Draft decision and conditions
On 17 March 2026, the Pound Road Industrial Development expert panel released its draft decision and conditions.
The panel proposes to grant the approvals sought in this application.
Minute 16 of the expert panel (PDF, 126KB)
Pound Road Industrial Development draft decision and conditions (PDF, 2MB)
Appendix A – Christchurch City Council draft conditions table (DOCX, 158KB)
Appendix B – Canterbury Regional Council draft conditions table (DOCX, 5MB)
Appendix C – Wildlife approvals draft conditions table (DOCX, 43KB)
Under section 70 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 (the Act), an expert panel must invite comments on the draft conditions from:
the applicant
every person or group that provided comments under section 35 or 53
any local authority or other body with a statutory responsibility to enforce or monitor compliance with the conditions.
The panel must also issue the panel’s draft decision document for each approval in accordance with section 70(2)(b).
Under section 72 of the Act, an expert panel must also invite comments on the draft decision, including any draft conditions, from:
the Minister for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti
the Minister for Māori Development
Comments received on draft conditions
- Canterbury Regional Council (PDF, 367 KB)
- Canterbury Regional Council and applicant joint comments (PDF, 2 MB)
- Cass Jones and Gemma McLaughlin (PDF, 792 KB)
- Christchurch City Council (PDF, 709 KB)
- Department of Conservation (PDF, 485 KB)
- Department of Corrections (PDF, 148 KB)
- Minister for the South Island & Associate Minister of Transport (PDF, 172 KB)
- New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (PDF, 203 KB)
Comments received from the applicant
- Applicant memorandum in response to draft conditions (PDF, 302 KB)
- Appendix B - Canterbury Regional Council draft conditions table (PDF, 2 MB)
- Appendix C - Wildlife approvals draft conditions table (PDF, 158 KB)
- Acceptance of Canterbury Regional Council conditions (PDF, 256 KB)
- Applicant memorandum accompanying Christchurch City Council's response (PDF, 109 KB)
Comments received on draft decision and draft conditions
Applicant's response to comments received on draft conditions
- Memorandum of counsel from applicant response to comments on draft conditions (PDF, 305 KB)
- Memorandum from applicant response to comments received on draft conditions (PDF, 366 KB)
- Appendix 1 – Updated copy of CCC conditions table (PDF, 728 KB)
- Appendix 2 – CCC correspondence on staging condtions (PDF, 297 KB)
- Appendix 3 – Schedule of management plans (PDF, 81 KB)
- Appendix 1.1 - Schedule of district plan rules for land use consent conditions combined (PDF, 6 MB)
- Appendix 2.1 - Intersection upgrade estimate (PDF, 897 KB)
- Appendix 3.1 - E20739 subcon R2 with test locations plan (PDF, 1 MB)