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Auckland Regional Policy Statement

Proposed Private Change 13 - Mangere Gateway

Proposed Private Change 13: Extension to the Metropolitan Urban Limits - Mangere Gateway Heritage Area was notified by the Auckland Regional Council in October 2007.  Concurrently, Manukau City Council notified a related proposed change to its District Plan (Proposed Plan Change 14 to the Manukau Operative District Plan 2002) and notices of requirement from Manukau City Council and Auckland International Airport Limited.

Joint hearings on the changes referred to above are currently being held by the Auckland Regional Council and Manukau City Council.

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What is the expected timeframe for the proposed private change?

  • Proposed Private Change 13 was notified on 18 October 2007
  • The closing date for submissions was 16 November 2007
  • Notification for further submissions was 14 February 2008
  • The closing date for further submissions was 14 March 2008
  • Hearings of submissions/further submissions are ongoing
  • Decisions will be released following the conclusion of hearings and deliberations
  • Following the release of the decisions, there is a statutory period of 30 working days during which appeals may be lodged.

Background to Auckland Regional Policy Statement: Proposed Private Change 13 - Extension to the Metropolitan Urban Limits, Mangere Gateway Heritage Area

Pursuant to the First Schedule, Clause 25 (2) (b) of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Auckland Regional Council resolved to accept the Metropolitan Urban Limit request by Manukau City Council for the following two areas:

  • the Kirkbride area, consisting of twenty-five hectares to the east of the Mangere Wastewater Treatment Plant odour buffer and west of Kirkbride Road, between Ascot Road to the south and Creamery Road to the north
  • the Airport area and land to the north of the Airport, including the majority of land (west of Pukaki Creek) that is subject to an existing designation by Auckland International Airport Limited, and land abutting Oruarangi Creek adjacent to the existing MUL.

Proposed Private Change 13 involves amendments to Map Series 1: Sheet 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Auckland Regional Policy Statement. The proposed amendments to these map sheets are depicted in the Summary Map showing the Mangere Gateway Heritage Area.

Movement of the Metropolitan Urban Limits does not in itself allow urbanisation to occur. In conjunction with the notification of the proposed extension of the MUL, Manukau City Council notified changes to its District Plan to rezone this area from rural to business land (Proposed Plan Change 14 to the Manukau Operative District Plan 2002). At the same time Manukau City Council notified a new designation for Public Open Space on land between the Ihumatao and Oruarangi Roads and the Otuatua Stonefields Historic Reserve.  Manukau City Council also received a notice of requirement from Auckand International Airport Limited for additional land for airport purposes in the Renton Road area.

For further details of these changes to the District Plan, please contact the Statutory Administration Officer, Manukau City Council on 09 262 5290.

Manukau City Council application for Network Discharge Consent - Ihumatao catchment

The Auckland Regional Council received a Network Discharge Consent application from Manukau City Council relating to the diversion and discharge of stormwater from the Ihumatao catchment. The Ihumatao catchment overlaps the Mangere Gateway Heritage Area.

This consent application was notified simultaneously with Proposed Private Change 13 to the Auckland Regional Policy Statement and Proposed Plan Change 14 to the Manukau Operative District Plan 2002.

A hearing is likely to commence in May 2009.

Where can I view Proposed Private Change 13?

Details of Proposed Private Change 13 may be inspected at every public library in the region, at the ARC offices at 21 Pitt Street, Auckland, or as a PDF here:

View the summary of submissions here:

View the original submissions in full here:

The summary of submissions can also be inspected at the:

  • Auckland Regional Council Head Office, Information Centre, Ground Floor, 21 Pitt Street, Auckland between 8.30 am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.
  • Public libraries throughout the region.

Alternatively, copies can be obtained on CD-Rom or by email from planinfo@arc.govt.nz

Further information

For further information or to request copies of documents please telephone the Regional Policy team on 09 366 2000 (option 1) or 0800 80 60 40 if calling outside the free calling area or email planinfo@arc.govt.nz

Updated April 2009.