Greymouth Courthouse Demolition
The Grey District Council (GDC) has received a resource consent application from the Ministry of Justice to demolish a heritage building at 8 Guinness Street, Greymouth.
Application Numbers: LUN3463/25 and LUN3464/25
The proposal is to demolish the Greymouth Courthouse building, which is located at 8 Guinness Street, Greymouth. The Greymouth Courthouse is on the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga List as a Category 1 Heritage Building. The building is a listed heritage building in the Operative Grey District Plan, and the proposed Te Tai o Poutini Plan.
The proposal requires resource consent as a discretionary activity under Rule 26.1(iv) of the Operative Grey District Plan and EW-R7 (Earthworks) of the proposed Te Tai o Poutini Plan (pTTPP), and a non-complying activity under Rule HH-R10 (Heritage) of the pTTPP. A resource consent is also required under Regulation 11 of the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health.
Submissions
Submissions on this resource consent application closed on 12 February 2026. The following submissions were received:
