Whangarei District Council (WDC) and Northland Regional Council (NRC) have jointly received an application from Northport Limited for the Port Expansion project at Marsden Point.
Description of activity
The proposal seeks to enable the expansion of Northport’s existing facilities to increase freight storage and handling capacity, and support Northport’s transition into a high-density container terminal.
WDC Ref: LU2200107
The application made to Whangarei District Council is to:
- Apply the Port Zone permitted activity standards for Building and Major Structure Height to, and enable port operations within, the proposed reclamation area.
- To apply the Port Noise Standards (NZS 6809:1999) rather than the District Plan Noise standards to port operations on the proposed reclamation area, and across the existing Port.
- Undertake earthworks and vegetation clearance in the Coastal Area and erection of public toilets within the coastal setback.
- Change / cancel noise and landscape conditions on existing resource consents for consistency with the proposed activity.
NRC Ref: APP.040976.01.01
The application to Northland Regional Council is for:
- Approximately 11.7 hectares of reclamation and associated coastal structures for a 250 metre wharf extension.
- 1.72 million cubic metres of capital dredging and associated disposal and ongoing maintenance dredging.
- Riparian earthworks and associated stormwater diversions and discharges
- Operational stormwater discharges from use of the reclamation area.
- Creation of an inter-tidal high tide bird roost.
- Ancillary coastal structures to the reclamation area for tug berths and a public pontoon.
Submissions
Submissions closed on Thursday 15 December 2022.
This joint public notification of applications for resource consent is given pursuant to Section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
2 November 2022