Full Feasibility Study Report - Far North District Council

9.0 Statutory Approvals and Assessment of Effects
A thorough investigation has taken place to ensure that all statutory requirements are allowed for.
The very comprehensive Technical Report 5 – ‘Planners Report and AEE” deals with Resource
Consent requirements and Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE), with reference to
consultation undertaken for Resource Consent purposes.
Consents are required from the Far North District Council, Northland Regional Council, and
authorities from the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, to establish, operate and maintain the
proposed cycleway. Overall the proposed development is a non‐complying activity, which will need
to be notified.
The study includes an assessment of environmental effects that draws on Technical Reports 6
(Ecological assessments) prepared by NZ Environmental and Technical Report 8 (Archaeological)
prepared by Northern Archaeology.
These series of reports are submitted in a form that, with minor modifications, will be suitable for
submission with the necessary consent application documents.
Building Consent will be required for all bridge “construction”, including for new timber decks to be
put onto existing strong steel beams on the old rail bridges.
Timber platform track will require building consents where it is higher than 1.0m from the ground or
water. A very conservative approach needs to be taken with the provision of safety rails on all
raised structures.
In conclusion the report states that:
- The relevant provisions of the FNDC District Plan, the NRC Regional Coastal Plan, the
Regional Water and Soil Plan and Regional Policy Statement, the RMA and HPA can be
adequately addressed; and
- With the proposed mitigation measures defined in conditions of these consents, the adverse
effects of the cycleway development will be “no more than minor”
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