NALG (New Zealand Limited)

NALG (NZ) Ltd has applied for consent to establish a facility to produce methane from organic material at 233 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch.

Current status:  The submission period has now closed. A joint hearing will be held to hear the application and submissions received.
 
Notified proposal
 
Application documents
 
Making a submission

Notified proposal

  • Resource consent applications: CRC253560, CRC253561, CRC25356, CRC260733 and RMA/2025/506
  • Addresses associated with these consents are: 223 and 233 Old West Coast Road, Yaldhurst.

Consent process timeline

Application lodged

Notification submission period

Hearings

Decision

The applicant has applied for the following resource consents from Canterbury Regional Council:

For the construction, operation and maintenance of a facility that will take organic material and process it via a Dry Anaerobic Digestion to produce methane for electric power and heat, CO2 production and matured compost at part of 233 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch, (adjacent to Miners Road), legally described as Lot 1 DP 27763. 

  • CRC253560 - To use land for deposition of fill
  • CRC260733 - To discharge construction-phase stormwater to land
  • CRC253561 - To discharge operational-phase stormwater to land
  • CRC253562 - To discharge contaminants to air 

A 35-year consent duration is sought for CRC253560, CRC253561 and CRC253562. NALG (NZ) Ltd does not specify the proposed duration for CRC260733.

The applicant has applied for the following resource consent from Christchurch City Council:

RMA/2025/506 – To use land to construct and operate a Dry Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant with associated earthworks.

  • The proposed buildings (with a combined area of 16,000 m²) will accommodate an organic processing facility, associated staff facilities, and a workshop.
  • External plant/structures include a combined heat and power plant (CHP), biogas storage, dry anaerobic digesters, biofilters and rainwater storage tanks.
  • Access is via Miners Road, with a new sealed service road proposed to link up with the existing Miners Road access. This will include areas for staff car parking and stormwater facilities.

Full details of the application, including the inputs and outputs of the anaerobic digestion process, are contained in the application documents.

Application documents

Download all related application documents for NALG (NZ) Ltd.

Application documents~~

Applications to Environment CanterburyFile size
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects Appendix E23.6 MB
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects Appendix D - sub appendices a-c8.6 MB
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects Appendix D air discharge23.7 MB
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects Appendix C stormwater and groundwater20.3 MB
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects Appendix B site plans7.5 MB
CRC253560 Assessment of Environmental Effects31.6 MB
CRC253560 CRC253561 CRC260733 - S92 Response July 2025247.8 KB
CRC253560 CRC253561 CRC260733 - s92 request for further information - May 2025373.5 KB
CRC253560 CRC253561CRC260733 - s92 request for further information -July 2025384.7 KB
CRC253560 CRC253561 CRC260733- S92 Response - May 202512.2 MB
CRC253562 - applicant response - air discharge3.8 MB
CRC253562 - Request for further information - air discharge174.1 KB

Applications to Christchurch City CouncilFile size
RMA2025506 Applicant RFI partial response 17 July 20254.2 MB
RMA2025506 Applicant RFI partial response 11 July 20256.4 MB
RMA2025506 Applicant RFI Response 2 dated 26 June 20256.4 MB
RMA2025506 Applicant RFI Response 1 dated 4 June 202517.0 MB
RMA 2025 506 Request for information outstanding email to Applicant dated 8 July 2025667.8 KB
RMA2025506 Request for information outstanding Email to Applicant 11 June 20251.0 MB
RMA2025506 Request for information letter - 9 May 2025254.2 KB
RMA2025506 Application Plans as Originally Submitted4.4 MB
RMA2025506 Application Plans as Updated15.2 MB
RMA2025506 Application Documents17.8 MB

Making a submission

Submissions open: Wednesday 1 October 2025 - 12:01 am
Submissions close: Thursday 6 November 2025 - 5:00 pm
All submissions are being received by Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury)

Any person may make a written submission on the applications. Still, a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates:

(a) adversely affects the environment; and

(b) does not relate to trade competition or its effects.

Online submission

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Written submission

Use the written submission form or a similar form:

You must send a copy to the applicant at the address for service as soon as reasonably practicable.
Applicant: NALG (NZ) Ltd
Address for service: Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP)
  Attn: Isobel Stout
  PO Box 389
  Christchurch 8140
  Email: Isobel.stout@pdp.co.nz 

 

Notes to the submitter

  1. If you make an online submission a copy will be sent to the applicant.
  2. All submissions received will be provided to the applicant.
  3. Privacy: The information requested on this form, including your contact details, is required by the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The information will be held by the Council, and you may ask to check and correct any personal information that we hold about you. The RMA requires your submission, including your name and contact details, to be made available to the Council (including the Council decision-maker) and the applicant.
    Your submission, including your name may also be made available to other submitters and to the public on the Council’s website, or on request. If requested, the Council may legally be required to make all submissions available to the public (which can include the media), including the name of the submitter, subject to the provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) and with careful consideration of the Privacy Act 2020.
    If you believe there are compelling reasons why your name should be kept confidential from other submitters or the public under LGOIMA, please contact hearings@ecan.govt.nz prior to making your submission.
  4. Delegation to Hearing Commissioners: If you make a request under section 100A of the Resource Management Act 1991, you must do so in writing no later than 5 working days after the close of submissions and you may be liable to meet or contribute to the costs of the Hearing Commissioner or Commissioners. A request cannot be made in relation to an application for a coastal permit to carry out an activity that a regional coastal plan describes as a restricted coastal activity. Please note that Environment Canterbury delegates the functions, powers, and duties to hear and decide the application(s) to one or more hearing commissioners where there are submitters to be heard, and a hearing is required under s100 of the Resource Management Aa 1991 (the RMA). Where there are no submitters to be heard and a hearing is not required the decision-making Is undertaken by the Council committee and/or delegated staff.
  5. lf you are a trade competitor. your right to make a submission may be limited by the trade competition provisions in Part 11A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
  6. Please note that your submission (or part of your submission) may be struck out if the authority is satisfied that at least 1 of the following applies to the submission (or part of the submission):
    • it is frivolous or vexatious;
    • it discloses no reasonable or relevant case;
    • it would be an abuse of the hearing process to allow the submission (or the part) to be taken further;
    • it contains offensive language;
    • it is supported only by material that purports to be independent expert evidence but has been prepared by a person who is not independent or who does not have sufficient specialised knowledge or skill to give expert advice on the matter.

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