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Upper Clutha Landscape Schedules Variation

Update – 20 March 2026 
Minister Bishop has approved Councils request for an exemption.  Staff are currently working to identify available hearing dates and on associated amendments to the timetable for the Variation. Once this has been completed Council will issue a further update and Notice of Hearing.

General Hearing Information

Hearing Dates are confirmed: 1-4 September 2026 at the Wanaka Community Hub 34 McDougall Street.

Submitters will be contacted closer to the hearing dates to book speaking times.

  • Peter Kensington (Chair)

    Peter is an experienced resource management practitioner, having worked for twenty-five years throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.  Originally from Te Papa-i-Oea, Palmerston North, Peter is a director at KPLC Limited, following earlier roles at the Christchurch City Council, the Wellington City Council, the Tāmaki Makaurau office of Boffa Miskell Limited and the Auckland Council.

    He has qualifications and expertise in planning and landscape architecture, and he is a full member of Te Kokiringa Taumata / the New Zealand Planning Institute and a registered member of Tuia Pito Ora / the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA).  Peter has served as an elected member of the NZILA national executive committee, and he has judged at NZILA awards.

    Richard Blakey

    Richard Blakey holds the degree of Bachelor of Planning from the University of Auckland and is a Member of the New Zealand Planning Institute. Richard has over 30 years' experience in planning and resource management related matters, primarily within the Auckland region. He has significant experience in both the public and private sectors in preparing and assessing a wide range of resource consent and plan change applications.

    Richard has a chairing endorsement certificate from the Ministry for the Environment, and since 2014 he has acted as an independent hearings commissioner and chairperson in more than 100 hearings for the Auckland Council involving resource consent applications, plan changes, designations and special housing areas, and has also chaired a number of hearings for the Queenstown Lakes District Council since 2023.

    Deputy Mayor Quentin Smith

    Quentin is elected to the Wānaka-Upper Clutha Ward. With a strong background working in Environmental Management, Recreation, Planning and Local Government, he is passionate about helping Wānaka to manage the extraordinary growth it is experiencing. He is committed to a well informed and strategic approach to planning for our future.

  • Check out the video below for information on how to participate in a hearing!

     

Minutes and Memoranda

Summary of Decisions Requested - Addendum May 2025

Submission Received - 62

Summary of Decisions Requested - 20 February 2025

Notification

Proposed Landscape Schedules

Section 32 Report and Appendices

Want to talk about it?

If you have any queries on any of the information provided or need help finding a particular document, please contact one of our dedicated duty policy planners on 03 441 0499 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0024 (Wānaka) or email us at pdpenquiries@qldc.govt.nz