Far North District Council - Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant

The following application for a resource consent has been received by the Northland Regional Council and is publicly notified pursuant to Section 95A of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Application details

Applicant

Far North District Council

Address for service

Private Bag 752
Kaikohe 0440

submissions@fndc.govt.nz

Application number

APP.002417.01.04

Location

Cumber Road, Kaikohe

Activity description

Renewal of the resource consents for the continued operation of the Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The following consents are required:

  • To discharge treated wastewater to an unnamed tributary of Wairoro Stream.
  • To discharge contaminants to ground via seepage from the base of an anaerobic pond, oxidation pond and a constructed wetland.
  • To discharge contaminants (primarily odour) to air from the Kaikohe wastewater treatment plant.

The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. The application documents may be viewed below and during office hours at the Northland Regional Council’s office at Whangarei and Waipapa.

Make a submission

Any person may make a written or electronic submission on this application. The submission must be in the prescribed form (Form 13). Electronic copies of this form are available below and on request.

Please note that if a hearing is required, the applicant has requested that independent commissioners are appointed to the hearing panel. This means that you are not required to complete Section 8 of the Northland Regional Council’s submission form regarding “Hearing by Commissioners who are not members of the council”.

If you wish to make a submission on the above application, you must do so by serving it on the Northland Regional Council on or before Friday 6 June 2025. There are two ways in which you may serve your submission (Note: the date that you complete either of these actions is the date that you are deemed to have ‘served’ your submission and this must be done on or before Friday 6 June 2025:

  1. You may post your submission to Private Bag 9021, Te Mai, Whangārei 0143; or
  2. You may e-mail your submission to info@nrc.govt.nz.

You must serve a copy of your submission on the applicant (at either the applicant’s address for service or email address stated above) as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on the Northland Regional Council.
If you require further explanation of this application or further information before deciding whether to make a submission, please do not hesitate to contact Stuart Savill at stuarts@nrc.govt.nz

Submission form

Download - Submission form (Form 13) (DOCX 301 KB)

Application documents

Please read the “Revised Application for Resource Consents” document, dated 3 April 2025, first before reading the “Kaikohe Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharge Consent Application” document, dated 27 August 2021. 

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