Notified Resource Consents
Notified Resource Consents
1. Te Ara Tipuna Trail - Submissions Closed
Latest update (11 April 2025):
The amended resource consent application for the Te Ara Tipuna trail was expected to be lodged by the applicant on 11 April 2025. The applicant, Te Ara Tipuna Trust, has advised that they are not yet in a position to provide the amended application or the full response to Council’s further information request. The applicant advises that additional time is required to finalise the amended application and associated material, and that lodgment may be delayed by at least 4 weeks or more.
As below, the proposed walking trail is no longer passing into the Ōpōtiki district and the best place to get updates and information on the application is the Gisborne District Council notified application page.
Latest update (2 April 2025):
Read the latest letter update on this application: Te Ara Tipuna Application Amendment Letter.
This is notification that the applicant (Te Ara Tipuna Charitable Trust) is shortening the proposed walking trail which will now end at the boundary between Gisborne District Council and Ōpōtiki District Council/Bay of Plenty Regional Council at the township of Potaka. You may wish to withdraw your submission and details on how to do so are in the letter.
Earlier application information:
Te Ara Tipuna Charitable Trust has lodged an application for multiple resource consents to enable the design and construction of Stage 1 of the Te Ara Tipuna Trail. The Stage 1 trail is a public walking trail only and runs for approximately 500km from Gisborne around the coast to Ōpōtiki.
The Trail is proposed to be located across private and multiple owner land blocks, along road corridors, reserves and the coastal margin.
The application is supported by an interactive GIS map to show the location of the proposed trail and a series of reports that describe the design and nature of the Trail and the actual and potential effects on the environment.
Click here: to use the Interactive Map for the proposed trail alignment and property information
The application has been lodged with Gisborne District Council, Ōpōtiki District Council and the Bay of Plenty Regional Council and will be processed through a joint submission and hearing process. A series of district and regional consents are required for the construction and use of the trail.
The application includes an assessment of environment effects and a series of technical reports that discuss and assess the proposed alignment and construction of the trail.
