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Takapau Wastewater Treatment Plant

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has received the following applications for resource consents (discharge permits and production land use consent) under the Resource Management Act 1991.

This notification is now closed

About the consent

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has received the following applications for resource consents (discharge permits and production land use consent) under the Resource Management Act 1991. These applications are to replace existing consents associated with the operation of the existing Takapau Wastewater Treatment Plant.  The applications are publicly notified in accordance with section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991. 

Applicant: Central Hawke’s Bay District Council

Details of the Proposed Activities:

Application no. Activity Description of activity 
AUTH-127078-01 Discharge to Air - Burnside Road, Takapau To discharge to air (odour) from the management and discharge of wastewater at the Takapau Wastewater Treatment Plant and land application system.
AUTH-127079-01 Discharge to Land - Burnside Road, Takapau To discharge treated sewage effluent from the Takapau oxidation pond onto land in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those contaminants) may enter water 
AUTH-127077-01 Discharge to Water - Takapau Oxidation Pond, Burnside Road, Takapau to discharge treated sewage effluent from the Takapau oxidation pond into or onto water through a land passage system in circumstances where contaminants (or any other contaminants emanating as a result of natural processes from those contaminants) may enter water 
AUTH-127616-01 Production Land Use - Burnside Road, Takapau to operate a farm not complying with activity standards of Rule TT1 and TT2

Location:                                45 Burnside Road, Takapau and 3962 Highway 2, Central Hawke's Bay.

Legal Description:                Lot 1 DP 17032, Part Lot 1 DP 15623, Lot 1 DP 16445, and Lot 3 DP 9943

Application Number:           APP-126522   

Full Details of the Application (which includes an assessment of environmental effects) can be viewed here on our website or at our offices at 159 Dalton Street, Napier and 26 Ruataniwha Street, Waipawa.

If you have any queries about the application contact Sophia Edmead (Senior Consents Planner) at the Regional Council on (06) 835 9200 or email sophia.edmead@hbrc.govt.nz.

Decision 

Following the pre-hearing meetings the submitters and applicant confirmed they did not wish to proceed to a hearing on the basis of the draft conditions of consent.

A decision was made on 4/10/2022. No appeals were made against the decision under under s120 of the Resource Management Act, 1990.
Consent document
Final s42a report

Pre-Hearing Meeting

Three pre-hearing meetings were held on the following dates:
- 18/11/2021
- 16/12/2021 
- 28/06/2022 

Submissions

Submissions closed on 05/11/2021.

Two submissions were made:

- Hawke’s Bay District Health Board
- Mr William Hale

Supporting documents

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