At the Council meeting in March 2023, Council accepted a request for the Private Plan Change for Nelson Airport as Private Plan Change 30 and an accompanying Notice of Requirement. Publicly notified on 9 September 2023, Council received 460 submissions and 9 further submissions.

Council appointed independent accredited commissioners Helen Atkins (Chair), David McMahon, and Lindsay Daysh to consider Private Plan Change 30 and to make recommendations to Council, noting the same Panel will also be engaged to make recommendations to Council in relation to an accompanying Notice of Requirement.

The Hearing was held from 13 to 17 May and adjourned at 2:00pm, Thursday 23 May for the Nelson City Council S42 Report Author response. All Hearing video recordings can be found below this section, or on the Nelson City Council YouTube, along with the Hearing Schedule.

The Hearing Panel issued their Recommendation Report to Nelson City Council on 12 December 2024.
PPC30 and NoR Hearing Panel Recommendation Report
Appendices Part 1 - Notice of Requirement and Private Plan Change 30 Provisions
Appendices Part 2 - Updated NRMP Maps, Plans 14-19

At the 19 December 2024 Council meeting (Agenda and Council Report), Nelson City Council accepted the recommendations of the Hearing Panel for both the Notice of Requirement and the Plan Change, which are set out in the Appendices to the Hearing Panel's report (above). As the Requiring Authority, Nelson Airport Limited is required to make the decision for the Notice of Requirement. Nelson City Council approved the operative date for Plan Change 30 as 8 April 2025, if there are no appeals. Nelson City Council has set the notification date to 25 January 2025, to enable the full 30 working days for appeal to apply after the holiday period.