Silence from DoC and EDS

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Silence from DoC and EDS

DoC and Environmental Defense Society (EDS) have remained silent about Plan Change 94b Papakāinga developments. They have not made any submission to the plan change.

Why? If passed in its current form, the effects on the environment would be potentially very significant.

Is it that DoC and EDS believe developments by Maori for Maori do not create adverse effects? Or are they remaining silent because they don’t want to offend those they often collaborate with when opposing developments and permissive plan changes?

Submission: Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2)

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27 July 2016

Committee Secretariat
Local Government and Environment
Parliament Buildings
Wellington

Submission: Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 2)

This submission is on behalf of the Landowners Coalition Inc – a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of private property rights.

We are generally supportive of measures that reduce the size of local government and transfer the management of essential services to Council Controlled Organisations (CCOs), which in our view are better able to manage critical infrastructure. We support the creation of CCOs for the delivery of potable water, waste water, roading, and consent processing.

It is our view that the level of competency within local government is such that it is not best able to manage complex organisations or matters requiring expertise. Continue reading →

‘Outstanding’ tag puts limits on land

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NORTHERN ADVOCATE
By Alexandra Newlove
3:30 PM Friday Jun 17, 2016

Outstanding has become a dirty word to some as Northland councils formulate rules that will restrict development on land deemed visually significant.

About 2000 property owners in Whangarei and hundreds more in Kaipara and the Far North were affected by the mapping of Outstanding Natural Landscapes and Outstanding Natural Features (ONL and ONF), under which resource consent would be needed for activities like clearing native vegetation, extending a house, building a shed and earthworks... See full article >>>>

Letterbox flyers

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Letterbox flyers

Our first distribution of flyers about Plan Change 114 Landscapes is hitting letterboxes now. We have already received a large number of requests to be added to our mailing list. Thank you to everyone who has responded.

Property politics by Frank Newman

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Property politics by Frank Newman

The general election is more than a year away but the battle lines are already forming. Two combatants, Labour and the Greens, have entered into a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together with the simple objective of ousting National from the treasury benches. It creates an interesting dynamic, given NZ First has repeated its view that it would not be part of a coalition that involved the Greens.

Now that Labour has stated a clear preference for the Greens, it makes a post-election coalition arrangement between Labour and NZ First less likely. NZ First also has a hard-line against working with the Maori Party (and any other party, which includes the Greens, that wants to put the Treaty of Waitangi as the core of our constitutional arrangements) so it is fast running out of dance partners; although it appears content to dance alone! The outcome of the next general election is already becoming set in stone, but more on that later.

If a Labour-Green coalition were to gain power, what would it mean for property investors?
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Welcome

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The Landowners Coalition Inc is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the protection of private property rights. Its primary role is to represent the interests of private landowners and advocate for the retention of private property rights on their behalf. We are funded entirely by supporter donations. No funding is received from business interests or government agencies.

Papakāinga developments

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The Whangarei District Council (WDC) is going to make it easier for some landowners to develop their land.

The Papakainga Plan Change (94B) has been released for public consultation. According to the WDC, “The purpose of PC94B is to provide opportunities for Māori land owners to develop and live on their ancestral land and to develop guidelines and standards for the papakāinga development plan process.”

The council’s planning committee chairman, Greg Innes, is reported to have described the plan as “on a leading edge”. The plan change is significant because there are 868 parcels of Maori land in the Whangarei district, representing about 5% of the land area, much of it on the coast. There are some very large blocks but many small lots (the median size is 1.56 hectares).
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Submission to Papakainga Plan Change (94B)

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Form 5 – Submission on a change proposed to the District Plan
Plan change 94b Papakāinga

Whangarei District Council, Policy and Monitoring Division
Private Bag 9023
Whangarei 0148
Attn: Melissa McGrath
mailroom@wdc.govt.nz

FULL NAME: Landowners Coalition Inc.
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 984, Whangarei 0140
TELEPHONE: 09 4343 836
EMAIL: frank@newman.co.nz
DATE: 11 May 2016

We could not gain an advantage in trade competition through this submission. Our members are directly affected by an effect of the subject matter of the submission that adversely affects the environment; and does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

We oppose the proposed plan change.
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Pre-Consultation Comment, Plan Change 114 Landscapes

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Pre-Consultation Comment Form
Plan Change 114 Landscapes

Whangarei District Council, Policy and Monitoring Division
Private Bag 9023
Whangarei 0148
mailroom@wdc.govt.nz
Attn: Melissa McGrath

FULL NAME: Landowners Coalition Inc.
POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 984, Whangarei 0140
TELEPHONE: 09 4343 836
EMAIL: frank@newman.co.nz
DATE: 11 May 2016

COMMENTS:
We have been approached by a number of landowners to make representations regarding Plan Change 114 Landscapes. Our comments are as follows:

Maps and boundary lines

We understand the WDC is to adopt the maps as prepared by the Northland Regional Council as part of their Regional Policy Statement. We believe Plan Change 114 is an opportunity to correct errors in that process, and the WDC should do so where landowners bring those errors to its attention. While we accept the mapping process undertaken by the NRC was robust, we are aware the amendments to the maps were limited to submitters. It is highly likely that there will be landowners who have only become aware of the boundaries subsequently.

We do not believe it appropriate for an expansion of the ONL, ONF and Coastal boundaries and would oppose any such action to do so.
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