Plan Change 15 | Hamilton City Council

Council publicly notified Plan Change 15: Tuumata under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) on 18 April 2023 and is now asking for submissions.

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What's Private Plan Change 15?

Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) has requested a change to Hamilton's District Plan to rezone about 68ha in the Ruakura Structure Plan to allow for housing. Plans have been made for about 1200 homes and will enable a range of home designs and pricing.

More than a third of the 68ha site will be set aside as wetlands and swales to manage stormwater. Provision has also been made for a shopping centre, a supermarket and a primary school is proposed in the future. The Tuumata block is located between the Fifth Avenue extension and the AgResearch campus.

The proposed changes to the District Plan include:

Changing the zone from Ruakura Industrial Park to General Residential to provide for a range of housing options.
Changing the zone from Ruakura Industrial Park to Business 6 to allow for a neighbourhood centre.
Correcting a zoning anomaly that applies to Council-owned lane – a small strip adjoining the area in the south will be rezoned from Ruakura Industrial to Knowledge Zone.
Incorporation of a new structure plan for the Tuumata Residential Precinct.
Including additional rules to implement the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS).

When is this happening?

18 April

Submissions open

17 May

Submissions close

5 June

Summary of submissions released and call for further submissions open

August

Hearings

2024

Notification of the plan change decision and the plan change becomes operative.

Plan change documentation

1. Request for Private Plan Change PC15

pdf 3.7 MB

Appendices

Appendix 1 Tuumata Master Plan

pdf 710 KB

Appendix 2 Ruakura Tuumata Structure Plan

pdf 2.1 MB

Appendix 3A Tuumata Plan Change Provisions

pdf 1.2 MB

Appendix 3B Amendments to Zoning and Ruakura Structure Plan Figures

pdf 24 MB

Appendix 4 Section 32 Evaluation

pdf 327 KB

Appendix 5 Centre Viability Assessment and Industrial Land Supply Report

pdf 2.4 MB

Appendix 6A Ecology Assessment

pdf 19 MB

Appendix 6B Watercourse Assessment

pdf 2.4 MB

Appendix 7 Archaeological Assessment

pdf 6.2 MB

Appendix 8A Integrated Transport Assessment

pdf 6.8 MB

Appendix 8B Traffic Modelling

pdf 4.7 MB

Appendix 9 Geotechnical Report

pdf 16 MB

Appendix 10 Contaminated Land Assessment

pdf 10 MB

Appendix 11 Appendix A Infrastructure Report

PDF 14 MB

Appendix 11 Appendix B Stormwater Report

pdf 10 MB

Appendix 11 Subcatchment ICMP

pdf 5.1 MB

Appendix 12 Urban Design Report

pdf 12 MB

Appendix 13 Policy Assessments

pdf 990 KB

Appendix 14 Cultural Impact Assessment

pdf 776 KB

Appendix 15 Records of Title 844218 Title HCC Strip

pdf 1013 KB

Frequently asked questions

What's a private plan change?

Private plan changes can be used to change or introduce new rules into the District Plan to do things like rezone land or list heritage buildings. Anyone can request a private plan change.

All private plan changes are required to go through public notification, submissions and hearings processes, including the right of appeal to the Environment Court. Council manages the administration of this.