Key Issues Report of the Porirua City Council - Environmental ...

Significance within the district which is discussed in further detail in Section 7
of this report.
Natural Hazards (Chapter 11)
4.16 Objective 1, Policies 1 – 4.
These provisions seek to reduce the adverse effects of natural hazards to an
acceptable level. This includes having sufficient information to inform the
potential susceptibility of a proposal to natural hazards (Policies 1 & 2 which
have been identified in the Statutory Provisions Report). The Ohariu Fault Line
is identified in Council's GIS system as being sited through the northern tip of
NoR3 which is also shown on Road Layout Plan Sheets GM04 and GM 05 7 .
Policies 3 & 4 are also considered to be applicable:
Policy 3 – To recognise the risks to existing development from natural hazards
and promote risk reduction measures to reduce this risk to an acceptable level,
consistent with Part II of the Act.
Given that one of the objectives of TGP is to improve regional network security
for Wellington this provision would appear applicable.
Policy 4 – To ensure that human activities which modify the environment only
change the probability and magnitude of natural hazard events where these
changes have been explicitly recognised and accepted.
This policy seeks to ensure that the increased risk of a hazard has been
appropriately evaluated. This can be applied to TGP in ensuring that the cut and
fill batters are constructed in an appropriate geotechnical manner. This can also
be applied to ensuring that the potential increased flooding risk to the four
properties located off Joseph Banks Drive (Whitby) as identified in Section
19.5.3 of the assessment of environmental effects is appropriately evaluated.
The Built Environment and Transportation
4.17 The relevant objectives and polices are considered to be the same as has been
identified in the Statutory Provisions Report.
Proposed Regional Policy Statement
4.18 Decisions have been released on the Proposed Regional Policy Statement (RPS)
in May 2010 which is currently the subject of appeals. This document, as
amended by decisions on submissions is accessible on
http://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/Plans--Publications/Regional-Policy-
Statement/Proposed-RPS-May-2010-Incorporating-changes-from-Decision.pdf.
It is considered that more weight should generally be placed upon the objectives
and policies of the proposed RPS rather than the Operative RPS due to decisions
being released upon submissions.
4.19 There are various policies within the proposed RPS which are considered
relevant and regard should be had to in assessing TGP. In reading the proposed
RPS, Section 4.2 identifies "the policies that need to be given particular regard,
where relevant, when assessing and deciding on …notices of requirements. 8 "
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