LGOIMA Requests

Date received: 14/09/2023

Requested information: Information about abandoned vehicles, Councils current policies/initiatives to reduce the number of and environmental impacts from abandoned vehicles.

Status: Complete

Response:

Date received: 11/09/2023

Requested information: How does MDC keep personal information safe, does MDC share details with others and does MDC let people know when their information is disclosed to third party.

Status: Complete

Response:

Date received: 30/08/2023

Requested information: Are there any solar farms in MDC district and are there any pending applications

Status: Complete

Response:

Official information request - Are there any solar farms in MDC district and are there any pending applications 

Our records indicate MDC have granted one resource consent for a solar farm in our district. There are no resource consent applications for solar farms pending approval. 

Date received: 25/08/2023

Requested information: Information about vehicles on beaches

Status: Complete

Response:

The information you have requested is below.  

We have rules under Part 13 of the Public Places bylaw 2020 that limit the driving of vehicles on beaches to areas designated by Council 

Public-Places-Bylaw-2020-amendments-22-Sep-22.pdf (mdc.govt.nz)  

Also under part 19 of the Traffic Safety and Road Use Bylaw 2023 

Traffic-Safety-and-Road-Use-Bylaw-2023-Final.pdf (mdc.govt.nz)  

Manawatū District Council (MDC) does not have specific guidance on driving on beaches on our website or by brochure.  

MDC have two Compliance and Enforcement Officers who are responsible for the day-to-day monitoring and enforcement of all bylaws and regulations. 

Council has not issued any infringements for the offence of driving on the beach in breach of our bylaws  

MDC have not received any complaints specifically relating to driving on the beach in breach of our bylaws however, there have been concerns raised during community meetings over the speed of cars along the beach front in the area designated by Council for driving. These matters have been referred to Police and Police patrols were increased over the summer period. 

Date received: 23/08/2023

Requested information: Further details about water connection for 1759 & 1761 Cheltenham Hunterville Road

Status: Complete

Response:

Date received: 17/08/2023

Requested information: Details of liability insurance from 2010 - 2023, including policy documents and correspondence

Status: Complete

Response:

I refer to your Official Information request dated 17th August 2023 regarding Manawatu District Councils details of liability insurance 2010-2023. 

You requested the below information: 

1. Any and all information/documents held by the Council related to the Council's arranging, placement, holding and/or understanding of liability insurance with any brokers, and/or Local Government Mutual Funds Trustee Limited (Riskpool) and/or insurers for each of the years 2010 – 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the information/documents requested include:  

2. liability policy documents for the years 2010-2023; and  

3. Any file notes and correspondence related to the Council's arranging, placement, holding and/or understanding of these liability policy documents, including internal correspondence, correspondence with the Council's broker(s), and direct correspondence with insurers.  

Council Officers have reviewed your request and have collated the answers below: 

1. Under section 7(2)(b)(ii) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) we are withholding copies of our Liability Policies as making available the information would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.  

2. As above.  

3. As above and under section 17 (f) that the information requested cannot be made available without substantial collation or research. The Council holds thousands of email correspondence in which collation and research is beyond our resource capacity without impacting on Councils daily operations. Outsourcing assistance would be the only option available to us to provide this information, the cost would need to be met by you, the requester. This would also include many hours of redaction of names and/or sensitive information necessary to 'protect the privacy of natural person(s)' upheld by the Privacy Act 2020.   

You are welcome to redefine your request, if you choose to do so it would help us to know why you want this information, this could help us to provide you information that we can release. 

Date received: 07/08/2023

Requested information: Details of resource consents for 2022/23 financial year.

Status: Complete

Response:

I refer to your official information request dated 07 August 2023. 

The information you have requested is contained in this link - LG2206_-_MDC_Consent_Data.zip

Please see attached datasheet showing the resource consent information for the 2022/23 financial year.  

Please note the following: 

·         This information includes both land use and subdivision consents. Bundled applications are split into their separate consent components. 

·         The data does not indicate which consents were subject to a section 37 time extension. Hence, some consents which did not meet the 20-day timeframe did not receive a discount due to section 37. 

·         This data includes all consents processed during the 2022/23 financial year. Per Ministry of Environment's National Monitoring System, this includes consents which were returned as incomplete or which were withdrawn. 

Please note that further information will be made available as part of the Ministry for the Environment's National Monitoring System data collection. 

Date received: 28/07/2023

Requested information: Questions around Ranfurly Road subdivision, landfill and stormwater discharge

Status: Complete

Response:

I refer to your official information request dated 28 July 2023.  Thankyou for your patience as we collated this information for you.

Part of the information you have requested is enclosed. However, we are withholding the legal opinions provided to Council on this matter under section 7 (2)(g) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, in order to maintain legal professional privilege. 

You will also notice that there are a few redactions in the documents, these have been made to preserve the privacy of the people involved – section7(2)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act .

Here is a link to the information you have requested -  LG_2205_Information_for_release.zip

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone 0800 802 602.  

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact the LGOIMA Response Team on 06 323 0000 or by replying to this email. 

Warm regards, 

Date received: 27/07/2023

Requested information: Update on Opawe Road Closure Proposal

Status: Complete

Response:

Date received: 25/07/2023

Requested information: Investigation of complaint about LG 2092, information withheld on commercial sensitivity grounds Section 7(2)(h)

Status: Complete

Response: