Christchurch City Council – Comprehensive Stormwater Network Discharge
The Christchurch City Council has applied to discharge stormwater from the existing and future reticulated stormwater network within Christchurch City and the settlements of Banks Peninsula.
This application replaces application CRC160056 which was previously notified in 2016. The previous application excluded discharges from ‘high risk sites’. A hearing was held and a decision issued granting the application in June 2019.
Christchurch City Council appealed aspects of the decision made by the Hearing Panel. The Environment Court issued a consent order in December 2019 upholding the appeal subject to amendments to the resource consent conditions.
Read the issued final consent document (PDF File, 14.46MB).
- The existing and future stormwater network;
- Stormwater generated from roofs of individual existing sites, greenfield development sites and re-development sites and is discharged within the site; and
- Stormwater generated from hard standing areas of individual existing residential sites, greenfield development sites and re-development sites and is discharged within the site.
This includes all existing and future stormwater networks within Christchurch City and the settlements of Banks Peninsula.
The application provides for all discharges of stormwater including from all construction sites, industrial sites and sites where hazardous industries or activities may be occurring.
This application replaces application CRC160056, which was previously notified in 2016. The previous application excluded discharges from ‘high risk sites’.
CCC now propose to take responsibility for these ‘high risk sites’ within the scope of the resource consent from 2025 onwards.
The discharges will occur in accordance with Stormwater Management Plans that demonstrate the means by which the quality of stormwater discharges will be progressively improved and from which the proposed contaminant load reductions will be met, as well as setting specific objectives for the individual catchments.
Stormwater Management Plans have already been prepared for the Ōtākaro/Avon River catchment, Pūharakekenui/Styx River and the part of the Huritini/Halswell River catchment that is located within the Christchurch City boundaries.
Stormwater Management Plans will be prepared for the Ōpāwaho/Heathcote River by 30 June 2019, the Estuary and Coastal Areas and Outer Area Christchurch by 20 December 2019 and Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula settlements by 20 December 2020
A consent duration of 25 years is sought.”
- CRC190445 Application – July 2018 (PDF File, 68.99KB)
- Application and Assessment of Environmental Effects (PDF File, 18.54MB)
- Environmental monitoring programme (PDF File, 12.29MB)
- Otakaro Avon Stormwater Management Plan (PDF File, 23.08MB)
- Otakaro Avon Stormwater Technical Reports appendices (PDF File, 159.41MB)
- Avon Cultural Impact Assessment (PDF File, 760.57KB)
- Otakaro Avon River Catchment Surface Water Plan (PDF File, 43.37MB)
- Hurutini, Halswell River Stormwater Management Plan (PDF File, 48.73MB)
- Puharakekenui Styx Stormwater Management Plan – Part A (PDF File, 48.15MB)
- Puharakekenui Styx Stormwater Management Plan - Part B (PDF File, 30.03MB)
- Puharakekenui Styx Stormwater Management Plan - Part B missing plans D 04, D06, D08 (PDF File, 1.58MB)
- Otakaro Avon Cultural Impact Assessment – endorsed August 2015 (PDF File, 1.1MB)
- Response to further information –November 2015 (PDF File, 16.26MB)
- Proposed draft conditions – June 2016 (PDF File, 305.91KB)
- Response to various matters – June 2016 (PDF File, 1.66MB)
- Draft Environmental Management Plan – June 2016 (PDF File, 9.77MB)
- Covering letter additional information July 2018 (PDF File, 402.6KB)
- Additional information – Load Modal -peer review report – July 2018 (PDF File, 175.61KB)
- Additional information – proposed conditions- July 2018 (Office Open XML Document, 110.21KB)
- Additional Information – schedule 2 to conditions -Load Model report July 2018 (PDF File, 15.5MB)
- Additional information – Environmental Monitoring programme July 2018 (PDF File, 10.41MB)
- Additional information – Environmental Monitoring programme tracked changes July 2018 (PDF File, 13.95MB)
- Commissioners Minute dated 15 May 2019 - closure of hearing (PDF File, 60.92KB)
- Commissioners minute dated 6 May 2019 (PDF File, 72.73KB)
- Response to Applicants Memorandum of Counsel
- Minute No.1 of the Hearing Commissioners
- Minute No.2 of the Hearing Commissioners
- Minute No.3 of the Hearing Commissioners
- Memo of Counsel dated 26 November 2018
- Commissioners Minute No 5 dated 29 November 2018
- Commissioners Minute No 4 dated 21 November 2018
- Commissioners Minute No 6 dated 30 November 2018
- Commissioners Minute dated 8 April 2019
- Commissioners Minute dated 28 March 2019
- Commissioners Minute dated 26 March 2019
- Commissioners Minute dated 12 March 2019
- Hearing Commissioners Minute dated 4 March 2019
- Hearing Commissioners Minute dated 16 April 2019
- Hearing Commissioners minute dated 6 May 2019 (PDF File, 72.73KB)
- s42A report (PDF File, 1.34MB)
- Appendix 1 s42A report - Land contamination - R Freeman (PDF File, 330.29KB)
- Appendix 2 s42A report - Groundwater quality and quantity - Z Etheridge (PDF File, 221.12KB)
- Appendix 3 s42A report - Flood Risk - M Law (PDF File, 1.69MB)
- Appendix 4 s42A report - River Engineering, Memorandum of J Irvine (PDF File, 2.38MB)
- Appendix 5 s42a report - Surface water quality - M Stevenson (PDF File, 1.46MB)
- Appendix 6 s42A report - Coastal water and sediment quality - L Bolton-Ritchie (PDF File, 821.04KB)
- Appendix 7 s42A report -CLM Additional Information Letter from CCC (PDF File, 295.54KB)
- Appendix 8 s42A report - Letter of Non-opposition from Ngā Rūnanga (PDF File, 123.31KB)
- Appendix 9 s42A report - Summary of Submissions (PDF File, 291.58KB)
- Appendix 10 s42A report - Legal Advice on Existing Environment (PDF File, 193.47KB)
- Section 42A Officer Report summary of Nick Reuther (PDF File, 362.49KB)
- Section 42A Officer Report summary of Zeb Etheridge (PDF File, 91.54KB)
- Section 42A officers report summary of Rowan Freeman (PDF File, 103.57KB)
- Section 42A Reporting Officer - Legal submissions (PDF File, 653.37KB)
- Section 42A Officer Report, Summary evidence of Lesley Bolton-Ritchie (PDF File, 128.45KB)
- Section 42A Officer Report, Summary of M Stevenson (PDF File, 198.14KB)
- Section 42A Officers Report, Summary of Mike Law (PDF File, 415.6KB)