11 February 2025 
 
 
File ref: IRC-7748 
 
 
 
Miss W. Forest 
[FYI request #29663 email] 
 
 
Tēnā koe Miss W. Forest 
 
Thank you for your email of 30 December 2024 to Te Kaunihera o Pōneke | Wellington City Council (the 
Council), requesting the following information: 
 
1)  The original application by the applicant, The Lakehouse Restaurant Limited and / or their 
proprietors, Mr and Mrs Kelly relating to the Urban on Manners restaurant the business seems to be 
trading as. 
 
2)  Objections that the application or renewal/s received. 
 
3)  The determination and / or decision that the council or it's district committee made - none of these 
seem to be available or accessible via the usual nzlii search 
 
4)  The council process documentation that outlines what checks and / or assessments the council 
currently does to verify the business registration, ownership and the responsible managers relating 
to the associated licensed premises (given the past trouble was about false information given by the 
applicant in the past relating to this point) 
 
5)  Any documentation of the ongoing checks or reporting that have been done on the premises or the 
management. 
 
 
Your request is being considered under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 
(LGOIMA). 
 
This letter is to advise you that the Council needs to extend the due date of your response for 10 working 
days, pursuant to section 14(1)(a) of the LGOIMA, as the request is for a large quantity of official information 
or necessitates a search through a large quantity of information and meeting the original time limit would 
unreasonably interfere with the operations of the local authority, and 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 the Council no later than 25 February 2025. 
 
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 
 
Chelsea McHugh 
Senior Advisor Official Information 
Risk & Assurance Team 
Wellington City Council 
 
 
 
 

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