Welcome to the website of the Independent Hearings Panel for Plan Change 14

Find out more about the proposed Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (PC14)
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About this website

About this website

This is the website of the Independent Hearings Panel (IHP) appointed by the Christchurch City Council (the Council) to consider and conduct the hearing of submissions on the proposed Housing and Business Choice Plan Change (PC14) notified by the Council on 17 March 2023. The IHP has submitted its Recommendations Report to the Council. 

Recommendations Report 

The Panel completed its Recommendations Report on 29 July 2024 and has submitted it to the Council. 

The Panel has prepared a single Report, divided into eight parts. The IHP issued Minute 51 - Response to Second Council request for Clarifications on 15 August 2024 with addendums to Parts 3, 4 and 5 of the Report. The IHP issued Minute 54 - Response to Council regarding City Centre zone clarifications raised by submitter on 11 September 2024 with addendum 2 to Part 3 of the Report. The IHP issued Minute 55 - Response to Council Regarding Final Clarifications Sought on 7 October 2024 with addendum 2 to Part 5 of the Report. 

Part 1: Introduction, Legislative Requirements and Scope Issues, General Themes and Submissions

Part 2: Strategic Direction Objectives

Part 3: NPS-UD Policy 3 Response, including City Centre Zone, Central City Mixed Use Zones, Other Commercial Zones, Mixed Use and Industrial Zones

- Addendum to Part 3 of the Recommendations Report - 15 August 2024

- Addendum 2 to Part 3 of the Recommendations Report - 11 September 2024

Part 4: Relevant Residential Zones, including Medium Density Residential and High Density Residential Zones, Residential Hills Zones, Hill Precincts and Alternative zones, Sunlight Access QM, Low Passenger Transport Accessibility Area QM and Christchurch International Airport Noise Influence Area QM

- Addendum to Part 4 of the Recommendations Report - 15 August 2024

Part 5: City Wide Qualifying Matters 

- Addendum to Part 5 of the Recommendations Report - 15 August 2024

- Addendum 2 to Part 5 of the Recommendations Report - 7 October 2024

Part 6: Tree Canopy and Financial Contributions and Subdivision

Part 7: Rezoning Requests and Specific Purpose Zones

Part 8: Appendices, including recommended provisions

Appendix G files: IHP Recommended Provisions below: 

Information about PC14, including submissions and further submissions, are available on Council's website. Information relating to the IHP, evidence and hearings is available on this website.

Hearings on PC 14 commenced in October 2023 and concluded on 24 April 2024. Hearing proceedings, recordings, filed and tabled documents and submitter responses to IHP requests are available on the Hearings page of this website. 

The Council Reply was filed on 17 May 2024, attachments are available on the Hearings page. 

The IHP issued Hearing Procedures in August 2023 and a Hearing Topics and Subtopics Schedule (updated February 2024) for the hearings. The schedule was amended to reflect that some topics initially scheduled for 2024 were heard in earlier weeks of the hearings. Hearings schedules, hearing proceedings and tabled documents are available on the Hearings page on this website.

The IHP held a Pre-hearing Meeting for Council, submitters and further submitters on 1 August 2023 to consider procedural matters relating to PC 14 hearings. 

The Council section 42 reports, Council evidence in chief and submitter expert evidence is published on the Evidence page. 

Timeline

17 March 2023

Proposed Housing and Business Choice Plan Change notified by Christchurch City Council

17 March to 12 May 2023

Notification and submission period

June and July 2023

Summary of submissions and further submissions period

1 August 2023

Pre-hearing meeting (procedural matters)

October and November 2023

IHP hearings weeks 1 to 8

April 2024

IHP hearings weeks 9 and 10

29 July 2024

IHP Recommendations Report delivered to Council