Info: Fast-track team offline 25 December 2025 to 4 January 2026
The application portal and this website remain available.
The expert panel can request further information and/or commission reports before it issues its final decision. This is set out in section 67 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.
Further information requests
28 November 2025 - Request 2
The panel requested further information from the applicant and councils. The information is to be provided by 3 December 2025.
Minute 4 of the expert panel (PDF, 143KB)
Response from the applicant
On 3 December 2025, the applicant provided their response to further information request 2.
Applicant's response to Minute 4 (PDF, 343 KB)
Response from the councils
On 3 December 2025, the Hawkes Bay Regional Council and Hastings District Council provided their response to further information request 2.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council (PDF, 178 KB)
Hastings District Council (PDF, 288 KB)
25 November 2025 - Request 1
The panel requested further information from the applicant and other parties. The information is to be provided by 1 December 2025.
Minute 3 of the expert panel (PDF, 103KB)
Response from the applicant
On 28 November 2025, the FastTrack team received a request for suspension from the applicant to ensure sufficient time to respond to the further information request in Minute 3. On 3 December 2025, the applicant provided their response to further information request 1.
Applicants' response to minute 3 (PDF, 132KB)
Attachment 1 - Planning memo (PDF, 443KB)
Attachment 2 - Legal memorandum (PDF, 114KB)
Attachment 3 - Alternative masterplan scheme (PDF, 319KB)
Attachment 4 - Urban design package (PDF, 4.18MB)
Attachment 5 - Acoustic memo (PDF, 812KB)
Attachment 6 - Planning memo (PDF, 432KB)
Response from regional councils
On 1 December 2025, Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Hastings District Council provided their response to further information request 1.
Hawke's Bay Regional Council (PDF, 770KB)
Hastings District Council (PDF, 475 KB)
Response from other invited parties
The Fast track team received these documents in response to further information 1 from other invited parties.
Reports
1 September 2025
The Ministry for the Environment provided the Fast-track team with a Section 18 report on treaty settlements and other obligations as required under section 49 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.
Treaty settlements and other obligations (Section 18) report (PDF,