No extra night-time events at Eden Park
MEDIA RELEASE
10 March 2004
No extra night-time events at Eden Park
The Eden Park Trust Board will not be allowed to hold an extra three non-sporting events at Eden Park each summer. An independent planning hearing committee has refused the resource consent application made by the board.
The board also sought consent for associated temporary structures, event set-up, rehearsal and sound testing and for the use of existing floodlights at the additional night-time events.
The hearing commissioners refused
consent on several grounds that are summarised below:
-
Eden Park is seen as a sports arena. The addition of
non-sporting events at night and the proposed increase in
noise levels were likely to result in adverse effects on the
surrounding residential neighbourhood
- the conditions
proposed had not adequately demonstrated measures that would
effectively lessen existing concerns with noise, traffic,
parking, crowd management, and the general effect on the
surrounding environment
- council was not satisfied the
applicant had provided sufficient evidence to determine the
nature of any cumulative effects of the additional events or
how the applicant would cope with these effects
-
council was not satisfied that sufficient evidence had been
presented to determine that the noise levels could be
moderated and/or complied with to ensure there were no
adverse effects on the surrounding residential
environment
- the applicant’s proposal was not consistent
with the sustainable management purpose and principles of
Part II of the Resource Management Act 1991.
The applicant has 15 working days to appeal the finding.
Ends