Consenting & Compliance

  • 11 October 2023: Abandoned Vehicles(PDF, 632KB)
    Request for information about how many Requests for Service (RFS) for abandoned vehicles were received each year for the 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 periods, what policies or initiatives are in place to reduce the number of abandoned vehicles in the district, whether any nuisance notices have been issued or abandoned vehicles investigated on private land in the last year and whether any environmental pollution from abandoned / junk vehicles has been recorded.
  • 12 September 2023: Information relating to consents(PDF, 651KB)
    Request for the average time for a consent to be processed and approved, how many consents have been sitting with Council for more than six months since first submitted with a decision yet to be made, what the main cause of delays to processing consents is and how many staff work to process consents.
  • 2 August 2023: Fines relating to car registrations(PDF, 623KB)
    Request for the total revenue accrued from fines for vehicles with current registrations failing to display vehicle registration and the total revenue accrued from fines failing to display vehicle registration, for 2021 to 2023.
  • 25 July 2023: Fluoridation in Horowhenua(PDF, 625KB)
    Request for information about whether fluoridation has been started in any water supplies in Horowhenua; if so, which water supply / supplies and what date fluoridation was started and if not, when fluoridation is estimated to start in which water supplies.
  • 13 April 2023: Historical drains(PDF, 606KB)
    Request for information relating to historical drains including the definition, Council and/or landowner responsibilities, who landowners contact when issues arise, etc.
  • 27 January 2023: Adding fluoride to the town water supply(PDF, 560KB)
    Request for information about the current fluoridation chemicals available in New Zealand and what the process is of adding fluoride into the water including how often it's added and what the mix concentration is.
  • 25 January 2023: District Licensing Committee Decisions(PDF, 555KB)
    Request for information about new and renewal off-licence and on-licence applications between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, including how many were approved, objected to, opposed by reporting agencies, declined or withdrawn.
  • 17 November 2022: Boarding houses in the district(PDF, 480KB)
    Request for information about any policy documents, manuals, processes or procedures that Council holds in relation to boarding houses in the district, particularly with more than five tenancies where each room is rented to an individual boarding tenant, and any fire requirements, necessary consents and actions Council takes for non-compliance.
  • 12 September 2022: Excessive e.Coli in Levin Waterways(PDF, 602KB)
    Request for information about whether Council knew of the continued E.Coli contamination, who is responsible for making this information available to relevant authorities, were authorities informed in a timely manner, did authorities take action and what remedies are available.
  • 2 May 2022: Alcohol Licences(PDF, 552KB)
    Request for Alcohol Licence application (new and renewal) volumes and price by Licence type for 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date.
  • 21 February 2022: Tara-Ika(PDF, 56MB)
    Request for all plans for Tara-Ika including design plans, infrastructure, connections, housing plans etc; all consents lodged, approved and to be lodged, plus the consent pathway being used with all attached documents; all assessments undertaken for the development from Ecological, Archaeological, Hydrology, construction, infrastructure etc; all costs associated to the project including Central Government contributions, HDC contributions and any others relevant to the project; who the people are in the project eg steering group/governance roles, operations, any boards or groups that have oversight in the project; confirmation of Ngāti Raukawa engagement; confirmation of HDC's relationship to Ō2NL primarily and Waka Kotahi NZTA also; Council's position on the current NOR for Ō2NL and more specifically the Tara-Ika portion of the road and any documents supporting this position and by whom; a full list of people engaged in this project eg HDC, Horizons Regional Council, Waka Kotahi NZTA, landowners and Iwi; any minutes that can be shared in regards to hui where Iwi are involved; plan change material received to date and a summary of this if it is available, the process and highlighting the changes sought.
  • 19 April 2022: Investigating fluoride in drinking water(PDF, 555KB)
    Request for information for each water supply managed by Horowhenua District Council, on fluoridation status, interruptions to fluoridation, fluoridation chemicals, fluoride dosing system and quantifiable fluoride results.
  • 11 February 2022: Historic Heritage sites(PDF, 666KB)
    Request for information about how many heritage sites in the Horowhenua District are not currently listed by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, how many sites not listed are private residences (houses), whether the heritage sites identified by the local community require the agreement of the landowner in order to be protected, and are there any specific rules for owners of private residences which are identified as historic sites in regards to controlled or permitted activities.
  • 28 September 2021: Section 35(2)(d) of the Resource Management Act (RMA) - Monitoring the exercise of Resource Consents(PDF, 634KB)
    Request for information about whether Council has delegated its duty under Section 35(2)(d) of the RMA and if so, to which Council committee, hearings commissioner, and/or Council employer has that been delegated; has Council transferred the duty under Section 35(2)(d) of the RMA and if so to which public authority (or authorities) has that duty been transferred; where Council has not delegated the duty under Section 35(2)(d) of the RMA, why has Council not done so and by what process does Council fulfil its duty; and does Council have a RMA monitoring strategy.
  • 2 September 2021: Unpaid infringement notice fees(PDF, 628KB)
    Request for information about unpaid infringement notice fees, who these are referred to for collection and what process is followed; and the number of unpaid infringement notices referred to the Ministry of Justice or any other company/organisation in the twelve months ending 31 July 2021.
  • 15 March 2021: Water fluoridation(PDF, 440KB)
    Request for information relating to whether Horowhenua District Council puts fluoride in drinking water, if so when it started and what the fluoride measures are for all water supplies under Council's jurisdiction for the years 2018-2020.
  • 1 March 2021: Media Enquiry - Composting Toilets & Poads Road Bridge(PDF, 762KB)
    Media enquiry regarding Council's position on the installation of composting toilets and whether the District Plan allows for the installation of these; and why a report wasn't presented to the January Finance, Audit & Risk Committee on Poads Road Bridge.
  • 24 February 2021: Consents and Scientific Records for Wastewater(PDF, 2MB)
    Request for information about the resource consent that allows a drain located on Hokio Beach Road to exist; resource consents for properties to discharge contaminated water into this drain; evidence obtained by systematic monitoring and scientific analysis (raw data) of the water quality from the past five (5) years; and evidence of compliance actions taken by HDC to prevent breaches of the pollution entering the waterway.
  • 23 February 2021: Review of the Financial Contributions Policy (2015)(PDF, 8MB)
    Request for all briefings to Councillors apropos the review of the Financial Contributions Policy (2015) and all briefings to Councillors apropos Development Contributions; how many reviews have occurred since 2015; and what steps are being undertaken by HDC to include Development Contributions and Financial Contributions and future Horowhenua District Plans. 
  • 15 February 2021: Development & Growth Areas(PDF, 846KB)
    Request for information relating to the number of properties for which consent permits to build (develop) have been granted, for each financial year since 1 July 2016; the number of dwellings permitted on that property if a consent is for more than one dwelling; the number of properties for which separately used or inhabited parts of a rating unit have been added to the Rating Database; and, for consents that are for more than one dwelling on a property, the number of dwellings added to the Rating Database on that property each year.
  • 24 July 2019: Land Developments Surveyed and Consented(PDF, 1MB)
    Request for information relating to the number of land developments which have already been consented without a condition requiring financial contribution, whether these include specific areas or companies outlined in the request, how many house sections in those areas and other areas outlined have been surveyed and consented; and whether there is any other land development which has been surveyed and consented without a condition requiring financial contribution.
  • 18 July 2019: Defining Financial Contributions & Development Contributions(PDF, 250KB)
    Request for information relating to the ways financial contributions have been defined in the draft and final documents for the Financial Contributions Policy 2015 that differ from the RMA 1991 and LGA 2002 legal definitions; and how, and on what basis, financial contributions have been changed to include funding future capital expenditure caused by growth.
  • 8 July 2019: Earthquake-prone Buildings(PDF, 447KB)
    Questions relating to how much has been spent since 1 July 2017, when the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 came into effect, on earthquake-related expenses, anticipated spend over the next ten years, the number of buildings identified as needing money spent on them and the number of buildings still needing assessment.
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