Global Contracting Solutions Limited – Waste to Energy plant

The RMA provides a process for the call in of nationally significant resource consent applications by the Minister for the Environment. Waikato Regional Council sent a letter to the Minister on Friday 15 December 2023 asking for this application to be "called in".

The Minister for the Environment considered this application to be of national significance and referred the matter to a board of inquiry on 17 August 2024. 

On 6 November 2024 the public have another opportunity to lodge a submission on the application as part of the Board of Inquiry process for this application. All submissions that were previously received by the councils will be considered by the Board of Inquiry. However, members of the public now have the opportunity to lodge another submission on the applications. 

Refer to the EPA Website for more information.

Global Contracting Solutions Limited has lodged an application with the Waikato Regional Council for discharges to air and water and for cleanfill deposition required as part of a proposal to construct and operate a Waste to Energy plant to generate power through combustion of refuse derived fuel.

Waikato Regional Council Resource consent application

Consent application APP143988 was lodged with Waikato Regional Council on 03/12/2021.

This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Activities are as follows:

Waipā District Council (WDC) Application – Reference LU/0323/21

Global Contracting Solutions Limited has also lodged an application with the Waipā District Council to construct and operate a ‘Waste to Energy’ plant, which generates power through the combustion of refuse-derived fuel.
For information relating to the Waipā District Council application please refer to their website.

Application information for the Waikato Regional Council application is available here for you to download and read. You can also obtain copies of this information by contacting us on our Resource Use Freephone 0800 800 401.

If you have further questions or would like more information about this application, please contact Rachael O'Donnell at Waikato Regional Council on 0800 800 401. 

WRC Resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects (AEE)

Submissions to the Waikato Regional Council closed on Friday 13 October 2023. All submissions that were received by the council will be considered by the Board of Inquiry.

Submissions will not be published at this stage. If submissions are published, they will appear here with submitter personal contact details redacted for privacy reasons.