The Poplars Tenure Review - Notice of Preliminary Proposal

Notice is given under Section 43 of the Crown Pastoral Land Act (CPLA) 1998 by the Commissioner of Crown Lands that he has put a preliminary proposal for tenure review to Run 351 Ltd as lessee of The Poplars pastoral lease.

Legal description of land concerned

Pastoral lease land:

Sections 23-35, 37, 39, 40 and 46, SO 346928, being all the land contained in Instrument of Title CB28F/1034 (Canterbury Land Registry) comprising 2299.8004 hectares more or less.

General description of proposal:

(1) 314 hectares in total (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in full Crown ownership and control under section 35(2)(a)(i) of the CLPA 1998, as three separate conservation areas, “CA1”, “CA2”, and “CA3”.

(2) 21 hectares (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in Crown control under section 35(2)(b)(i) CPLA 1998, as conservation area “CA4”

This designation is subject to:

Qualified Designation:

(a) An Easement Concession in perpetuity under Section 36(3)(b) of the CPLA 1998 to provide Run 351 Ltd access by foot, on or accompanied by horses, motor vehicles with or without machinery and implements of any kind, and farm dogs for farm management purposes over easement area shown as a dashed green line marked “m-n” on the proposed designations plans.

(3) 1968 hectares (approximately) to be designated as land to be disposed of by freehold disposal to the holder under 35(3), section 36(3)(b), and section 40(1)(c) and section 40(2)(a) of the CPLA 1998, subject to a protective mechanism and qualified designations.

(i) Protective Mechanism:

(a) A Conservation Covenant over 750 hectares (approximately) of the proposed freehold land under Sections 40(1)(c) and 40(2)(a) of the CPLA 1998 for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the area, labelled “CC1”.

(ii) Qualified Designations:

(a) An easement in gross under Section 36(3)(b) of the CPLA 1998 to provide public access for persons on foot or on or accompanied by horses, or by motorised vehicles and non-motorised vehicles powered by a person or persons for conservation management access, over easement area shown as a dashed orange line marked “a-b” and “b-c” on the plans.

(b) An easement in gross under Section 36(3)(b) of the CPLA 1998 to provide public access for persons on foot or on or accompanied by horses, or by nonmotorised vehicles powered by a person or persons for conservation management access, over easement area shown as a dashed orange line marked “c-d”, “e-f” and “o-j-k” on the plans.

(c) An easement in gross under Section 36(3)(b) of the CPLA 1998 to provide access for conservation management purposes, over easement area shown as a dashed orange line marked “g-h”, and “i-j-l” on the plans.

Further information including a copy of the plan, conservation covenant and easement concession and easement in gross documents, is available on request from the Commissioner’s contractor at the following address:

Darroch Limited
P O Box 27
Alexandra

Phone: (03) 440 0168
Fax: (03) 448 9099
Email: luana.pentecost@darroch.co.nz

Inspections

Any person wishing to inspect the property is advised to contact the Commissioner’s contractor in the first instance on phone number (03) 363 5042 (Tony Sharpe).

Submissions

Any person or organisation may send a written submission on the above proposal to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, C/- Darroch Ltd at the above address.

All submissions are being collected and held by LINZ either directly or through its contractor.

Submitters should note that all written submissions may be made available, in full, by LINZ to its employees and contractor, the Department of Conservation and the public generally.

Closing date of submissions

Written submissions must be received by the Commissioner’s contractor no later than 5pm Friday 16 September 2011.

Further information

Download a PDF version of The Poplars Preliminary Proposal advertisement (PDF 17KB).

Find out more about The Poplars, including reports, plans and general information on the review process.