Good Morning Stefan,

Thank you for your email in regards to an OIA.

I have forwarded your email on to our LGOIMA Team for actioning. The team will be in contact with you directly.

Many thanks
Karen Eagle

Karen Eagle
Senior Customer Services Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta | Upper Hutt City Council
838 - 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [email address]
W: www.upperhuttcity.com | F: www.fb.com/UpperHuttCityCouncil

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Kia ora Stefan,

 

I’m emailing to let you know that we intend to respond to your below
query, however we require some more time to finalise the review of
information.

 

We intend to get back to you no later than Friday 2 September.

 

Warm regards,

Michael

 

Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council

838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [1][email address]

W: [2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

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Kia ora Stefan,

 

Thank you for your below Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (the Act) request dated 28 July 2022. Apologies again
for the delay in our response.

 

The document you’ve requested, “[any] legal opinion…sought in relation to
the exclusion or inclusion of the Silverstream Spur from Plan Change 49”
does not exist as a single written document, and so we cannot provide it.
Our General Counsel and Planning Policy Manager discussed by phone whether
any decision could be made on the zoning of the Silverstream Spur based on
the out of scope submissions received on the issue in the first Plan
Change 49 consultation. They determined that in order for the zoning of
the Silverstream Spur to be considered in Plan Change 49 a variation would
be necessary because the Silverstream Spur had been clearly labelled “out
of scope” in the original consultation. Our General Counsel also had a
quick discussion with Buddle Findlay to check his position on this. The
only substantive email in that discussion is included here.

 

We also attach the Buddle Findlay opinion on the historical zoning of the
Silverstream Spur, which is relevant, for your interest if you have not
already seen it. This has previously (earlier this year) been disclosed to
Forest and Bird, Save our Hills, and the Silverstream Railway. We release
this on a strictly a without prejudice, confidential and without waiver of
privilege basis.

 

I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any further
questions about this request, please get in touch.

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

 

Warm regards,

Michael

 

Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council

838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [2][email address]

W: [3]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [4]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

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Kia ora Stefan,

 

I’m replying to formally acknowledge receipt of your official information
request below dated 5 October 2022. Your reference ID for this request is
1388, as noted in the subject line above.

 

We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 3 November 2022, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received, as per [1]Ombudsman guidance.  If we are
unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an
extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me.  If any
additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request,
please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into
account.

 

Kind regards,

 

Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council

838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [2][email address]

W: [3]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [4]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

 

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Kia ora Stefan,

My sincerest apologies, it looks like the email got stuck in my outbox! I had written you yesterday to let you know that we would require more time to finish collating the material for your request - we do intend to respond and we have information in scope of your request.

We expect to provide you with a full response no later than Friday 11 November. Apologies again for the delay.

Warm regards,
Michael

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Kia ora Stefan,

 

Thank you for your below Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (the Act) request dated 5 October 2022. Apologies again
for the delay in our response.

 

We have attached documents that are in scope of your request, with some
minor redactions under section 7(2)(a) of the Act to protect the privacy
of individuals, and have provided further answers to your request in red
below.

 

To note, the full draft of the Section 42a report is in scope of your
request, and provides much of the analysis on the recommended decisions of
the submissions, however we are withholding the full draft under section
7(2)(f)(i) of the Act. We will be happy to release the full version of
this document to you once it has been finalised.

 

I hope you find this information helpful. If you have any further
questions about this request, please get in touch.

 

If you are dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a
complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800
802 602.

 

Warm regards,

Michael

 

Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council

838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [2][email address]

W: [3]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [4]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

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Kia ora Stefan,

 

Just letting you know that we are still in a similar position with this
report. We are likely 3 or more months away from having a completed report
as we are still working through a public submission process.

 

Warm regards,

 

Michael Gibbons
LGOIMA Officer

Te Kaunihera o Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta I Upper Hutt City Council

838 – 842 Fergusson Drive, Private Bag 907, Upper Hutt 5140, New Zealand
T: +64 4 527 2169 | E: [1][email address]

W: [2]www.upperhuttcity.com | F: [3]www.fb.com/upperhuttcitycouncil

 

 

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