Shipping News Planning authority question remains

Press, 1 October 1979, Page 13

Shipping News Planning authority question remains

AVith the Canterbury Regional • Planning Authority about to be s taken over by the Regional *t Pfenning Committee of then newiy-tormed Canterbury United, t Council, the question remains:! i which local authority will be the j t n&ritiine planning authority for; j the Lyttelton Harbour area? ' t Months ago. when maritime 11 planning authorities were first c mooted, the Lyttelton Harbour \ Hoard made application for de* t signation as the planning author- t ity for its own area. At the same time other local authorities, such as Waimairi <-ounty and Christchurch City, expressed interest in becoming ’ the maritime planning authorities for their own stretches of < cites time /The Canterbury Regional 1 FTanning Authority sought to be the maritime planning authority tor the entire Canterbury coastline. Mitb the Canterbury Regional Planning Authority becoming a j committee ot the United Council on Marcn 31, 1960, the situa- , lion changed. Accordingly. in line with the t new uompcexities introduced by i ttoe formation of the United Council and its responsibility tor planning, the harbour board approached the fledgling United i council seeking membership on j the regional planning committee. I But the United Council said | that, because the harbour board iiad not yet been designated a ! niaiitime planning authority, representation on the council s: I ptaninug committee could not be granted ' ’ Ine obvious move for the harbour board was to again seek] i designation as a maritime plan-. i rung authority from the Ministry) m Transport, which it promptly ] did But tne Ministry of Transport.. tfciew another spanner into the local authority gearbox by replying. “. officers of this* iikn*stry, in conjunction with thej: Ministry of Works and Develop ) rnent. will visit Canterbury in tpe next few months to invest!-' Ate the best way to provide an! appropriate framework for the) coast of thfe whole region ... •**As far as the board’s involve- • jteent with regional planning is, concerned, this should not de- j penJ on the board’s appoint-! njent as a maritime planning authority. As local authorities ynth a major role to play in the I region, we would hope that harbour boards will be invited to ;oin regional planning commit-, tees in most parts of the country.” That was what the Lyttelton Harbour Board tried *o do to no, avail. The board’s general manager - -Mr J. A McPhail) has recom ! mended that the hoard, pending the visit from the twe ministries. sMtOld make a further application to the United Connell to. •main of the i regional planning committee. '

This could be done under that section of the Town and Country Planning Act 1977 (which created united councils and gave them planning and Civil Defence responsibilities) which provides for . not more than three persons <not being members of the United Council) appointed by the United Council if, in its opinion, they have knowledge which would assist the work of the Regional Planning Committee.” ARRIVALS Saturday Odaefang No. 201, 4.05 a.m., No. 3 East. Pacific Reefer, 6.14 a.m., Cashin Quay No. 2, Auckland (Scales). Union Lyttelton, 6.58 a.m., Z berth. Sunday Nil. Departures Saturday Pacific Reefer, 4.20 a.m., Freemantle (Scales). Nedlloyd Franklin, 7.5 a.m., Auckland (Guthrey). Union Lyttelton, 10.20 a.m., Wellington (U.S.S.). Sunday Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS Coastal Trader, Auckland, today. Ervilia. Singapore, today. Spraynes, Auckland, today. Holmdale, Chathams Islands, to day. Sydney Express, Wellington, October 2. Union Lyttelton, Wellington, October 2. Coastal Trader, Dunedin, Octo ber 3. Freezer Ace, Napier, October 3. Forum Nui Gini, Honiara. Octo-! ber 3. Nedlloyd Frazer, Wellington. October 4. Nedlloyd Cumberland, Dunedin, i October 4. Australian Endeavour, Wellington, October 5. Maresol, Auckland, October 8. Coastal Trader, Auckland, October 8. PROJECTED DEPARTURES Coastal Trader, Dunedin, today, i Union Ly ttelton, Dunedin, October 2. 1 Coastal Trader, Auckland, October 3. ! Spraynes, Wellington, October 4. 1 F orum Nui Gini, Auckland, Oc-; tober 5, i Nedlloyd Cumberland. Auckland. October 5. I Nedlloyd Frazer, Auckland, Oct. 6. ' Australian Endeavour, Piraeus, October 6. Freezer Ace, U.S.S.R., October 10. . Holmdale, Chatham Islands, Oct. 12. VESSELS IN PORT I Ervilia. oil wharf. Spraynes, Cashtn Quay No. 1. Hoimdale. No. 7 East. Coastal Trader. G'adstone Pier iNgamotu, dry dock.