Current applications of interest

The applications listed on this page are considered to be of public interest. This does not mean the application will have a public submissions process. The Council will undertake an assessment of environmental effects to determine how the application should proceed. Depending on the decision reached an application can proceed in three different ways:

Non-notified	An application will proceed on a non-notified basis if the adverse effects on both the environment and people are less than minor. This means the environmental effects are deemed acceptable and no parties are considered to be affected, or written approval has been provided by all parties considered to be adversely affected.
Limited notification	An application will be limited notified if the adverse effects on particular identified persons are minor or more than minor. The application will be open for submissions from those identified persons only. If those people wish to be heard, a hearing will be held.
Public notification	An application will be publicly notified if adverse effects on the environment are more than minor. The application will be open for anyone to submit on. If people wish to be heard, a hearing will be held.

If you have any questions about these resource consent applications please contact planning@hurunui.govt.nz.

For more information on the resource consent process visit the Ministry for the Environment website.

RC240028: 380 Waipara Flat Road - Solar Farm

Last updated 27 January 2025

Applicant: Far North Solar Farm Limited

Status: Further information has been provided by the applicant. This will be uploaded to this page this week. The application remains on hold.

Proposed activity: Construction and operation of a solar farm, including:

Solar panels over 180.8 hectares of the site to generate in the region of 143.8 MWp
Access tracks at regular intervals through the site, plus use of the existing vehicle crossing.
An MV room near the road boundary with SH7. Thirty inverter stations are proposed at regular intervals across the site adjacent to the access tracks.
An area of grape vines for a winery are proposed in the south eastern corner of the site adjacent to Weka Creek.
An exclusion zone around the existing house and buildings located on the site adjacent to the eastern boundary.
Revegetation of the slopes between the terraces. The boundary with the creek has a mix of planting, mostly Japanese Cedar but in some places natives on request from the adjacent neighbour.
Screening of the road boundary, southern, northwestern and eastern boundaries of the site with plantings 3m in width and 4m tall. The height has been increased to 5m.
The site is to be surrounded by a fence 1.8m in height with 3 strands of barbed wire above.
The applicant has requested the proposal is notified on a limited basis to four properties.

Address: 380 Waipara Flat Road

Please note some of the application documents are very large files.

Commissioned peer reviews

Review of ITP Glint and Glare Assessment

Peer review of landscape and visual effects - Request for further information

Peer review of landscape and visual effects - Further information request

Peer review of landscape and visual effects - Timeframe extension for response

Section 92 information

Section 92 request

Section 92 response