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Gleeson Managed Fill Limited – Overburden & Managed Fill Gleeson Quarry

This application was publicly notified at the request of the applicant.

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Status of application

Submissions closed Tuesday 16 August 2022. A Hearing Decision was made on 29 March 2023 to grant this consent. This decision is currently under appeal.

About the proposal

Gleeson Managed Fill Limited have applied to Waikato District Council and Waikato Regional Council for resource consents to establish and operate a managed fill disposal activity that imports material to deposit within identified gullies (Fill Areas 2-4) located north of an existing quarry within the same site.

Up to 300,000m³ of fill is to be deposited per annum and combined the fill areas will have an estimated capacity of 2,009,200m³. The fill areas are proposed to accept overburden from the quarrying activities on the site; imported managed fill and cleanfill, including construction & demolition material which may include asbestos containing soil and material, peat, marine sediment, and acid sulphate soils.

Resource consent application with Waikato Regional Council

Consent applications APP144475 with Waikato Regional Council and LUC0488/22 with the Waikato District Council were lodged on 14 April 2022.

This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. 

Waikato Regional Council APP144475 activities are as follows:
Activity 1: 144475.01.01 Earthworks and vegetation clearance within high risk erosion areas associated with the overburden, cleanfill and managed fill disposal Areas 2, 3 and 4 and ancillary activities.
Activity 2: 144475.02.01 To discharge overburden to land at Fill Areas 2, 3 and 4.
Activity 3: 144475.03.01 To discharge Cleanfill and Managed Fill to Land at Fill Areas 2, 3 and 4.
Activity 4: 144475.04.01 To discharge stormwater and treated water in association with Fill Areas 2, 3 and 4.
Activity 5: 144475.05.01 To take and divert groundwater and divert stormwater all in association with Fill Areas 2, 3 and 4.
Activity 6: 144475.06.01 To undertake stream diversions, reclamation of streams and associated bed disturbance in association with filling Areas 2, 3 and 4.
Activity 7: 144475.07.01 To discharge treated stormwater to land and/or water within 100 metres of a natural wetland.

Application information