Posted: 05 September 2008
Kerikeri Inlet jetty bid rejected
An application to build a new 30-metre long private jetty in the Kerikeri Inlet has been turned down by a local authority committee concerned it would add to ‘adverse cumulative effects’ on the coastal environment.
Applicant the Sutherland Family Trust had sought consent from the Northland Regional Council to extend and resurface an existing boat ramp, build a new pontoon jetty and dredge 100 cubic metres of seabed at Windsor Landing, Kerikeri Inlet.
A two-member Council Hearings Committee – chaired by Councillor Lorraine Hill – heard the trust’s application in Paihia last month, delivering its decision today. (Fri 05 Sept)
In its decision, the Committee grants a costal permit and land use consent needed to resurface and widen the existing boat ramp. It considers any adverse effects will be no more than minor and says the approval – which runs until mid 2028 – will give the applicant “improved, safer and adequate” access to the Coastal Marine Area.
However, the Committee declined the applications for the new 29.8m pontoon jetty and new dredging, considering another coastal structure like the jetty and the associated dredging “will add to the adverse cumulative effects on the natural coastal marine environment”. There were already 11 consented structures within a 1.5 kilometre radius of the trust’s proposed jetty
The Committee also noted the Trust’s property was only 1.5km from a proposed public facility which already had resource consent and was due to be built next year.
The Committee’s decision is open to appeal for three weeks.