Timaru District Council

Timaru District Council has applied to dam and take water for community supply from the Pareora River.

Current status: The application has been notified and is open for submissions on Wednesday 28 January 2026 - 12.01am. Submissions close 5pm Thursday 26 February 2026.
 
Notified proposal
 
Application documents
 
Making a submission

Notified proposal

CRC244314: To dam and take water from J39/0654 at or about NZTM2000: 1427999 mE – 5087220 mN, approximately 1.5 kilometres upstream of Cannington Road, at a rate not exceeding 215 litres per second, with a volume not exceeding 6,780,240 cubic metres between 01 July and the following 30 June for community supply.

At all times, a flow of at least 30 L/s shall be maintained downstream of the dam and during the months of October and November, a flow of at least 70 L/s shall be maintained downstream of the dam.

Consent process timeline

Application lodged

Notification submission period

Hearings

Decision

Application documents

Download all related application documents for the Timaru District Council application to dam and take water for community supply from the Pareora River.

Application documents

Making a submission

Submissions open: Wednesday 28 January 2026 - 12.01am
Submissions close: Thursday 26 February 2026 - 5:00 pm

Any person may make a 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: Timaru District Council
Address for service: Irricon Resource Solutions Limited 
Attn: Keri Johnston
  16 Hilton Highway
  Washdyke
Timaru 7941
  Email: keri@irricon.co.nz

Notes to the submitter (please read)

  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.
For advice on the applications: phone (03) 353-9007, or 0800 324 636 or email consent.submissions@ecan.govt.nz

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