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SELWYN TIMES Tuesday <strong>October</strong> <strong>25</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 31<br />
News<br />
Church could demolish Cathedral<br />
• By Bridget Rutherford<br />
THE ANGLICAN Diocese<br />
could demolish all or part of<br />
the Christ Church Cathedral<br />
without public consultation<br />
– if it has a plan to rebuild or<br />
restore it.<br />
As part of the Christchurch<br />
Replacement District Plan, an<br />
independent hearings panel<br />
made rules the diocese would<br />
have to follow when a decision<br />
on the Cathedral’s future was<br />
made.<br />
It decided if the diocese<br />
applied for resource consent<br />
to fully or partially demolish<br />
the Cathedral, it would be a<br />
controlled activity – under the<br />
proviso the demolition was for<br />
the purpose of restoration or a<br />
rebuild and a consent application<br />
was made for that.<br />
Controlled activities do not<br />
require public or limited notification.<br />
That means no one<br />
could have their say on it.<br />
However, in spite of the<br />
district plan rules, the city<br />
council has the power to<br />
publicly notify an application<br />
if it was under “exceptional”<br />
circumstances.<br />
“They need to be considered<br />
in the context of a given consent<br />
application,” city council<br />
head of planning and strategic<br />
STALEMATE: New planning rules outline the process<br />
the Anglican Diocese would need to take once Christ<br />
Church Cathedral’s future is decided. PHOTO:<br />
GEOFF SLOAN<br />
transport Richard Osborne<br />
said.<br />
The diocese also holds a section<br />
38 notice, issued under<br />
CERA, allowing the removal<br />
of “hazards” without gaining<br />
consent.<br />
The hearings panel decided<br />
if the section 38 notice was<br />
used, it was up to the High<br />
Court to decide the scope of<br />
the hazards – whether it be<br />
demolishing part of the building<br />
or all of it.<br />
The panel decided if the<br />
section 38 notice was not used<br />
and, if there were no plans<br />
to rebuild the Cathedral, the<br />
demolition would be classed<br />
as a restricted discretionary<br />
activity, which would require<br />
some sort of notification.<br />
The Anglican Diocese wants<br />
to demolish the Cathedral and<br />
build a new one for cheaper<br />
than it would cost to repair,<br />
while heritage advocates want<br />
it restored.<br />
It would cost $105 million to<br />
repair, and between $63-$66<br />
million to rebuild a cathedral<br />
of the same size and scale.<br />
A working party will make<br />
a recommendation on the Cathedral’s<br />
future next month.<br />
Great<br />
Christchurch<br />
Buildings Trust<br />
co-chairman<br />
Jim Anderton<br />
(right) said<br />
the trust was<br />
happy with the<br />
hearings panel<br />
decision because it meant<br />
resource consent was needed.<br />
He said it would be “impossible”<br />
to get a resource consent<br />
to demolish the Cathedral<br />
without a plan to rebuild it,<br />
because it was a category one<br />
heritage building.<br />
The Anglican Diocese did<br />
not respond to The Star.<br />
Councillor Yani Johanson<br />
said the replacement district<br />
plan rules made heritage<br />
buildings more vulnerable to<br />
demolition.<br />
He said it would be hard<br />
to find a more exceptional<br />
circumstance to allow people<br />
to have their say than on the<br />
Cathedral.<br />
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