Resource Consent Application for Flood Mitigation Works Whirinaki

Applicant’s details

Applicant: Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
HBRC resource consent application number: APP-131373
HDC resource consent application number: RMA20250336

Find out more at the Whirinaki project page

Details of resource consent proposed activities

• To undertake flood protection works under the Severe Weather Emergency Recovery (Hawke’s Bay Flood Protection Works) Order 2024
• To construct a new Whirinaki Stopbank of approximately 1,144 m in length to a 100-year level of service.
• To construct a new Panpac Stopbank of approximately 1,690 m to a 500-year level of service
• Road raising of State Highway 2 and North Shore Road.
• To undertake diversion of the Esk River and Whirinaki Drain during times of flood arising from the stopbanks
• Vegetation clearance and soil disturbance
• The discharge of dust associated with construction works
• Discharge of sediment laden water to land or water and solid contaminants to land
• Discharge of solid contaminants within 20 m of a surface waterbody
• Diversion and discharge of stormwater into water, or into land where it may enter water
• Discharge of drainage water (if required as part of construction)
• The take and use of surface or groundwater (relating to the ‘take’ of drainage water if required as part of construction)
• Cut and fill measures
• Earthworks exceeding Hastings District Plan volume thresholds (in the area outside the OiC)

The activity is a Controlled Activity (in the area covered by the OIC) and a discretionary activity for the area outside the OIC (see figure 3 of Resource consent Application for flood mitigation works Whirinaki). Consent documents can be found below.

Property location

The area of works is located between the north side of the Esk River mouth across SH 2 and including the Panpac site and at the intersection with North Shore Road as shown in Figure 1.

 Figure 1: Location of Proposed Works

Supporting documents

•  AA_RC Application_Whirinaki_FINAL_150925.pdf
• Appd 1_Land Requirement Plans.pdf
• Appd 4_Archaeological Assessment.pdf
• Appd 5_Ecological Assessment.pdf
• Appd 6_Landscape Scoping and Impact Assessment.pdf
• Appd 7_PSI.pdf
• Appd 8_Existing Services Plans.pdf
• Appd 9_Stopbank Design Report_Plans.pdf
• Appd 10_Road Raising Design Report_Plans.pdf
• Appd 11_Proposed Conditions_Whirinaki.pdf
• Appd 12_Cross Drainage Report.pdf
• Appd 13_Urupa Plans.pdf
• Appd 14_Bypass ESCPs.pdf
• Appd 16_Consequential Flood Assessment_PDP (part 1 of 2).pdf
• Appd 16_Consequential Flood Assessment_PDP (part 2 of 2).pdf
• Appd 17_Consequential Flood Assessment Evaluation_Beca.pdf

Comments on application

The summary of comments and response to those comments is included in each council’s s42A Report as provided below

HBRC s.42A Report

HDC s.42A Report

The decision for the application was made on 30 October 2025

Hearings Commissioner decision