Kaimai Wind Farm project
Kaimai Wind Farm Project - Closed
Kaimai Wind Farm Ltd has lodged resource consent applications with Hauraki District Council and Waikato Regional Council for consent to establish and operate a 24 turbine wind farm on the north western area of the Kaimai Ranges, south of Paeroa.
Submissions
Submissions are now closed on Kaimai Windfarm Ltd’s proposed wind farm project.
Overall Hauraki District Council received 220 submissions on the proposal, of which 57 were in support and 157 were opposed to the idea. Waikato Regional Council submissions totalled 143, with 96 against and 42 in support of the proposal. Around 11 submissions were sitting on the fence without leaning one way or the other.
Proposed Kaimai Wind Farm Resource Consent Applications
Kaimai Wind Farm Ltd has lodged resource consent applications with Hauraki District Council and Waikato Regional Council for consent to establish and operate a 24 turbine wind farm on the north western area of the Kaimai Ranges, south of Paeroa.
The resource consent application to the Hauraki District Council seeks consent to all landuse activities associated with the construction and operation of the proposed wind farm.
The application site covers 771 and 604 Rotokohu Road and 6356 SH26 ( 1304 hectares).
Twenty four large scale wind turbines are proposed, 7 of them 180 metres high (to blade tip standing upright), and 17 of them 207 metres high.
Proposed associated structures include a substation, 2 lattice transmission towers, 2 overhead lines, and 18.9km of roading – all within the application site.
Earthworks will include 900,000m3 of cut material and 113,500m3 of engineered fill.
It is estimated that 53,000m3 of finishing aggregate will be needed for the on-site roads. This is proposed to be obtained from roading excavations and one on site quarry.
The main site access is proposed to be from the south- from Wright Road, which comes off Rawhiti Road – the turbine parts are proposed to be transported from Tauranga, through Matamata-Piako District to the site. All other construction and materials transport traffic is also proposed to access the site from Wright Road.
The resource consent application to the Waikato Regional Council seeks consent to specific aspects of land use – removal of vegetation, earthworks, to permit the discharge of surplus soil and surface water associated with the construction phase of the project and culvert upgrades.
Public Notification
As requested by the applicant, the applications have been made publicly notified - in the Piako Post and Waikato Times on 28 November 2018, Waihi Leader on 29 November 2018 and Hauraki Herald on 30 November 2018.
The submission period closed on Thursday 31 January 2019.
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Requests for Further information
- Ecological Review on Behalf of Waikato Regional Council - AECOM (PDF, 141.5KB)
- Further Information Assessment Acoustal Consultancy - Acousafe Noise Control Solutions (PDF, 130.9KB)
- HDC - Further Information Requested (PDF, 183.3KB)
- Landscape and Visual Affects (s.92) Review - Brown NZ Ltd (PDF, 332.5KB)
HDC - Further Information Response from the Applicant
- HDC - Further Information Response from the Applicant (PDF, 654.6KB)
- Appendix 1: Acoustic Responses (Chiles Limited) (PDF, 118.6KB)
- Appendix 2: Turbine Position Concept and Farm Airstrips (Manawatu Aerial Photo Services) (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Appendix 3: Ecology S92 Response (Ecology NZ) (PDF, 779.8KB)
- Appendix 3B: EIANZ Assessment Report (Ecology NZ) (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Appendix 4: Land Transportation report September 2018 (Tranzcarr Heavy Haulage) (PDF, 6.2MB)
- Appendix 5: Landscape and Visual Effects (Mike Moore Landscape Architect) (PDF, 232.3KB)
- Appendix 5B: Viewpoint B20 Modified (PDF, 202KB)
- Appendix 6: Radio Interference Response (Peat Aviation) (PDF, 551.2KB)
- Appendix 6B: Radio Interference Response (Lambda) (PDF, 514KB)
- Appendix 7: Photos of Access Road Culverts (PDF, 10.1MB)
- Appendix 8: WRPS and HDP Landscape Notations (PDF, 2.8MB)
- Appendix 9: Ngati Hako Summary of Key Issues (PDF, 126.1KB)
- Appendix 10: Response to Traffic Matters (Gray Matter) (PDF, 559.1KB)
- Appendix 11: Tektus Consultants Letter (PDF, 207.7KB)
Appendix 11B: Civil Drawings Revised October 2018 (Tektus Consultants)
- Appendix 11B pages 1-4 (PDF, 8.9MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 19-35 (PDF, 8.6MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 36-44 (PDF, 10.1MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 45-47 (PDF, 7.9MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 48-50 (PDF, 7.9MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 51-54 (PDF, 9.4MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 55-65 (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 5-8 (PDF, 9.9MB)
- Appendix 11B pages 9-18 (PDF, 7.9MB)
WRC - Further Requested
WRC - Further information S92 Response from the Applicant
- Appendix 1B Erosion Settlement Control Memo (Ridley Dunphy) (PDF, 191.3KB)
- Appendix 1 Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ridley Dunphy) pages 1-48 (PDF, 9.3MB)
- Appendix 1 Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ridley Dunphy) pages 49-56 (PDF, 8MB)
- Appendix 1 Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ridley Dunphy) pages 57-68 (PDF, 3.7MB)
- Appendix 2 Geotech Response (KGA Geotechnical) (PDF, 8.7MB)
- Appendix 3 Supplementary Culvert Assessment (Ecology NZ) (PDF, 8.5MB)
- Appendix 4 Tektus Letter (PDF, 244KB)
- WRC - Further Information Requested (PDF, 159.2KB)
- Applicants response for further information (PDF, 244.4KB)
- Appendix 4B pages 1-4 (PDF, 8.9MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 19-35 (PDF, 8.6MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 36-44 (PDF, 10.1MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 45-47 (PDF, 7.9MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 48-50 (PDF, 7.9MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 51-54 (PDF, 9.4MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 55-65 (PDF, 4.2MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 5-8 (PDF, 9.9MB)
- Appendix 4B pages 9-18 (PDF, 7.9MB)
Assessment of Affects (AEE)
Attachment B – Technical Reports
- 1. Archaeological (PDF, 2MB)
- 1. Archaeological - Appendix A (PDF, 7.8MB)
- 1. Archaeological - Appendix B - part 1 (PDF, 7.9MB)
- 1. Archaeological - Appendix B - part 2 (PDF, 9.2MB)
- 1. Archaeological - Appendix C - part 1 (PDF, 8.7MB)
- 1. Archaeological - Appendix C - part 2 (PDF, 9.9MB)
- 2. Aviation (PDF, 1.8MB)
- 4. Civil Peer Review (PDF, 2.5MB)
- 5. Construction (PDF, 6.6MB)
- 6. Ecology - Site (PDF, 8.2MB)
- 7. Ecology - Environs (PDF, 5.5MB)
- 8. Electricity Market (PDF, 1.7MB)
- 9. Geotechnical (PDF, 7.9MB)
- 9. Geotechnical - Appendix 1 & 2 (PDF, 8.5MB)
- 10. Noise (PDF, 1.6MB)
- 11. Turbine Transportation (PDF, 6.7MB)
- 12. Landscape (PDF, 2MB)
- 13. Landscape Peer Review (PDF, 93.7KB)
- 14. Project Rationale (PDF, 4MB)
- 15. Radio Communications (PDF, 3.6MB)
- 16. Shadow Flicker (PDF, 3.3MB)
- 17. Situation (PDF, 1.1MB)
- 18. Stormwater - Part 1 (PDF, 7.8MB)
- 18. Stormwater - part 2 (PDF, 3MB)
- 19. Tourism (PDF, 1.7MB)
- 20. Traffic - part 1 (PDF, 6.4MB)
- 20. Traffic - part 2 (PDF, 5.5MB)
Attachment C – Miscellaneous Drawings
Attachment D – Civil Drawings
- 1. Civil Drawings (PDF, 124.5KB)
- 2. Drawing 200 - General arrangement plan (PDF, 6.3MB)
- 3. Drawing 200-01-02 - General arrangement plan detail plan sheet (PDF, 7.9MB)
- 4. Drawing 200-03-04 - General arrangement plan detail plan sheet (PDF, 7.7MB)
- 5. Drawing 200-05 - General arrangement plan detail plan sheet (PDF, 4.7MB)
- 6. Drawing 200-06-07 - General arrangement plan detail plan sheet (PDF, 7.9MB)
- 7. Drawing 210-01-06 - Proposed turbine platforms (PDF, 7.5MB)
- 8. Drawing 210-07-12 - Proposed turbine platforms (PDF, 8.1MB)
- 9. Drawing 210-13-16 - Proposed turbine platforms (PDF, 7MB)
- 10. Drawing 210-17-20 - Proposed turbine platforms (PDF, 6.9MB)
- 11. Drawing 210-21-24 - Proposed turbine platforms (PDF, 5.7MB)
- 12. Drawing 211-1-3 - Proposed assembly areas (PDF, 4.3MB)
- 13. Drawing 212 - Proposed substation platform (PDF, 2MB)
Attachment E – Photomontages
- Photomontages-index.pdf (PDF, 3.5MB)
- Viewpoint B1 - Rotokohu Rd, Paeroa (PDF, 8.8MB)
- Viewpoint B10 - Rawhiti Rd (north end) (PDF, 9.3MB)
- Viewpoint B11 - Rawhiti Rd (south end) (PDF, 8.5MB)
- Viewpoint B12 - No 1 Rd (north end) (PDF, 7.6MB)
- Viewpoint B13 - Rotokohu Rd south of Thorp Rd (PDF, 9.8MB)
- Viewpoint B14 - Thorp Rd (PDF, 9.9MB)
- Viewpoint B15 - Hazard St, Waihī (PDF, 9.4MB)
- Viewpoint B16 - Princes St near Abbott Rd, Waikino (PDF, 9.8MB)
- Viewpoint B17 - SH2 near intersection with Campbell Rd (PDF, 9.7MB)
- Viewpoint B18 - SH2 near intersection with Trig Rd (PDF, 7.7MB)
- Viewpoint B19 - Kennedy Rd (PDF, 8.9MB)
- Viewpoint B2 - Primrose Hill, Paeroa (PDF, 9.6MB)
- Viewpoint B20 - Mt Karangahake Trig station (PDF, 6.1MB)
- Viewpoint B21 - Dickey Flat Campsite (PDF, 3.3MB)
- Viewpoint B3 - Thames Rd (SH 26), Paeroa (PDF, 8.6MB)
- Viewpoint B4 - Edwin Rd, Mackaytown (PDF, 7.2MB)
- Viewpoint B5 - SH26, north of Te Aroha (PDF, 8.1MB)
- Viewpoint B6 - SH2 near intersection with Pukahu Rd (PDF, 9.5MB)
- Viewpoint B7 - SH2 near intersection with Hauraki Rd (PDF, 7MB)
- Viewpoint B8 - SH26 north of Quarry Rd, Tirohia (PDF, 9.5MB)
- Viewpoint B9 - Paeroa Tahuna Rd, south of Endowment Rd (PDF, 8.9MB)