The Wolds 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 The Wolds Station Ltd as lessee of The Wolds pastoral lease.

Legal description of land concerned

Pastoral lease land

Part Run 85A, Part Run 85B, Part Run 85B and Stopped Road (marked D, E SO 15479 and E, F, H SO 15480, being all the land contained in Instrument of Title CB529/16 (Canterbury Land Registry) comprising 7,934.1619 hectares more or less.

General description of proposal

1. 600 ha (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in Crown control under section 35(2)(b)(i) CLPA 1998, as conservation area, “CA1”. This designation is subject to:
   
   Qualified Designation:
   (a) An Easement Concession in perpetuity under Section 36(1)(a) of the CPLA 1998 to The Wolds Station Ltd, provide for access by foot, motor vehicle with or without horses, machinery and implements of any kind, farm dogs and guns for farm management purposes over the land marked ‘k-l’, and to also install and maintain a stock water supply system.
   
   
2. 70 ha (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in full Crown ownership and control under section 35(2)(a)(i) CLPA 1998, as conservation area, "CA2".
   
   
3. 85 ha (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in full Crown ownership and control under section 35(2)(a)(ii) CLPA 1998, as a Scientific Reserve, “R(Scientific)”.
   
   
4. 2.4284 ha (approximately) to be designated as land to be restored to or retained in full Crown ownership and control under section 35(2)(a)(iii) CLPA 1998, for Telecommunications Purposes.
   
   
5. 7,177 ha (approximately) to be designated as land to be disposed of by freehold disposal to the holder under section 35(3), section 36(3)(b), section 36(3)(c) and section 40 (1)(b) and section 40(2)(a) of the CPLA 1998, subject to a protective mechanism and qualified designation.
   
   (i) Protective Mechanisms:
   (a) A Conservation Covenant over part of the proposed freehold land under Sections 40(1)(b) and 40(2)(a) 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) CPLA 1998 to provide public access on foot, on or accompanied by horses, or by non motorised vehicles over the land marked ‘g-h’ and ‘i-j’ on the plans.
   (b) An easement in gross under Section 36(3)(b) CPLA 1998 to provide access on foot, on or accompanied by horses, or by motor vehicles with or without machinery or implements for conservation management purposes, over the land marked ‘a-b’, ‘c-d’, ‘g-h’, and ‘i-j’ on the plans.
   (c) The continuation in force of an existing deed of easement under Section 36(3)(c) CPLA 1998 in favour of Telecom New Zealand Limited for right of way, conveyance of telecommunication and conveyance of electric power, over the land marked ‘e-f’ 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:

Tony Sharpe
Darroch Limited
41 Tarbert Street
PO Box 27
Alexandra 9320

Ph: (03) 440 0168
Fax: (03) 448 9099
Email: tony.sharpe@darroch.co.nz

Inspections

Any person wishing to inspect the property is advised to contact the Commissioner’s contractor in the first instance at the above address.

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.

Submissions should clearly state that they relate to The Wolds proposal only, and should not include comments on any other currently advertised proposal.

Closing date of submissions

Written submissions must be received by the Commissioner's contractor no later than 5pm Thursday 31 March 2011. Please note, this is a revised date.

Further information

Download a PDF version of The Wolds Preliminary Proposal (PDF 21KB).

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