This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Council incurred costs for Hearings for the proposed Notice of Requirement PA76 and PA 49 Redoubt Road and Mill Road Project'.


 
 
30 March 2016 
Official Information Request No. 9000140901 
 (Please quote this in any correspondence) 
Redoubt Ridge Environmental Action Group 
Via email to [FYI request #3710 email] 
 
 
 
Dear Sir or Madam 
 
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 
Re: costs for Hearings Redoubt Road and Mill 
 
I refer to your email, which we received on 3 March 2016, requesting information on Council 
costs incurred for the proposed Notice of Requirement PA76 and PA 49 Redoubt Road and 
Mill Road Project. Your request and our response is below: 
 
Please advise what the costs were incurred by Auckland Council to attend to, engage 
all experts, use lawyers and present/attend the Hearings for the NOR application by 
AT for the Redoubt and Mill Road Project in September 2015. Please itemise the cost 
of legal fees and expert witness' separately as well as the total costs. Any costs 
incurred before the hearings actually took place should also be included. 

The application was lodged with Auckland Council on 18 October 2014 and council’s 
recommendation was released on 19 February 2016. The total cost (excluding GST) 
incurred by council to engage expert consultants and five commissioners for the hearing is 
as follows:  
•  Auckland Council consultant experts - $243,767.30 
•  Commissioners - $96,420.61 
The total cost incurred to engage experts and commissioners for the Redoubt Road Mill 
Road NoR application hearing in September 2015 is $340,187.91. Please note that these 
costs do not include council administration, printing and staff time. Auckland Council has not 
incurred any legal costs for this hearing.   
 
If you have any further queries please contact me on 09 301 0101, quoting Official 
Information Request No. 9000140901. 
 
 
 
Yours sincerely 
 
 
 
Melissa Warmenhoven 
Privacy & LGOIMA Business Partner 
Democracy Services 
Private Bag 92300, Auckland 1142  |  aucklandcouncil.govt.nz  |  Ph 09 301 0101