Southland District Council, Winton (APP-20233188)

Public notice is hereby given pursuant to S.95A of the Resource Management Act 1991 that the following application for resource consent has been received by Environment Southland.

The application, [APP-20233188], is for the following resource consents to authorise proposed activities at 3 Gap Road West, Winton:

A discharge permit to discharge an average of 1,300 m3/day of treated wastewater from the Winton Wastewater Treatment Plant into the Winton Stream.

This is an existing discharge. Southland District Council is seeking a 5-year consent to continue the activity in the interim period while investigations, consenting and construction is undertaken to upgrade and convert the existing Wastewater Treatment Plant to a land-based disposal system.

Purpose: Discharge of wastewater from Winton township

Location: Winton Stream, 320 metres south of the intersection of Winton-Lorneville Highway and Gap Road, Winton, at about NZTM2000 1,239,476E 4,877,049N

Legal Description of Property: Lot 1 DP 5815

Address for Service of Applicant: GHD Limited, Jan Steenkamp, 138 Victoria Street, Christchurch 8013

Email: jan.steenkamp@ghd.com

Full details of this application are also available for inspection at Environment Southland, corner of Price Street and North Road, Waikiwi, Invercargill during working hours (8.00 am to 5.00 pm).

Submissions on the above application must be received by Environment Southland no later than 5 pm on 15 August 2023. A submission form is available below and you may also download a printable submission form and forward the completed form by email to service@es.govt.nz or esconsents@es.govt.nz

Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that:

(a) adversely affects the environment; and

(b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

Submissions must be dated and signed (unless submitted electronically) and must include the following information:

1. your name, postal address and telephone number (and fax number if applicable);
2. details of the application in respect of which you are making the submission;
3. whether it is in support of, or in opposition to the application, or is neutral;
4. your submissions, with reasons;
5. the decision that you wish Council to make; and
6. whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission

and you must also serve a copy of your submission on the applicant as soon as reasonably practicable.

Please use the service addresses specified. Submissions sent to individual staff emails at Environment Southland do not meet the service requirements and may be regarded as invalid.