Morena Gary

 

I have created Rfs 357535 as a LGOIMA request

Nga mihi

Kate

 

Kate Creswell
Mangai Wheako Kiritaki / Customer Experience Representative
Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti - Gisborne District Council
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From: Gary Whitehead <[FOI #30747 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 17 April 2025 9:54 AM
To: Services <[email address]>
Subject: Rfs 357535 Official Information request - FOSAL Assessments

 

Dear Gisborne District Council,

Were there any properties with moderate or minor damage from the NIWE and
posing an intolerable risk to life in future events accepted for FOSAL
categorization and could I have statistics if available please

Yours faithfully,

Gary Whitehead

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Kia ora Gary

 

In response to your request for information received on 17 April 2025, we
respond as follows.

 

For the purposes of categorisation under the Government’s Future of
Severely Affected Land Framework, Gisborne District Council developed and
adopted the “FOSAL Categorisation Framework” which outlines the
methodology for making category assessments (attached).

 

In short, the FOSAL Categorisation Framework provides that where there is
an intolerable risk to life from future flooding or land instability, that
property will be categorised as Category 3.  Where there is a suitable
solution to mitigate the risk to a tolerable level then the property will
be Category 2P or Category 2C.

 

Categorisation decisions were not based on physical damage to property but
instead risk to life. However, damage to property was used as an indicator
of where the FOSAL Categorisation Framework should be applied.  

 

For properties where there was a risk to life from land instability, it
was common for there to be minor to moderate physical damage to dwellings.
In these circumstances, there was often an imminent risk from land
movement rather an actual land slip that provided the rationale for a
categorisation decision.  For flood affected properties, the degree of
damage was variable.

 

While we can confirm that all properties that were categorised had some
level of physical damage, we have not kept statistics in relation to the
degree of damage.  

 

You can find information regarding the categorisation of properties,
including the number of categorised properties, on the Gisborne District
Council website, via this link -  [1]Future of severely affected land |
Participate

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
the democracy team on the email below.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

 

Karen Beckman

Official Information and Privacy Advisor
Te Kaunihera o Te Tairâwhiti - Gisborne District Council
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