Feedlot consent application granted
We have granted resource consents to NZ Wagyu Breeding and Genetics Ltd to operate a feedlot on its property south of the Rakaia River.
Consent applications for feedlots have generated public interest in the past.
A feedlot is a stockholding area where cattle are kept for at least 80 days in any six-month period and are fed exclusively by hand or machine.
Consents Planning Manager Aurora Grant said NZ Wagyu already has consents from Ashburton District Council to construct composting barns.
“The consents we granted are for land use to operate a feedlot and an air discharge,” she said.
How we came to the decision
The conditions in the consents permit a maximum of six composting barns and a total of 4000 cattle at any one time. The air discharge consent conditions require an odour management plan.
Before granting the consents, we first needed to decide whether the application would be publicly notified, limited notified or non-notified. We decided this application would be non-notified.
“This decision was made because the adverse effects on the environment and people were assessed to be less than minor, meaning the thresholds for public or limited notification in sections 95A to 95G of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) weren’t reached,” Grant said. “The nearest residential property is more than 200 metres away from the site.
“Under the RMA we are required to consider both localised effects and those that impact the wider environment. We also considered the magnitude of effects based on various legislative provisions including section 95 of the RMA.”
The applicant is entitled to object to the consent conditions.
Consent details
- View consent details for CRC234809 - land use
- View consent details for CRC234810 - air discharge