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Waiuku Wind Farm declined fast-track consent
Credit: 20 August 2024 · epa.govt.nz ~~
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An independent panel has declined resource consent for a wind farm in Waiuku, Franklin.
LET Capital Number 3 Limited applied for resource consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020.
The project would have involved constructing and operating a wind farm with 13 wind turbine generators to supply electricity to the national grid.
The decision comes 154 working days after the application was lodged with the Environmental Protection Authority.
The Environmental Protection Authority is not involved in the decision-making. We provide procedural advice and administrative support to the panel convenor, Judge Laurie Newhook, and the expert consenting panel he appoints.
Read the Waiuku Wind Farm decision report.
The configuration of the site, and the juxtaposition of proposed turbine sites with nearby dwellings means that the level of adverse effects on a number of properties is excessively high.
The risk of effects on Threatened and At-Risk avifauna species is excessively high, particularly against a background where the NZCPS directs avoidance of such effects in the coastal environment.
The risk of adverse effects on long-tail bats is similarly excessively high given their status as Threatened-Nationally Critical.
The level of detail provided in relation to management of erosion and sediment during construction was unsatisfactory.
There will be adverse effects on the cultural values and interests of Ngaati Te Ata.
The health and safety risks to paragliders support [the decision as well,] to decline the application.
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