Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Miscellaneous matters

85AAA: Removal of heritage protection for Gordon Wilson Flats and related matters

You could also call this:

"Gordon Wilson Flats is no longer a protected heritage site in Wellington."

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When you look at the Wellington City district plan, you will not see any rules that protect Gordon Wilson Flats as a heritage site. You will also not see any heritage orders for Gordon Wilson Flats in the plan. The rules about notices of requirement for heritage orders, which are explained in Section 194, do not apply to Gordon Wilson Flats.

If someone wants to demolish or remove Gordon Wilson Flats, they are allowed to do so. You are also allowed to do things that help with the demolition or removal of the flats. However, once the demolition or removal is finished, you will no longer be allowed to do those things.

This rule applies even if there are other rules in the Act that say something different. Gordon Wilson Flats refers to the building at 320 The Terrace, Wellington, which is also known as Lot 1, Deposited Plan 363050 in the Wellington Land District.

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85: Environment Court may give directions in respect of land subject to controls, or

"The Environment Court can help you if rules about your land seem unfair, and can tell councils to change them."

85A: Plan or proposed plan must not include certain rules, or

"Plans must protect special Māori rights and not allow activities that hurt them."

Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Miscellaneous matters

85AAARemoval of heritage protection for Gordon Wilson Flats and related matters

A proposed or operative Wellington City district plan must not include a rule providing heritage protection to Gordon Wilson Flats.
A proposed or operative Wellington City district plan must not include a heritage order in respect of Gordon Wilson Flats.
Section 194 does not apply in relation to any notice of requirement for a heritage order given or issued in respect of Gordon Wilson Flats.
The demolition or removal of Gordon Wilson Flats is a permitted activity.
An activity that supports or is otherwise ancillary to the demolition or removal of Gordon Wilson Flats—
is a permitted activity; and
ceases to be a permitted activity under paragraph (a) on the completion of the demolition or removal.

This section applies despite any other provision in this Act.
In this section, Gordon Wilson Flats means the building known as Gordon Wilson Flats at 320 The Terrace, Wellington (Wellington Land District Lot 1, Deposited Plan 363050).

Notes

Section 85AAA: inserted, on 21 August 2025, by section 27 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).