Proposed closure of Highams Rd
Rodney District Council have a plan to stop Higham Road and convert it to a walkway. This idea is not welcomed by many on the South Kaipara peninsula and they are looking for support in opposing the plan. This mostly unformed road gives access to the Kaipara Harbour but does not always follow the surveyed alignment. There is a background document that I've attached, which has been compiled by those who opened up Wilson's Rd... an excellent addition to recreational access.. Comments needed to reach Rodney District Council by 2 June. Response fro Rodney District Council as of 10 June 2010 HIGHAM ROAD, SOUTH HEAD - ROAD STOPPING PROCESSI acknowledge your objection or submission relating to the Higham Road stopping proposal.The process once the objection period ends is for the objections and submissions to be collated andreported to a Council meeting. That report will summarise the objections and submissions and make arecommendation as to whether or not to proceed with the road stopping and provision of the proposedwalkway easement. If the Council elects not to continue with the road stopping proposal, then this proposal is at an end. If the Council resolves, after completing its consideration, to stop that part of Higham Road and securethe easement, then Council must implement the following: · • Send the objections together with a full description of the proposal and the plans to theEnvironment Court (s.342 Local Government Act 1974 Schedule 10(5)). · • The Environment Court shall consider the district plan, plan ofthe road proposed to be stopped,the counciI's explanation, and any objections made, and confirm, modify, or reverse the decisionof the council which shall be final and conclusive on all questions (s.342 Local Government Act1974 Schedule 10(6)). · · If the Environment Court reverses the decision of the council, no proceedings shall beentertained by the Environment Court for stopping the road for 2 years thereafter (s.342 LocalGovernment Act 1974 Schedule 10(7)). · • lfthe Environment Court confirms the decision of the council, the council may declare by publicnotice that the road is stopped; and the road shall, subject to the council‘s compliance withclause 9 of Schedule 10, thereafter cease to be a road (s.342 Local Government Act 1974Schedule 10(8)). · • Two copies of that notice and of the plans referred to shall be transmitted by the council forrecord in the office of the Chief Surveyor on the land district in which the road is situated, and nonotice of the stoppage of the road shall take effect until that record is made (s.342 LocalGovernment Act 1974 Schedule 10(9)). · • The Chief Surveyor shall allocate a new description of the land comprising the stopped road,and shall forward to the District Land Registrar or the Registrar of Deeds, as the case mayrequire, a copy of that description and a copy of the notice and the plans transmitted to him bythe council, and the Registrar shall amend his records accordingly (s,342 Local Government Act1974 Schedule 10(10)),
Website: Sponsored by [...this could be you]
| Designed By Jeremy Walker
| Legal Information |
|||||||||||
|
Website Sponsored by:
|
