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.

Post Hearing Expert Conferencing

After the online hearing session (Thursday 23 May 2024), Post Hearing Expert Conferencing will commence for six weeks. Further information regarding conferencing will be through Directions and Memos between the Hearing Panel and relevant parties.