NALG (New Zealand) Limited
NALG (NZ) Limited has applied for consent to establish a facility to produce methane from organic material at 233 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch.
Current status: The joint hearing will commence on Monday 19 October 2026. Download Minute 3 of the Hearing Commissioners (PDF file, 142Kb).
Notified proposal
- Resource consent applications: CRC253560, CRC253561, CRC25356, CRC260733, CRC264887 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
- CRC264887 – to use land for excavations up to 1.3 metres below current ground level (base of the quarry) to establish soak pits for stormwater management
A 35-year consent duration is sought for CRC253560, CRC253561 and CRC253562. NALG (NZ) Ltd does not specify the proposed duration for CRC260733 and CRC264887.
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.
Joint hearing documents for CRC253560 CRC253561 CRC253562 CRC260733 CRC264887 RMA/2025/506
Download all related documents for the joint hearing for NALG (New Zealand Limited) application to establish a facility to produce methane from organic material at 233 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch.
Application documents for CRC264887
Download all related application documents for the NALG (New Zealand Limited) application to use land for excavations within one metre of highest groundwater at 233 Old West Coast Road.
Application documents
Submissions
The application was notified and was open for submissions. Submissions closed at 5pm on Monday 13 July 2026.
| Download submissions | File size |
|---|---|
| Armstrong C | PDF file 973.7KB |
| Armstrong P | PDF file 43.1KB |
| Broeders F | PDF file 141.0KB |
| Clarkson M | PDF file 989.5KB |
| Conner J D | PDF file 390.6KB |
| Conner S | PDF file 97.3KB |
| Jensen G | PDF file 131.5KB |
| Jones A & R | PDF file 144.9KB |
| King C | PDF file 140.9KB |
| Lester W | PDF file 2.0MB |
| MacAlpine D | PDF file 115.4KB |
| McGrath K | PDF file 107.8KB |
| Mincher L | PDF file 128.3KB |
| Nelson W | PDF file 3.5MB |
| Parkinson B | PDF file 134.5KB |
| Russell C | PDF file 135.1KB |
| Te Taumutu Runanga | PDF file 894.9KB |
| Thomson D & E | PDF file 3.9MB |
| Tiffen A | PDF file 734.1KB |
| YRRA | PDF file 140.3KB |
Application documents for CRC253560 CRC256561 CRC253562 CRC260733 RMA/2025/506
Download all related documents for the joint hearing for NALG (New Zealand Limited) application to establish a facility to produce methane from organic material at 233 Old West Coast Road, Christchurch.