Brookvale Green

Project summary

A residential community comprising 189–215 new homes. As well as the residential development, the project involves:

• supporting infrastructure, including on-site stormwater management, onsite transportation network and any necessary upgrades to the wider transport network

• connection to public reticulated water and wastewater services

• landscape and ecological planning, including approximately 4.3 hectares of native planting and pest control, and integration with existing and proposed walking and cycling trails.

Project location

Brookvale Road, Havelock North.

Project referral

The Minister for Infrastructure referred the project to the Fast-track on 15 December 2025. The application was lodged on 29 September 2025.

Brookvale Green stage 2 Notice of Decisions (PDF, 173 KB)

Completeness decision

The substantive application by Vermont Street Partners No.4 Limited was deemed complete on 25 August 2026. The application complies with the requirements of section 46 (2) of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024. The application was lodged on 3 August 2026.

Record of decision on completeness and scope - Brookvale Green substantive application (PDF, 70 KB)

Memorandum on completeness and scope (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Competing applications decision

The substantive application by Vermont Street Partners No.4 Limited was deemed to not have any competing applications or existing resource consents on 8 September 2026. This decision is required under section 47 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Record of decision on competing applications − Brookvale Green application (PDF, 80 KB)

Decision of appointment of panel and timing of panel decisions

On 5 October 2026 the panel convener issued a minute regarding:

• the appointment of the expert panel
• the timeframe for panel decisions for the Brookvale Green project under clause 2 of section 79 of the Act.

The minute can be viewed on the Correspondence page for the Brookvale Green project.

Correspondence