Application for Resource Consent

Ashburton District Council has received the following applications for resource consents:

Applicant: Canterbury Regional Council (Operations Group)

Proposal: LUC07/0127 - To undertake construction of stopbank, planting of riverside areas and long term maintenance of these works. The stopbank is to be constructed between the South Branch of the Ashburton River and Mayfield Valetta Road. The proposed stopbank is to provide a 1 in 200 year flood protection standard for Tinwald from flooding from that portion of the South Branch of the Ashburton River. The proposed stopbank is not continuous, but traverses a length of 6.5 kilometres, and varies in height up to a maximum of 1.7m above existing ground level.

LUC07/0132 - To extract gravel from two sites within the bed of the South Branch of the Ashburton River, for the purposes of providing material for the construction of a stopbank on the true right bank of the South Branch of the Ashburton River. The total volume of gravel to be extracted is 40,000m³, over a period of 5 years.

Consents required: Land use consents for the construction, operation and maintenance of flood protection works, and to undertake earthworks and vegetation clearance in the bed and riparian margin of the South Branch of the Ashburton River.

Location: On the southern (true right) bank of the South Branch of Ashburton River, between the river and Mayfield Valetta Road, upstream of the Thompsons Track Bridge.

The following land is involved:

Lot 1 DP 300782, RS 30643, RS 31205, Lot 1 DP 301126, Lot 2 DP 361645, Lot 6 DP 346699, Pt Lot 6 DP 3935 and RS 41289, and unformed legal road. and

The bed of the South Branch of the Ashburton River upstream of the Thompsons Track Bridge on the true right bank of the South Branch of the Ashburton River

The application includes an Assessment of Environmental Effects and may be viewed at;

Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton
Ashburton library, Rakaia Mobil Garage and the Methven I-Site during opening hours
www.adc.govt.nz

Any person may make a written submission to Ashburton District Council on the application. The submission must be in Form 13 which is available from Ashburton District Council or on-line.

Submissions must be received at the Council’s office at the above address (or PO Box 94 Ashburton) no later than 18 July 2008

The submission must be signed and a copy forwarded to the applicant whose address for service is:

Canterbury Regional Council (Operations Group)

P O Box 347

Christchurch 8140

Attn Tony Boyle/Leigh Skerton

JOHN MCKENZIE

Environmental Services Manager

Application for Resource Consent

Ashburton District Council has received the following application:

Applicant: NZCD Limited

Proposal: Application for Land Use Consent to:

Establish and operate a 36 seat restaurant and drive through and associated signage. Stage 1 will involve the establishment of the drive through and limited counter sales with the restaurant established as stage 2. The hours of operation will be from 6am to 9pm daily. Traffic generated will be 200 to 385 vehicles daily. Access to the site will be from Chertsey Kyle Road. A 12m² sign will be erected 80m south of the Chertsey Kyle Road and Rakaia Highway on the State Highway frontage.

Location: Legal Descriptions: Lot 1 DP61029 8 Chertsey Kyle Road, Chertsey

The Land Use Consent applications may be viewed at:

Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton
Ashburton and Rakaia Public Libraries during opening hours
www.adc.govt.nz

Any person may make a written submission to Ashburton District Council on the applications. The submission form is available at the Council office and on-line. Submissions must state the reason for your submission, whether you support or oppose the application and if you wish to be heard in support of your submission.

You must serve a copy of your submission on NZCD Limited, whose address for service is c/o W McCook, 131A Hamilton Avenue, Christchurch, as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Ashburton District Council.

Submissions must be received at the Council’s office at the above address (or PO Box 94 Ashburton) not later than 7^th July 2008.

John McKenzie

Environmental Services Manager