Residential rehabilitative programme - 14 Bristol Street : Christchurch City Council

Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Department of Corrections has applied for resource consent to use the existing property at 14 Bristol Street, St Albans to provide residential accommodation for men as part of a rehabilitative and reintegrative programme.

Project status: Application completed

Open for submission: 6 February 2021 to 25 March 2021

Reference number: RMA/2020/173

Applicant name: Kāinga Ora on behalf of Department of Corrections

Site address: 14 Bristol Street

Description of proposed activity: Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Department of Corrections has applied for resource consent to use the existing property at 14 Bristol Street, St Albans to provide residential accommodation, as part of a rehabilitative and reintegrative programme for men identified as having a high risk of further serious criminal offending.

Email: ken.gimblett@boffamiskell.co.nz

Company: Boffa Miskell Ltd

Application declined on 18 January 2022

Read the Commissioner Decision - Declined - 18 January 2022 [PDF, 10 MB].

Proposal

Ara Poutama Aotearoa – Department of Corrections has applied for resource consent to use the existing property at 14 Bristol Street, St Albans to provide residential accommodation, as part of a rehabilitative and reintegrative programme for men identified as having a high risk of further serious criminal offending.

Up to a maximum of sixteen men, aged 18 and older, with one or more convictions for a violent offence, but with no convictions for sexual offences, will reside at the property while participating in a programme designed to enable residents to return to the community with new skills to address the causes of their offending and to support them to live a crime-free life. Individuals with high treatment needs relating to alcohol and drug use will first be referred to more specialised intervention prior to being considered for the programme. Men with significant untreated mental health issues will not be eligible to participate in the programme.

Residents will be intensively supervised by programme staff with up to eight support and supervisory staff at the property during the day and two or three awake staff monitoring the property and residents overnight.

All residents will be electronically monitored by GPS while living at the property. CCTV cameras will be installed on-site and directed into the site.

Four car parks and seven cycle parks will be provided onsite. Up to 32 vehicle trips per day are predicted to occur during the weekday, 32-46 vehicle trips on a Saturday and 14 vehicle trips on a Sunday.

Submission period extended

Notice of the application is being given again as the description of the proposal in the public notice has been amended to more clearly reflect the activity as applied for. The submission period has been extended to 5pm, Thursday 25 March 2021.

Please note - if you have already made a submission on the application, your submission is still valid and you don’t need to do anything further unless you wish to submit additional comments.

Commissioner Decision - Declined - 18 January 2022 [PDF, 10 MB]

Minute of Commissioners - 6 December 2021 [PDF, 21 KB]

Memorandum of Counsel for Applicant - 3 December 2021 [PDF, 109 KB]

Minute of Commissioners - 2 December 2021 [PDF, 859 KB]

BSCN Memo as to Official Info and Applicant Reply (30 Nov 2021) [PDF, 1.3 MB]

Final Closing Legal Submissions on behalf of the Applicant, Ara Poutama [PDF, 2.4 MB]

Tai Aroha evaluation: Measurement of recidivism outcomes - prepared by Nicholson Consulting Limited [PDF, 605 KB]

Updated Hearing Schedule 4 November 2021 [PDF, 25 KB]

Hearing Schedule 29 October 2021 [PDF, 223 KB]

Notice of Hearing and preparations [PDF, 251 KB]

Submitters' evidence - Statement of Evidence of the Bristol Street Community Network Incorporated [PDF, 2.2 MB]

Minute of Commissioners - 27 August 2021 [PDF, 26 KB]