3 April 2024
File ref: IRC-6109
Naomi Steenkamp
[FYI request #25987 email]
Tēnā koe Ms Steenkamp
Thank you for your email of 4 March 2024 to Wellington City Council, requesting the fol owing information:
1. Please provide a copy of the Construction Plans (document or documents) that were to have been
supplied to the Council's Vehicle Access Engineer for approval prior to the commencement of works
on the site as per Condition B of SR254721 (and its subsequent certification under SR286407).
This condition was suggested by Patricia Wood in file reference 1795294 Vehicle Access
Assessment inside dated 9/05/2016 inside of SR254721.
The 223/224 certification (SR286407) was peer reviewed by Jonathan Anderson who "cleared"
condition (b) Vehicle Access dated 9/07/2013 Clearance Memo (document 2339622) - please
provide the documentation / information / photo that was supplied to deem the condition (b) satisfied
please (including the actual Construction Plans approved, prior to any construction of those rights of
way).
2. Please also supply the document "2050638" referenced in the Clearance Memo (2339622) inside of
SR286407.
3. Please supply the Council Compliance Officer's notes or photos taken during their on-site visit
(visits) to check compliance specifical y with Condition (b) of SR254721 in 2013.
If no documentation exists please provide an explanation as to why this Condition was considered to
be complied with, without the necessary evidence?
4. Please also provide an explanation why Document "2050638" shows vehicle access was cleared
under SR411987 consent and its certification under SR424915 in early 2019 - meaning Council were
happy with access provisions for the alotments created under that subdivision consent, and yet by
April of 2021 suddenly that very same Vehicle Access Engineer (who completed al assessments for
the 2013, 2018 and 2021 consents) suddenly decided under s92 Further Information to "fix" access
for a neighbour inside of a separate resource consent whereby a) none of the proposed new
alotments required that easement for access, b) no earthworks were proposed, c) no new
easements were required or being created, and d) nothing was changing in relation to the existing
access arrangements for others certified under previous consents.
Your request is being considered under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987
(LGOIMA).
This letter is to advise you that Wel ington City Council needs to extend the due date of your response for 20
working days, pursuant to section 14(1)(b) of the LGOIMA, as consultations necessary to make a decision
on the request are such that a proper response to the request cannot reasonably be made within the original
time limit.
For this reason, you can expect a response from Wel ington City Council no later than
2 May 2024.
You have the right, by way of complaint under section 27(3) of the LGOIMA, to request an investigation and
review of WCC’s decision to extend by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you require further information, please contact
[email address].
Nāku noa, nā
Danika Morris-Brown
Senior Advisor Official Information
Risk & Assurance Team
Wel ington City Council
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