Selwyn_Times: September 21, 2022

Selwyn Times Wednesday September 21 2022
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Decision a ‘game changer’ for Selwyn
• From page 1
Group members were still
consulting lawyers and experts
on whether the NPS-HPL would
strengthen their case in the
Environment Court.
“At least it
stops this
happening
elsewhere in
Selwyn and New
Zealand, and
is a great step
Denise
Carrick
forward to an
amazing future
for our soils, food
provision and our environment,”
Carrick said.
Director of Lincoln
University-based Bioprotection
Aotearoa, Professor Amanda
Black, said it would take at
least three-and-a-half years to
implement the NPS-HPL.
“While it comes into effect
on October 17, 2022, any land
already marked for subdivision
will still go ahead,” Black
said.
This included Lincoln South.
“There are also a number
of exceptions to protecting
highly productive land that
begs the questions – will the
NPS-HPL be able to adequately
protect our future food supply?
And is this too little too
late?” she said.
Fellow Lincoln academic
Dr Trish Fraser, a science
team leader at Plant and
Food Research, said the new
legislation would be a game
changer for Selwyn.
The NPS-HPL would mean
the district council would have
to give more consideration to the
type of soil in an area proposed
for subdivision.
“So they will have more
grounds on which to decline
applications than previously
where the value of the soil was
ignored,” Fraser said.
The district council has faced
a wave of rezoning plan change
applications in the last two years,
as developers take advantage of
legislation aimed at solving New
Zealand’s housing shortage.
The National Policy Statement
for Urban Development was
introduced in 2020.
Council changing strategy on illegal parking
• From page 1
The yellow lines were put in
a while back to increase the
safety of pedestrians, who use
a crossing that traverses Gerald
St. When there were car parks
there, motorists often failed to
see people stepping out onto the
crossing, with many near misses
and the occasional time people
being struck by cars.
The bus stayed illegally parked
for sometime before it was noticed
by the police, which tracked
the driver down in the pub’s
garden bar area and asked him
to move it off the footpath and
yellow lines.
The incident comes as the district
council this week steps up its
enforcement of illegal parking.
Up till now, the district council
has taken an education first
approach to illegal parking, but
from this week that strategy is
changing.
Fines will now be issued for
offences where parking safety is
compromised or is inconsiderate
to other road users.
Said district council regulatory
manager Susan Atherton: “Safety
is our priority. We will be issuing
infringements for stationary vehicle
offences on public roads and
spaces, such as parking on yellow
lines, footpaths, and blocking
driveways. Infringements may
also be issued in relation to a
vehicle’s registration or warrant
of fitness.”
There are four parking safety
officers who usually work Monday
to Friday 8.30am-5pm, but
they may now also work outside
of these hours if needed.
“Following feedback from the
community and an increasing
number of complaints, the
council recognises there is
now a need to start issuing
infringements for offences where
parking safety is compromised
or is inconsiderate to other road
users,” Atherton said.
• For a full list of fines and
other parking information
go to www.selwyn.govt.nz/
parking.
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