The applicant proposes exchanging conservation land for other land with conservation value, to allow the development works to go ahead.
The proposed exchange involves up to 34 hectares of Fletcher-owned land to be added to the conservation estate and approximately 23.24 - 23.86 ha hectares of conservation land within Belmont Regional Park to be transferred to Winstone Aggregates.
More about the process for land exchange applications
Land exchange application
Land Exchange Report (PDF, 16.7MB)
Completeness check s34(1) (PDF, 297KB)
Applicant response to completeness assessment (PDF, 136KB)
Appendix A – Attachments to land exchange report
Appendix B – Technical reports
- B1 Ecological Assessment appendix (PDF, 922 KB)
- B1 Ecological Assessment (PDF, 23 MB)
- B2 Lizard Assessment (PDF, 3 MB)
- B3 Bats Assessment (PDF, 12 MB)
- B4 Recreation assessment(1) (PDF, 48 MB)
- B5 Archaeological Assessment (PDF, 5 MB)
- B6a Landscape Assessment appendix (PDF, 12 MB)
- B6a Landscape Assessment (PDF, 4 MB)
- B7 Cultural Values Assessment (PDF, 1 MB)
- B8 Economic Assessment (PDF, 606 KB)
- B9 Hydrology Assessment (PDF, 7 MB)
- B10a Survey plan (PDF, 28 MB)
- B10b Survey Memo (PDF, 1 MB)
- B11 Land Valuation Report (PDF, 30 MB)
- B13a Land Contamination (PDF, 41 MB)
- B13b Land Contamination Dry Creek (PDF, 33 MB)
- B14 Climate Change Natural Hazards (PDF, 6 MB)
- B15 Health and Safety Report (PDF, 1 MB)
- B6b Landscape Graphic Supplement (PDF, 6 MB)
- B12 Geotechnical Report (PDF, 11 MB)
Appendix C – Consultation and engagement
Appendix D – Letters of approval
Appendix D1 to D22 (PDF, 18.9MB)
Appendix E1 – Records of title
- 88258 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 197 KB)
- 88259 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 196 KB)
- 88260 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 196 KB)
- WN31B_39 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 242 KB)
- WN31D_969 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 121 KB)
- WNF2_1438 Guaranteed Search Note (PDF, 126 KB)
- WNF2 1439 Title Historic View (PDF, 86 KB)
Appendix E2 – Surveyors report
Appendix E3 – Encumbrances
Appendix E4 – Gazette notices
Appendix E5 – SO plans
Invited comments
List of parties invited to comment under s35 (PDF, 82KB)
Comments received
- Firth Industries (PDF, 191 KB)
- Fulton Hogan (PDF, 156 KB)
- Friends of Belmont Regional Park Inc (FoBPR) (PDF, 1 MB)
- FoBRP Attachment 1A – FoBRP updates to GWRC (PDF, 888 KB)
- FoBRP Attachment 1B – Wellington Botanical Society (PDF, 191 KB)
- FoBRP Attachment 1C – Colan Balkwill (PDF, 114 KB)
- Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) (PDF, 102 KB)
- GWRC Attachment 1A Email FoBPR (PDF, 888 KB)
- GWRC Attachment 1B Proposed overburden deposit site (PDF, 191 KB)
- GWRC Attachment 1C Colan Balkwill statement (PDF, 114 KB)
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (PDF, 219 KB)
- Hutt City Council (PDF, 340 KB)
- Luke Wysocki (PDF, 854 KB)
- Minister for Infrastructure (PDF, 46 KB)
- New Zealand Conservation Authority (PDF, 167 KB)
- New Zealand Transport Authority Waka Kotahi (PDF, 359 KB)
- QEII National Trust (PDF, 359 KB)
- QEII National Trust Attachment 1 – QEII open space covenant 5-07-755 (PDF, 3 MB)
- Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika (PDF, 113 KB)
- Te Rūnanga o Toa Rangatira (PDF, 1 MB)
- Transpower (PDF, 3 MB)
- Wellington Botanical Society (PDF, 169 KB)
- Wellington Conservation Board (PDF, 124 KB)
Applicant's response to comments received
Minutes of the panel convener
16 March 2026 – Minute 1
The panel convener issued Minute 1 regarding the timeframe for the Department of Conservation to prepare the land exchange report.