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7 ANY OTHER KEY ISSUES Existing Designations 7.1 The Porirua City District Plan already contains existing designations by NZTA relating to TGP: Requiring Authority Map Ref Designation Title Location NZTA K0405 Motorway Purposes Transmission Gully NZTA K0406 State Highway purposes – Limited Access Road Route Kenepuru Link Road to Transmission Gully Route 7.2 The existing Kenepuru Link Road designation was located at 33 & 35 Kenepuru Drive, i.e. to the north of NoR5. K0405 follows a similar alignment to NoR3 though no in-depth comparison has been made to the differences between the two. There are no other existing designations for PCC Link Roads. 7.3 There are other designations that the proposed NoR's cover. This includes the North Island Main Trunk Railway (K0101 – New Zealand Railways Corporation) and Battle Hill Regional Park (K0703 by Wellington Regional Council). State Highway's 1 (K0403) and 58 (K0404) are designated by the NZTA whilst all existing public roads within the control of Porirua City Council are designated (K1054). Plan Changes 7.4 Section 5.3 of Technical report 22 identifies proposed Plan Changes 10 and 11. Both of these plan changes are now operative as of 1 July 2011. The sole amendment to the District Plan objectives and policies was the inclusion of a requirement for the provision of Outdoor Living Areas associated with residential activities in the Suburban Zone reflected in Policy C3.2.1. TGP is not considered to be affected by this change. 7.5 The Statutory Provisions Report lists Policy 58 in the identification of provisions in the proposed RPS. This has been deleted however by decisions on submissions to the proposed RPS. Non-Statutory Documents 7.6 There are three documents which address environmental effects within Porirua City which are of note. In identifying these it is noted that they have not been prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991 however they are of use in identifying key issues to Porirua City. Porirua Development Framework 7.7 The Porirua Development Framework (PDF) was finalised in August 2009. The PDF can be viewed on www.pcc.govt.nz/DownloadFile/Publications/Porirua- Development-Framework/Porirua-Development-Framework-August-2009. The PDF is a guiding document to influence how and where Porirua City will grow 30
in the next 30 years. The PDF is a 'non-statutory document'. The PDF has taken into account the potential establishment of TGM. 7.8 The PDF has identified the possibility of establishing a Industrial/Business Growth area around the TGM/State Highway 58 interchange in the long term 45 . In identifying this potential growth area, the PDF acknowledges that further detailed investigation is required to determine the actual suitability of this area for this form of development. 7.9 Pauatahanui and Judgeford have been identified as areas to consider provision for future rural residential development either side of TGM 46 . The PDF acknowledges that such a change will need to be carefully managed and not preclude other development options. 7.10 As mentioned previously the PDF is a guiding 'non-statutory' document. The identification of TGM in the PDF however highlights that this has been taken into account in guiding future potential growth of Porirua City. Draft Porirua Harbour Catchment Strategy and Action Plan 7.11 The Porirua City Council along with three other key stakeholders, being Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Ngati Toa Rangatira has recently released the Draft Porirua Harbour Catchment Strategy and Action Plan for public comment. It is noted that the NZTA, regional Public health and various 'conservation focussed' groups have been involved in the development of the strategy and action plan which is viewable on http://www.pcc.govt.nz/News---Events/Public-Consultation/Draft-Porirua- Harbour-and-Catchment-Strategy. This draft document provides "a framework for and schedule of coordinated and targeted action to restore the health of Porirua Harbour and its contributing streams" 47 . 7.12 The vision of the strategy and action plan is a "A healthy catchment, waterways and harbour, enjoyed and valued by the community". The strategy and action plan contains three key objectives being: • Reduce sediment rates; • Reduce pollutant inputs; and • Ecological restoration. 7.13 The development of this draft strategy and action plan is the latest step that has been undertaken in the Porirua Harbour and Catchment Management Programme 37 . The strategy and action plan is a non-statutory document but it does outline the key aims to contribute towards improving the health of Porirua Harbour. This is a key issue for Porirua City and is of relevance to this report given that TGP is located within the Harbour Catchment. 45 Section 7.3 of the Porirua Development Framework August 2009. 46 Section 7.4 of the Porirua Development Framework August 2009. 47 http://www.pcc.govt.nz/Publications/Porirua-Harbour-and-Catchment-Management-Programme 31
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