A concession is required by anyone wanting to use public conservation land for a business or activity.
The wharf was removed early this year as it was considered unsafe, but the Aramoana Pilot Wharf Restoration Charitable Trust is fundraising to restore it.
The wharf project was discussed at a recent Dunedin City Council infrastructure services and networks committee meeting, at which staff noted some of the wharf's timbers, which had been stored at Tahuna Park, were set to go back to Aramoana.
Council parks and recreation operations manager Jendi Paterson said parts of the wharf identified as reusable would be taken from Tahuna over the next few weeks to a location owned by the trust.
Ms Paterson said council staff and the trust were continuing to work together to gather the information needed to lodge a Doc concession.
A draft concession was discussed with Doc earlier in the year.
More information was sought, including historical plans and future drawings and plans for the proposed new wharf.
Trust executive Vicki Wilson said those documents had been organised.
''We're ready to go.''
She said the council needed the space at Tahuna, and the trust now had a place to store the timber.
Once the concession was in place, fundraising would resume for the project to be completed.
