This application is notified under section 17SC of the Conservation Act 1987. The Minister of Conservation has received an application for a lease mobile accommodation unit for a term of 15 years from Motutapu Island Restoration Trust.
Application details
Applicant
Motutapu Island Restoration Trust ‘the Applicant’
Location of proposed activity
Motutapu Island Recreation Reserve
Map reference
Approximate map references NZTM - x:1769285 y:5929080
Summary of proposal
The Motutapu Restoration Trust proposes to establish a one-bedroom mobile accommodation unit within the nursery complex located on Motutapu Island Recreation Reserve.
The unit is required to accommodate the volunteer nurseryman who resides on the island 6 days a week carrying out the essential management of the nursery, including the oversight and tending of over 18,000 stems per annum. This activity includes seed propagation, bagging of seedlings and husbandary of bagged plants plants being ready to plant in the restoration areas on Motutapu
Concession applied for
The Applicant has applied for a Lease for footprint of the mobile accommodation unit. Please see the application documents below for further information and imagery of the proposed activity.
Submissions
Any person or organisation may make a submission in writing to the Director-General on the proposal. The submission must be made on the submission form (DOC, 237K), also availalbe from your local DOC office.
You may make a submission by sending a written or electronic submission to:
Director-General
Department of Conservation
Private Bag 3072
Hamilton 3240
Attention: Daniel Lincoln, Permissions Advisor
Email: dlincoln@doc.govt.nz
Submissions close on Monday 13 May 2019 at 5:00 pm. 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, you need to state this in writing when making your submission.
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.
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.
Hearing details
If a hearing is required, it is likely to occur on the week starting 13 May 2019.
Decision
No details at this point.
Application documents
- Application form 1a (PDF, 356K)
- Application form 3b (PDF, 207K)
- Site plans (PDF, 1,494K)
- Supplementary information (PDF, 186K)
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