Hutt River

WGN130264 – Te Awa Kairangi/Hutt River

Location: This application covers land in the Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River corridor, including the river bed and banks, berms and stopbanks  from the upstream side of the Estuary Bridge, Waione Street, Petone to the eastern end of Gillespies Rd, Upper Hutt, together with short sections of the river beds and adjacent banks in the lowest reaches of four tributaries (Akatarawa River, Stokes Valley Stream, Speedy’s Stream and Te Mome Stream), plus the stormwater drainage network on the landward side of the stopbank between Moonshine Bridge and Maoribank Corner.

Proposal: River management activities for flood protection, erosion control and public amenity purposes in the Hutt River, Akatarawa River, Stokes Valley Stream, Speedy’s Stream and Te Mome Stream corridors.

Resource consents applied for:

• [32238] Land use consent to undertake river management activities in the bed and on the banks, berms and stopbanks of the Hutt River and on sections of the river beds and banks in the lower reaches of the Akatarawa River, Stokes Valley Stream, Speedy’s Stream and Te Mome Stream; and the stormwater draining network on the landward side of the stopbank between Moonshine Bridge and Maoribank Corner  for flood protection, erosion control and public amenity purposes including construction, maintenance, repair, replacement, extension, addition, alteration, demolition and removal of structures ,planting, maintenance and removal of vegetation, recontouring and mechanical ripping of the river bed, constructing diversion channels, shaping, recontouring and repair of bank edges, berms and stopbanks, clearance of flood debris , operation of machinery in the river bed, entry and passage of the river bed, maintenance of drains, dredging, construction of walkways, cycleways and associated structures including stormwater drainage, culverts, and footbridges; excavation, disturbance and deposition of material.
• [34486] Land use consent to extract gravel from the bed and banks of the Hutt River using a combination of wet and dry methodologies.
• [34077] Water permit to temporarily and permanently divert the flow of the Hutt River, Akatarawa River, Stokes Valley Stream, Speedy’s Stream, and Te Mome Stream during, and as a result of, river management activities for flood protection, erosion control and public amenity purposes.
• [34078]  Discharge permit to discharge sediment and sediment laden stormwater into the Hutt River, Akatarawa River, Stokes Valley Stream, Speedy’s Stream and Te Mome Stream during, and as a result of, river management activities within and outside the river bed for flood protection, erosion control and public amenity purposes.