24 April 2020
Toni Hill
Via Email: [FYI request #12409 email]
Dear Toni
I refer to your official information request received by email on 9 March 2020 requesting
information on this Council’s subdivision consent processing statistics.
We have decided to grant your request in part. However, given the amount of resource required to
process your request in relation to timeframes for s223 and s224 we have decided to charge for the
release of this information, as this wil need to be gathered manual y. We have estimated that it
would take approximately 5 minutes per application therefore this would be around 24 hours of
work of which we charge $36 per half hour, giving a maximum charge of $1,758.00. Any unused
component of the maximum charge wil be refunded to you.
Before we proceed further with your request, please confirm your agreement to the charge, and
we wil prepare an invoice for payment. A deposit wil be required of 50% of the estimated charge,
with the balance to be paid on release of the information. We wil send you the information within
20 working days of your payment.
We respond to the remaining questions as below:
SUMMARY TABLE FOR s223 AND s224 APPLICATIONS
Period
Total 223
Total 224
Mar19-Feb20
152
141
Oct19-Feb20
63
56
Please note that we are unable to give processing times as
our system does not have a status for when an application
for 223 or 224 is received. Should you wish, we can
prepare this information as per the charge above.
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SUMMARY TABLE FOR RESOURCE CONSENT DECISIONS
Average
Median
Average
Median
1/03/19-
1/03/19-
1/10/19-
1/10/19-
29/02/20
29/02/20 29/02/20
29/02/20
Process days including days which the 16.4 days
15 days
15.5 days
11 days
consent was extended under S37
Process days excluding days which
13.70 days 14 days
11.4 days
10 days
the consent was extended under S37
Total processing times including
32.35 days 20 days
31.5 days
20 days
times on hold, on FI and time
extended under S37
The above figures include both notified and non-notified resource consents
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss this decision with us or wish to refine your request, please feel free to contact
Mr Jesse Burgess, Planning Manager on (03) 3472 800 or
[email address]
Yours sincerely
Tim Harris
GROUP MANAGER ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY SERVICES