21 July 2008 Coastal Plan hearings begin for Wynyard Quarter Public hearings for proposed changes to the Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal for Wynyard Quarter begin on Monday, July 28 and are expected to run until August 18. The Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal Plan Change 3 covers the water space and wharves around the Wynyard Quarter area. The plan change amends the Regional Plan: Coastal to provide for changes expected as part of the proposed redevelopment of Wynyard Quarter (also known as the Western Reclamation, Wynyard Point and the Tank Farm). The proposed plan change applies to Port Management Areas 2 and 4A. Plan Change 3 complements the district plan change notified by Auckland City Council for redevelopment of the adjacent land area. The hearings for that plan change were held in June. Sixty submitters on the proposed changes to the Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal for Wynyard Quarter will be heard by commissioners. ARC Chairman Michael Lee was appointed as ARC commissioner, along with independent commissioners Leigh McGregor, Jennie Hoadley and Byrdie Ayres, who will hear and recommend decisions on the plan change. As the plan change relates to a regional coastal plan, it will need to be adopted by the ARC prior to seeking approval from the Minister of Conservation for changes to be made operative. For more details on the proposed changes to the Auckland Regional Plan Coastal, please visit www.arc.govt.nz.

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