Resource Consent - Public Notification
Land use consent to establish and operate two retail and drive through
activities within the Tīrau Residential Zone
Notice of application concerning resource consent
Sections 95B and 104B of the Resource Management Act 1991
South Waikato District Council has received an application from Tahua Properties Limited for a resource consent to establish and operate a Starbucks coffeehouse and Burger King restaurant with dual drive-through facilities at 69A Main Road, Tīrau being Lot 1 DP 306234. The site is located on the north-eastern side of Main Road (SH1) and is located between the Tīrau Primary School and the Tīrau Community Church properties.
Resource consent is required as the application is unable to comply with the relevant District Plan rules and performance standards. The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. In summary, the proposal is to:
- Demolish the existing dwelling and ancillary building, clear the site, and undertake small-scale earthworks to form building platforms and install servicing infrastructure.
- Construct a Starbucks coffeehouse comprising of a single-storey building with a gross floor area of 207m2, and dual drive-through lanes, reducing to a single lane after the ordering point. The drive through has capacity for approximately 12 vehicles to accommodate drive-through coffeehouse activities.
- Construct a Burger King restaurant comprising of a single-storey building with a gross floor area of 200m2, and dual drive-through lanes, reducing to a single lane after the ordering point. The drive-through has capacity for approximately 12 vehicles to accommodate drive-through restaurant facilities.
- The Starbucks coffeehouse and Burger King restaurant will operate from 5am – 2am, Monday to Sunday.
- Rubbish collection for Starbucks and Burger King will be via a private contractor using an appropriately sized vehicle. Rubbish collections will occur approximately four times a week (two trips for rubbish and two trips for recycling).
- Deliveries will occur outside of operating hours approximately twice a week. Burger King and Starbucks will be serviced by the same truck/delivery due to the goods/products being sent from the same warehouse/depot managed by Tahua Properties Limited.
- Install associated signage and exterior lighting.
- Construct a two-way vehicle crossing from Main Road / State Highway 1, parking and manoeuvring areas within the site, comprising of 28 parking spaces including two accessible parking spaces. Each parking space will enable parking for up to 120 minutes per customer vehicle.
- Provide pedestrian access to the site from Main Road / State Highway 1 with pedestrian footpaths and crossings internal to the site.
- Install landscaping over an area of 162m2 along boundaries and within the site.
- Erect a 1.8m closed-boarded wooden fence along the north, east and southern boundaries to aid screening and acoustic mitigation.
The proposal requires a land use consent under the South Waikato Operative District Plan for the following reasons:
- To establish and operate a Starbucks coffeehouse and Burger King restaurant, which are defined as ‘retail activities’ with ‘drive through restaurant’ components, in the Tīrau Residential Zone.
- To construct a building within the 1.5m side yard setback (Starbucks canopy over drive-through window 1).
- To exceed the maximum number and size of signage within the Tīrau Residential Zone.
- To construct and use a new vehicle crossing from State Highway 1.
- To undertake an activity which will generate 285 vehicle movements during the AM peak and 167 vehicle movements during the PM peak.
- To infringe the car parking space width and manoeuvring space requirements.
- The exceed the Tīrau Residential Zone nighttime noise limits (from northern and southern adjacent properties) by 2dB from cars during peak nighttime hours.
The subject land is zoned Tīrau Residential and the proposed activity is provided overall as a Discretionary activity within the District Plan.
The application and plans are provided in the links below and may be inspected at Council offices in Tokoroa and Putāruru , and at the Tīrau Information Centre.
If you have any questions about the application, please contact Karla Putt, SWDC Consultant Planner on 07 347 7840 ext 222 or karla.putt@stratum.nz.
How to make a submission
Any person may make a submission on the application, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that—
(a) adversely affects the environment; and
(b) does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.
You may make a submission by sending a written or electronic submission to Julie Cathie, Resource Consents Officer, South Waikato District Council at Torphin Crescent, Private Bag 7, Tokoroa 3444 (Email: Julie.Cathie@southwaikato.govt.nz). Submissions may also be made online by clicking this link: https://my.southwaikato.govt.nz/do-it-online/problems-requests-submissions/ResourceConsentSubmission.
The submission must be provided on Council’s Form 13 format. A copy of this form is provided below or at the Tokoroa and Putāruru Council offices and the Tīrau Information Centre.
Submissions close on 26 July 2024 at 5pm.
You must serve a copy of your submission on Tahua Properties Limited (the applicant), whose address for service is:
Postal:
Tahua Properties Limited
c/- SLR Consulting NZ Limited
201 Victoria Street West
Auckland 1010
Attention: Samantha Redward
Email: Samantha.Redward@slrconsulting.com
as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on South Waikato District Council.