A W & K F Simpson
A W & K F Simpson have applied to Mackenzie District Council and Environment Canterbury for resource consents to construct and operate a solar array on a 113ha area of land on Balmoral Station, 397 Braemar Road, Lake Tekapo.
The joint decision of the Hearing Commissioners has been released. The decision is to refuse the applications.
The decision on the application has been appealed to the Environment Court. Find out more about the Environment Court processes.
Applicants evidence
- Applicants evidence - Fred Simpson (farming) (PDF file, 168.01KB)
- Applicants evidence - Jaz Morris (Ecology) (PDF file, 1.34MB)
- Applicants evidence - Nick Bibby (Engineering and energy market ) (PDF file, 805.85KB)
- Applicants evidence - Emma McRae (Landscape) (PDF file, 289.79KB)
- Applicants evidence of Emma McRae Appendix A BML Solar Glint and Glare Methodology (PDF file, 104.19KB)
- Applicants evidence of Emma McRae - Graphic Supplement (PDF file, 6.5MB)
- Applicants evidence - Claire Kelly (planning) (PDF file, 394.28KB)
- Applicants evidence - Claire Kelly Appendix 1 Pre-hearing Report (PDF file, 146.4KB)
- Applicants evidence of Claire Kelly Appendix 2 - Objectives and Policies table (PDF file, 348.81KB)
- Applicants evidence of Claire Kelly Appendix 3 Summary of Submissions (PDF file, 194.91KB)
- Applicants evidence of Claire Kelly - Appendix 4 Example of applying NPSIB (PDF file, 77.17KB)
Hearing
- Applicants Closing legal submissions for the applicant 6.10.2023 (PDF File, 8.63MB)
- Applicants Closing legal submissions - clean draft conditions (Office Open XML Document, 83.95KB)
- Applicants supplementary evidence of Andrew Simpson dated 6 October 2023 (PDF File, 175.76KB)
- Applicants supplementary evidence of Dr Morris dated 6 October 2023 (PDF File, 9.54MB)
- Reporting Officer comments on conditions dated 15 September 2023 (PDF File, 695.49KB)
- Submitter response of K Dunn (PDF File, 118.32KB)
- Submitter response of A Hamblett (PDF File, 143.76KB)
- Submitter response of Environmental Defence Society (PDF File, 157.06KB)
- Submitter response of Department of Conservation (PDF File, 754.12KB)
- Submitter response of MacKenzie Guardians (PDF File, 137.44KB)
- Submitter response of Forest and Bird (PDF File, 149.05KB)
- Minute 1 of the Hearing Commissioners - 21 August 2023 (PDF File, 15.49MB)
- Applicants Appendix B Drylands Compensation Area Memo 18 August 2023 (PDF File, 7.39MB)
- Applicants Appendix A RCXXXXXXC Drylands Protection Area 18 August 2023 (PDF File, 1.13MB)
- Applicants Appendix A RCXXXXXXB Indicative Locations of Proposed Planting 18 August 2023 (PDF File, 5.47MB)
- Applicants Appendix A RCXXXXXXA Location Reference Map 18 August 2023 (PDF File, 966.35KB)
- Applicants Appendix A Applicant proposed conditions 18 August 2023 (Office Open XML Document, 106.67KB)
- Applicants Memo of counsel - re updated consent conditions August 2023 (PDF File, 104.45KB)
- Applicants Supplementary evidence of Claire Kelly - planning ( PDF file, 176.99KB)
- Applicants Supplementary evidence of Nicholas Bibby (PDF file, 100.43KB)
- Memo of Counsel for Director General Conservation to Hearing panel (PDF file, 282.96KB)
- Submitter evidence of EA Networks - R Sutton (PDF file, 2.8MB)
- Officers Section 42A Supplementary Report (PDF file, 368.22KB)
- Evidence of s42A Reporting Officer - Kelvin Lloyd (PDF file, 204.73KB)
- Submitters evidence - Environmental Defence Society - Legal Submissions (PDF file, 180.51KB)
- Submitter evidence of Department of Conservation - legal submissions (PDF file, 648KB)
- Submitter evidence of Forest and Bird (PDF file, 846.65KB)
- Submitters evidence for Mackenzie Guardians -S Walker (PDF file, 13.34MB)
- Submitter Evidence of Mackenzie Guardians - attachment (PDF file, 15.27MB)
- Submitter evidence of Mackenzie Guardians (PDF file, 583.81KB)
- Applicants' Legal Submissions (PDF file, 9.46MB)
- Appliants rebuttal evidence of Nick Bibby (PDF file, 598.95KB)
- Applicants evidence of A Simpson - PowerPoint (PDF file, 2.05MB)
- Applicants rebuttal evidence of Jaz Morris (PDF file, 242.72KB)
- Letter from Fire and Emergency NZ (PDF file, 131.97KB)
- Letter from NZ Defence Force (PDF file, 212.22KB)
- Submitter evidence for Department of Conservation-Tayla Hooker (PDF file, 2.8MB)
- Submitter evidence for Department of Conservation -Herb Familton (PDF file, 245.06KB)
- Submitter evidence for Department of Conservation - Warren Chinn (PDF file, 189.89KB)
- Submitter evidence for Department of Conservation - Richard Ewans (PDF file, 563.53KB)
- Submitter evidence for Environmental Defence Society - Mike Harding-Terrestrial Ecology (PDF file, 675.73KB)
- Submitter Evidence for Mackenzie Guardians - Susan Walker (PDF file, 1.59MB)
- CRC224567 CRC230898 RM220048 - A & K Simpson Section 42A Report (PDF file, 3.05MB)
- CRC224567 CRC230898 RM220048 Pre-hearing report of the Facilitator (PDF file, 146.4KB)