201 Princes Street - LUC-2016-480 - establish a rooftop residential apartment

Resource consent is sought to establish a rooftop residential apartment on the Stanton building at 201 Princes Street.

The site is zoned Central Activity and is within the Moray Place/North Princes Street/Exchange Townscape Precinct (TH03).  The site contains two buildings the Stanton building and the Standard building.  The Standard building faces Princes Street and is listed in Schedule 25.1 as B748 with the facade to Princes Street warranting protection.  The proposed works do not relate to the Standard building or its protected façade.  The works to establish the apartment will occur on the Stanton building which faces the Queens Gardens.

Consent is required for proposed alterations to a building located within a townscape precinct (Rule 17.7.3(ii)) and for a breach of 11m maximum height rule (Rule 9.5.2(ii)).  The proposal is to be assessed as a discretionary (restricted) activity under the Dunedin City District Plan.  The Council’s discretion is restricted to consideration of the effects arising from a breach of the maximum height rule and impacts on precinct values.  Acoustic insulation of the apartment is also required under Rule 9.5.2(x).  If the acoustic standard is not met the Council’s discretion will extend to the effects of not meeting this standard.

The Proposed Second Generation District Plan 2GP was notified on 26 September 2015, and some 2GP rules have immediate legal effect.  In this instance, there are no relevant 2GP rules to consider.