Barrytown Mineral Sand Mining
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PUBLIC NOTICE OF APPLICATION CONCERNING RESOURCE CONSENT
Sections 2AB and 95A Resource Management Act 1991
The West Coast Regional Council (WCRC) and the Grey District Council (GDC) has received an application from TIGA Minerals and Metals Ltd for resource consents. A description of the application is provided below:
Reference: WCRC: RC-2023-0046 GDC: LUN3154/23
Location: Barrytown Flats, State Highway 6 (Coast Road), approximately 9km south of the Punakaiki township and 36km north of Greymouth.
Map reference NTZM: 1460770E, 5082683N
Legal description: Lot 1 DP 412689 and Rural Section 2847, Record of Title 447182 and Section 4-6 Block V Waiwhero Survey District, Record of Title WS2D/1035.
Proposed Activity: The establishment and operation of a mineral sands mine in an area of approximately 63ha over a 12-year period, including construction of associated infrastructure, such as a processing plant and associated facilities over an area of approximately 2.0ha up to 15m in height, and for a minimum average of 50 truck movements per day between the site and Greymouth or Westport.
Resource Consents: The following types of resource consents are sought from the respective Councils.
| Consent Authority | Consent Type | Reason for Consent |
| WCRC | Land Use Consent | For earthworks and vegetation clearance, including within a coastal environment and mining within 100 metres of a wetland. |
| WCRC | Discharge Permit | To discharge water and stormwater to land and surface water. |
| WCRC | Discharge Permit | To discharge dust to air. |
| WCRC | Water Take Permit | To take and use ground and surface water for mining and associated activities. |
| Consent Authority | Consent Type | Reason for Consent |
| GDC | Land Use Consent | To breach district plan rules in relation to building height, hazardous substances, car-parking, vehicle movements, noise, floor area, earthworks and clearance of indigenous vegetation. |
The application includes an assessment of environmental effects. The application may be accessed at www.wcrc.govt.nz within the current notified applications or www.greydc.govt.nz or inspected or a copy purchased at:
- West Coast Regional Council, 388 Main South Road, Paroa, Greymouth; or
- Grey District Council, 105 Tainui Street, Greymouth. If you have any questions about the application, please contact customer service staff at West Coast Region Council on email: wcrcccadmin@wcrc.govt.nz or phone: (03) 768 0466; or Grey District Council on email: planning@greydc.govt.nz or phone: 03 769 8600. 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 West Coast Regional Council or Grey District Council at:
- The Consents Department, West Coast Regional Council, PO Box 66, Greymouth,7840, or wcrcccadmin@wcrc.govt.nz
- The Planning Department, Grey District Council, PO Box 382, Greymouth, 7840, or planning@greydc.govt.nz The submission must be in form 13. Copies of this form are available from West Coast Regional Council or Grey District Council or on the websites. Submissions close on Friday 13th October 2023 at 4.00pm. You must serve a copy of your submission on TIGA Minerals and Metals Ltd (the applicant), whose address for service is: TIGA Minerals and Metals Ltd, C/- Tai Poutini Professional Services Limited, 100 Mackay Street, Greymouth 7805, as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on West Coast Regional Council or Grey District Council.
TIGA Minerals and Metals Ltd - Applications to the Grey District Council and the West Coast Regional Council for Mineral Sand Mining activities at Barrytown.
Click on the link here to view consent documentation: Notified Consents - Grey District Council (greydc.govt.nz)
