA response

 

Anouska,

1. I am sorry to extend your patience, I can’t open two of the documents
on the Council’s Tracker archive, even when I have downloaded them. Please
send them to me. The message I receive is “There is no application set to
open the document”.

# Application acknowledgement and s37 letters, 10 October 2022 -
7421986.msg # Final decision released, 27 October 2022 - 7437882.msg

 

2. # The last document loaded was 12 May 2023. Erection of the tower was
completed on 23 May 2023. A certificate confirming the predicted exposure
levels, would have to be dated some time after 23 May 2023. Please provide
this certificate, and any further correspondence and documents after 12
May 2023. 

 

3. Please answer Q6, Please state what monitoring of the radiation field
was undertaken following completion of the tower on 23 May 2023. Please
provide these results. If Council doesn’t have them, please obtain them.
Note that residents have complained of the excessively high peaks of
radiation being pulsed from the Pagitt /Edward Street tower.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Wendy Pond

 

-----Original Message-----

 

Dear Wendy,

 

I refer to your official information request received 17^th July 2023.
For  ease of reference I have copied your request below along with
Councils  response.

 

1. Please provide a copy of the application(s) for consent or permission 
to construct a cell tower on road reserve in Pagitt Street, in an area of 
Kapanga / Coromandel Town zoned residential, received by TCDC.

The application for resource consent (RMA/2022/368) is available on our 
website via the consent tracker tool

[1][8]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

 

2. Please provide a copy of the consents or permissions granted by TCDC.

The decision for resource consent (RMA/2022/368) is available on our 
website via the consent tracker tool.

 

3. Please provide associated correspondence with the applicant.

Correspondence with the applicant can be found within the ‘documents tab’

of RMA/2022/368 on consent tracker.

 

4. Please identify and quote the rules / regulations / statutes Council 
relied on when deciding that 4(a) the structure was permitted  to be
built  on road reserve; 4(b) this privately owned, commercial activity
was  permitted in an area zoned residential; 4(c) the activity was a
"permitted  activity" not requiring resource consent; 5(d) the activity
required  consent.

The decision for resource consent sets out the rules and regulations that 
applied to the application. Under the Telecommunications Act 2001 section 
142, a service provider has the right to erect the mast within road 
reserve. The rules within the district plan have been provided to you in 
our response dated 30 June 2023.

 

5. Please state the date on which the tower was first used for 5G.

Council does not hold this information

 

6.  Please state what monitoring of the radiation field was undertaken 
following completion of the tower. Please provide these results.

The applicant provided a certificate confirming the predicted exposure 
levels provided for under NZS 2772 Part 1 Radio frequency fields, have 
been met. This means no ongoing monitoring is required. The certificate 
can be found within the documents on consent tracker. Clause 4 of the 
National Environmental Standards is set out below.

Regards,

Anouska Greene

Legal Technical Specialist (LGOIMA)

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Thames-Coromandel District Council

p: 07 280 0230

e: [2][email address]

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