Global Contracting Solutions Limited – Waste to Energy plant
This application was publicly notified.
Status of application
Waikato Regional Council sent a letter to the Environment Minister on Friday 15 December 2023 asking for the Minister to "call in" this application. The RMA provides a process for the call in of nationally significant resource consent applications by the Minister for the Environment. If the Minister decides to call in the application then the application will be processed by a Board of Inquiry or Environment Court.
About the proposal
Global Contracting Solutions Limited has lodged an application with the Waikato Regional Council for discharges to air and water and for cleanfill deposition required as part of a proposal to construct and operate a Waste to Energy plant to generate power through combustion of refuse derived fuel.
Waikato Regional Council Resource consent application
Consent application APP143988 was lodged with Waikato Regional Council on 03/12/2021.
This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Activities are as follows:
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Application Activities |
Description of activity |
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APP143988 Activity 1: 143988.01.01 |
Discharge of emissions to air associated with operating a Waste to Energy plant |
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Activity 2: 143988.02.01 |
Discharge of stormwater to surface water associated with operating a Waste to Energy plant |
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Activity 3: 143988.03.01 |
Deposition of cleanfill associated with constructing a Waste to Energy plant |
Waipā District Council (WDC) Application – Reference LU/0323/21
Global Contracting Solutions Limited has also lodged an application with the Waipā District Council to construct and operate a ‘Waste to Energy’ plant, which generates power through the combustion of refuse-derived fuel.
For information relating to the Waipā District Council application please refer to their website.
Application information
Application information for the Waikato Regional Council application is available here for you to download and read. You can also obtain copies of this information by contacting us on our Resource Use Freephone 0800 800 401.
If you have further questions or would like more information about this application, please contact Rachael O'Donnell at Waikato Regional Council on 0800 800 401.
WRC Resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects (AEE)
The consent application:
On Tuesday, October 10 2023 the applicant requested a correction to page 7 of the APP143988 AEE document to remove a statement regarding the transfer of the Te Awamutu racecourse land ownership.
Request for further information:
On 10 October 2023, the applicant informed the WRC about an error to the document ‘App A - T Brady Air Sections Further Information 11 Aug 2023’, prepared by T Brady. The corrected tracked changes document is available below.
Summary of submissions
Submissions closed on Friday 13 October 2023.
Submissions will not be published at this stage. If submissions are published, they will appear here with submitter personal contact details redacted for privacy reasons.
| Total number of submissions | 822 |
| Submissions in opposition | 813 |
| Submissions opposed in part | 1 |
| Submissions neither supporting nor opposing |
3 |
| Submissions supporting in part |
1 |
| Submissions in support |
5 |
| Submitters who do not wish to be heard |
207 |
| Submitters who wish to be heard |
575 |
| Submitters who will not consider a joint case |
165 |
| Submitters who will consider a joint case |
580 |
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