Piha Melean Absolum Report 2005 WCCs Coastal Villages Landscape Assessment for WCC as part of WRHA Act on Beach Valley Road retention of a significant number of large pohutukawa creates a distinctive and highly attractive valley landscape ID: 808958
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Pohutukawa
58 Beach Valley Road
Piha
Slide2Melean
Absolum
Report 2005
WCC’s Coastal Villages, Landscape Assessment for WCC as part of WRHA Act, on Beach Valley Road
“retention of a significant number of large
pohutukawa
creates a distinctive and highly attractive valley landscape...”
“strong sense of enclosure...”
“Loss of vegetation is probably the biggest threat to this Landscape Unit.”
“continued diligence with regard to vegetation removal will be an ongoing requirement.”
Slide3Slide4Slide5Slide6Plan Change 41
Beach Valley RD
pohutukawa
nominated to WCC pre-amalgamation
Nominated to
Waitakere
Ranges Local Board with proposed removal of urban tree rules
Not assessed because of resource constraints
Submitters reassured during PC 41 hearing that their nominations would go forward to Unitary Plan
Slide7Loss of pohutukawa
since amalgamation
January 2012, 28-30 Beach Valley Rd
Nearly lost more than one limb as more of trees in 4.25 metre road corridor envelope
Seaview
Road, severely pruned during footpath construction, 2011
All these trees nominated for scheduling
Slide8Slide9Community consultation
Pattern with all these trees is lack of consultation with community
Consultation with WRLB? By AT or Parks?
Contrasts with previous WCC practices
In middle of Plan Change 41
Slide10Resource Consent Application
“We wish to pursue hard pruning now as a controlled activity to minimise concern around risk, then we shall apply in future for removal of the tree – also attached is email account of the alleged injuries caused to pedestrians using the thoroughfare”
Applied as a “controlled activity” instead of “restricted discretionary”
Slide11Slide12Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide164.25 metre road corridor envelope
What AT working for
Implications for rest of coastal villages and entire HA
Slide17North Piha
Road
pohutukawa
Are these at risk ?
Slide18Garden Road pohutukawa
Are these at risk?
Slide19Bigger picture?
What does the future hold?
Where is Auckland Transport going with approach to WRHA?
Issue wider than
Piha
– relevant to whole HA
Other issues - numerous complaints about infrastructure, signage, heavily engineered approach
Slide20Who owns the land?
NOR talks about “Auckland Council owned and Auckland Transport managed roads in the Auckland Region”
Role of Local Board?
Slide21Auckland Transport proposed Designation
Applied 14 June 2012
Maintaining, pruning and removal of vegetation on roads
Maintaining, pruning and trimming of overhanging vegetation from private property and in the road
Full width of legal roads...between the boundaries of its adjacent private properties
No consents needed except for scheduled trees
Consistent approach across Auckland - ? WRHAA
Slide22Alternatives
Do nothing
Shared space
Move half round barrier
Sign and monitor