Requested information about the District Plan ONL values report.
Request:
I am looking for the ONL values report that sits behind the ONL layer in the District Plan. I have a copy of the Canterbury Regional Landscape Review Final Report (July 2010). Can you please confirm whether this is the report on which the ONL layer is based?
I am unsure how this aligns with the Operative District Plan, so I wanted to check whether the ONL layer may instead be based on another report.
I am seeking the values for some ONL locations and want to ensure I am referring to the correct source document. Could you please confirm this and, if necessary, provide an electronic copy of the ONL values report?
Response:
The ONL in the Mackenzie District Plan has been introduced into the Mackenzie District Plan in two phases under Plan Change 13, and Plan Change 23.
Plan Change 13
Proposed Plan Change 13 was publicly notified 19 December 2007, the first decision on Plan Change 13 was publicly notified 18 August 2009. The recommendations on landscape character for Plan Change 13 were informed by the report entitled “Landscape Values of the Mackenzie Basin”, Graham Densem February 2007.
Additional reporting was provided during the Plan Change process and includes:
* Technical Report L1 LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES ARISING FROM PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS & FURTHER SUBMISSIONS by Graham Densen, August 2008.
The two landscape assessments are attached to this response.
Plan Change 23 Plan Change 23 - General Rural Zone, Natural Features and landscapes, and Natural Character
Plan Change 23 formed part of Stage 3 of the Mackenzie District Plan Review and was publicly notified 4 November 2023. The decisions version of Plan Change 23 was publicly notified 5th August 2024, all appeals have been resolved on PC23, and the plan is treated as operative pursuant to section 87 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Plan Change 23 introduced new Outstanding Natural Features, Outstanding Natural Landscapes and Geopreservation Sites for the Eastern Mackenzie identified by the Eastern Mackenzie Landscape Study.
Plan Change 23 also amended the existing Te Manahuna / Mackenzie Basin ONL to include the western extent of the district as identified by the Western Mackenzie Landscape Study (excluding Aoraki/ Mt Cook National Park.
The two landscape studies are attached to this response.
Attachments
- Landscape Values of the Mackenzie Basin, Graham Densem February 2007.
- Technical Report L1 LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT OF ISSUES ARISING FROM PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS & FURTHER SUBMISSIONS by Graham Densen, August 2008.
- Boffa Miskell Limited 2023. Eastern Mackenzie Landscape Study: Landscape Characterisation and Evaluation Report. Report prepared by Boffa Miskell Limited for Mackenzie District Council.
- Boffa Miskell Limited 2023. Western Mackenzie Landscape Assessment: Landscape Characterisation and Evaluation Report. Report prepared by Boffa Miskell Limited for Mackenzie District Council.
Note: Due to their size, the attachments are available on request to LGOIMA@mackenzie.govt.nz