Official Information Request - Resource Consent

Sent: Friday, 10 September 2021 9:50 am
Subject: LGOIMA request - land use change resource consent applications

I refer to your Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act request of 26 August 2021 and respond below:

1. How many land use change resource consent applications for Rotorua are currently before Council for main routes into Rotorua and where are these for (street address and/or name of location eg Boulevard Motel or 265 Fenton St)? “Main routes” was subsequently clarified as Lake Road, Fairy Springs Road, Fenton Street and ‘land use change resource consent application’ was clarified as resource consents relating to consents for converted motels or any empty sections that could potentially have transitional/emergency housing established.
2 applications are currently being processed for locations on these roads

2. How many land use change resource consent applications for Rotorua have been passed during the past six months for main routes and where are these for (street address and/or name of location)? “main routes” was subsequently clarified as Lake Road, Fairy Springs Road, Fenton Street and ‘land use change resource consent application’ was clarified as resource consents relating to consents for converted motels or any empty sections that could potentially have transitional/emergency housing established.
During the past six months 1 application for change of land use has been granted, and 1 application has been withdrawn

Council withholds the street address and name of location of the properties referred to above under section 7(2)(a) of LGOIMA to protect the privacy of natural persons. This is to protect the privacy of guests using emergency or transitional accommodation provided in motels where one or more of those guests are in a vulnerable or exposed situation which could be aggravated through an erosion of the protection of their privacy by naming their place of accommodation. The protection of their privacy in these circumstances would be considered to outweigh the principle of public access to official information.

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.

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

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Regards

Further response:

Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 4:10 pm
Subject: TRIM: LGOIMA request - street names of two resource consent applications

I refer to your request of 14 September 2021 for the name of the street/s (Fenton Street, Lake Road or Fairy Springs Road) for which the two current land use change resource consent applications at Council refer.

Council can now advise the two resource consent applications currently being processed are for Fenton Street and Lake Road.

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.

Publication of responses to LGOIMA requests

Please note: Our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Rotorua Lakes Council website after they have been responded to, with requesters’ personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about this please contact the Council on info@rotorualc.nz .

Regards