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20 August 2008
John Craig
OPUS International Consultants
PO Box 1482
Christchurch 8011
Dear John
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991
APPLICATION FOR RESOURCE CONSENT RMA92012089
136 BARBADOES STREET

I  am  pleased  to  inform  you  that  your  application  for  resource  consent  to  undertake
temporary  internal  alterations  to  the  glazing  associated  with  the  Roman  Catholic
Cathedral  located  at  the  above  address  was  approved  by  the  Resource  Management
Officer Sub-Committee on 20 August 2008.
Consent has been granted on a non-notified basis pursuant to Sections 94D, 104C and
108  of  the  Resource  Management  Act  1991,  subject  to  the  following  conditions  and
advice notes:
Conditions:
1.
The  development  shall  proceed  in  accordance with the information submitted in
the  26  June  2008  revision  of  the  application  and  the  plans  lodged,  and  entered
into Council records as RMA 920012089/1 to 4.
2.
That  a  photographic  record  of  the  affected  areas  as  per  the  matters  outlined  in
Vol.  3,  Section  10,  matter  1.3.5,  Photographic  records  (Group  1-4  heritage
items) shall be undertaken prior to commencement of any work and following the
completion of the alterations to the listed building.
3.
That  the  photographic  records  required  by  condition  2  shall  be  provided  to  the
Principal  Advisor,  Urban  Design  and  Heritage,  Christchurch  City  Council  (or
their nominee), in accordance with the following:
a) 
That  the  photographic  records  undertaken  prior  to  the  commencement  of
any  work  to  the  listed  building  shall  be  provided  to  Council  seven  days
proceeding any works being undertaken on the site.
b) 
That  the  photographic  records  required  to  be  undertaken  following
completion  of  the  alterations  to  the  listed  building  shall  be  lodged  with
Council within 1 month of the work having been completed.
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4. 
That a fully specified and a detailed methodology of the proposed works shall be
supplied to and approved by the Principal Advisor, Heritage and Urban Design,
Christchurch City Council (or a designated nominee) prior to the proposed works
being undertaken.
5. 
That one window installed in accordance with the methodology approved by way
of condition 4 above, shall be assessed and approved by the Principal Advisor,
Heritage and Urban Design, Christchurch City Council (or designated nominee)
prior to the full scope of works being undertaken.
Advice Notes to Applicant:
1.
The  Council  will  require  payment  of  its  administrative  charges  in  relation  to
monitoring,  as  authorised  by  the  provisions  of  section  36  of  the  Resource
Management Act 1991.  At present the monitoring charges include:
(i)  
A monitoring fee of $90.00 to cover the cost of setting up a monitoring
programme and carrying out a site inspection to ensure compliance with the
conditions of this consent; and
(ii)   A chargeable rate of $75.00/hour where further site inspections are
required.
2. 
The applicant is advised to liaise with Victoria Bliss, a Heritage Conservation
Projects Planner at Christchurch City Council if further clarification is required in
respect of satisfying conditions 2 to 5.  Ms Bliss can be contacted by phone on
(03) 941 8816.
3. 
With relation to Conditions 3, 4 and 5, I note that the current Principal Advisor,
Urban Design and Heritage, Christchurch City Council is Neil Carrie. Mr Carrie
can be contacted by phone on (03) 941 8643.
4. 
With relation to Condition 4, Ms Bliss has noted that Mr Stewart has offered to
review and discuss any proposed scope of works/ methodology supplied by the
contractors undertaking the works, and to make an assessment of a sample area
prior to the full scope of works being undertaken. It is Mr Stewart's
recommendation that the proposed methodology specify that the continuous bead
of sealant be as thin as is possible, and of a consistent size, and that the window
frames be fully masked prior to the application of the sealant. The proposed
methodology should also stipulate that the sealant will be kept millimetres away
from the window frames so as to ensure that the sealant does not make contact
with the metal frames.
5. 
The applicant shall cease work if there are any changes proposed to the submitted
information and approved plans and methodology agreed upon in accordance
with Condition 4. Sufficient notice of any changes must be submitted to and
approved by the Principal Advisor, Urban Design and Heritage, Christchurch
City Council (or their nominee), before further work shall be undertaken, to
ensure that the proposed amendments can be considered within the scope of this
consent, or whether a new resource consent will be required.
6. 
All work to be undertaken on the replacement and repair of original fabric should
be undertaken by tradesmen experienced in working with these materials and
heritage fabric.

7.  
This resource consent has been processed under the Resource Management Act
1991 and relates to planning matters only.  You will also need to comply with the
requirements of the Building Act 2004.  Please contact a Building Consent
Officer (941-8995) for advice on the building consent process.
8. 
This is an archaeological site as specified in the Historic Places Act 1993.  An
archaeological site is any place in New Zealand that was associated with human
activity that occurred before 1900, and is or may be able through investigation by
archaeological methods to provide evidence relating to the history of New
Zealand.
An  invoice  for  additional  fees  incurred  in  the  processing  of  this  application  will  be
forwarded to you shortly.
Please refer also to the additional information for consent holders on the
following page.

If you have any questions regarding this decision please contact me on 941 8736.
Yours faithfully,
Kate Askew
SENIOR PLANNER

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CONSENT HOLDERS
 WHICH SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DECISION
YOUR RIGHTS OF OBJECTION
If  you  do  not  agree  with  the  Council’s  decision  on  this  non-notified  resource  consent,  the
conditions, or any additional fees that have been charged, you may lodge an objection with the
Council under Section 357 of the Resource Management Act 1991.  You have 15 working days
from  the  date  you  receive  this  letter  within  which  to  lodge  your  objection to  the  decision.
Objections to additional fees must be received within 15 working days of the date on which you
receive  the  invoice.    Your  objection  must  be  in  writing  and  should  clearly  explain  the  reasons
for your objection.
COMMENCEMENT OF CONSENT
The commencement date for  your resource consent is the date of this letter advising you of the
Council’s decision, unless you lodge an objection against the decision.  The commencement date
will then be the date on which the decision on the objection is determined.
MONITORING OF CONDITIONS
It  is  important  that  all  conditions  of  consent  are  complied  with,  and  that  the  consent  holder
continues to comply with all conditions, to ensure that the activity remains lawfully established.
Where  appropriate,  the  Council  monitors  resource  consents  to  ensure  the  conditions  are
complied  with  and  that  the  development  proceeds  in  accordance  with  plans  and  details  which
were  submitted  with  the  application.    The  costs  incurred  in  carrying  out  any  such  monitoring,
will be charged to the consent holder in accordance with the Schedule of Resource Management
Fees.
LAPSING OF THIS CONSENT
This resource consent will lapse five years from the date of this letter unless it is given effect to
(i.e. the activity is established) before then. Application may be made under Section 125 of the
Resource  Management  Act  1991  to  extend  the  duration of the resource consent, and this must
be submitted and approved prior to the consent lapsing.

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