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Lapse of consents
‘Lapse’ means the termination of the consent through disuse. A resource consent lapses on the date specified in the consent or, if no date is specified, 5 years after the commencement of the consent (3 years after the commencement of…
Compensation
Section 85 of the RMA provides that an interest in land shall be deemed not to be taken or injuriously affected by reason of any provision in a plan unless otherwise provided for in this Act. This means compensation is…
Minister and Department of Conservation
The Department of Conservation was established by the Conservation Act 1987. It is the lead agency in New Zealand for biodiversity conservation. A large part of the Department’s work involves managing Crown-owned conservation land (which comprises over a third of…
RMA framework
The Resource Management Act defines renewable energy as "energy produced from solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass, tidal, wave, and ocean current sources".
Duties and restrictions
Section 9 of the RMA prohibits the use of land in a manner that contravenes…
National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission
The National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission 2008 highlights the need for Councils to avoid, to the extent reasonably possible, reverse sensitivity effects on the electricity transmission network. District Plans must give effect to this national policy statement.
Managing Environmental Effects
Resource Management Act 1991
The Resource Management Act regulates the environmental effects of plantation forestry. The majority of forestry-related activities are land use activities which do not require resource consent unless specified in a national environmental standard or regional plan…
What issues can an abatement notice cover?
An enforcement officer may serve abatement notices for a variety of reasons including:
To require a person to stop, or not to start, anything which contravenes the Act, regulations, a rule in a plan or a resource consent
To require…
Obtaining written approval of affected parties
If the council decides not to publicly notify your application, it must decide if there are any affected persons or holders of customary rights orders which should be given limited notification. Such notification gives the affected parties the right to…
Hearing
A local authority must hold a hearing into submissions on its proposed policy statement or plan, unless no person indicates they wish to be heard.
A hearing on a proposed policy statement or plan can be held using remote access…
What is 'inappropriate subdivision, use and development'?
The natural character of the coastal environment, wetlands, lakes and rivers is not protected absolutely. Instead, a decision maker must assess whether an activity is “inappropriate”.
The term “inappropriate” is “heavily affected by context and “should be assessed by reference…