Application by Girl Guides Association New Zealand Incorporated
Have your say on a concession application by Girl Guides Association New Zealand Incorporated for a lease at Whakaipo Bay Recreation Reserve. Submissions closed 13 December 2019.

Submissions closed 13 December 2019.

This application is notified under section 17SC of the Conservation Act 1987. The Minister of Conservation has received an application for a concession lease/licence of 30 years from:

Application details

Applicant: The Girl Guides Association New Zealand Incorporated

Location of proposed activity: Whakaipo Bay Recreation Reserve

Summary of proposal:

The application relates to an existing activity that expired on 31 December 2018. 

To lease area is part of the Reserve to operate an outdoor recreation facility for young people up to and including secondary school level.

The licence area is to provide access from Mapara Road to the lease area.  

Application documents:

How to make a submission

Submissions closed 13 December 2019.

1. Prepare your submission

Tell us what you think using the submission form (DOC, 236K)

Once submitted, submitters' information is subject to the Official Information Act 1982 and may be released under that Act. If you wish to keep any part of your submission confidential, state this in writing when making your submission.

Any person or organisation wishing to be heard in support of their submission, must request an opportunity to appear before the Director-General within that submission.

2. Send us your submission

Send your submission by email or post.

Email: permissionshamilton@doc.govt.nz

Post: 

Director-General
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 3072
Hamilton 3240

Attention: Trevor Irwin, Permissions Advisor

Submissions closed on 5 pm, Friday 13 December 2019.

Hearing details

Any person or organisation wishing to be heard in support of his/her submission, must request (within that submission) an opportunity to appear before the Director-General.

If a hearing is required, it is likely to occur on the week starting 20tJanuary 2020.

DOC comment regarding publicly notified applications

The Minister of Conservation has made no determination regarding the suitability of this proposed concession on public conservation land.  This public notification should not be interpreted as an intention on the part of the Minister of Conservation to grant the proposed concession.