Draft decision and conditions

On 26 March 2026, the Ryans Road Industrial Development expert panel issued Minute 16 releasing its draft decision and conditions.

The panel proposes to grant the approvals sought in this application. 

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). 

The panel set a deadline of 2 April 2026 for receiving this response. 

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.

The panel set a deadline of 13 April 2026 for receiving this response. 

Minute 16 of the expert panel (PDF, 120 KB)

Attachment 1 – Draft decision (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Draft conditions

You can view the draft conditions either as Word documents or PDFs.

PDFs

Word documents