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Regional Plans
The NPSFM now sets out prescriptive requirements for regional plans.
Plan-making involves the amalgamation of technical information with community values and aspirations. Relevant technical information includes data about the existing environment and trends in water quality, water allocation and land…
Regional Plans
Regional Councils may prepare a regional plan setting out objectives, policies and rules to address the effects of climate change.
Example – Horizons One Plan
Section 10 – Natural Hazards
Policy 10-6: Climate change
The Regional Council and Territorial Authorities must take…
Preparation of a policy statement or plan
A regional council must prepare and change a regional policy statement or regional plan in accordance with:
Its functions under section 30;
The provisions of Part 2;
The obligation to prepare and have particular regard to an evaluation report under…
How marine spatial plans are developed
Elements of the plan development process, common to many marine spatial planning initiatives, include:
Identification of goals, principles and strategies to guide the process
Collation of spatial information on the marine environment
Bioregionalisation of the planning region (that is spatially…
A brief history of town planning
Town planning originated in the United Kingdom during the industrial revolution. The rapid growth of the urban population resulted in overcrowding and water contamination which caused serious public health issues. In response, local authorities took responsibility for providing clean water…
Spatial planning of land and sea
For some decades now, marine managers have realised that case-by-case management of activities impacting on the marine area is ineffective in protecting the health of marine ecosystems. This is because the marine environment is much more highly interconnected than land,…
Best Practice Planning
Regional policy statements, regional plans and district plans should include the following in order to protect outstanding natural landscapes and features and maintain amenity values.
(1) Identify outstanding natural landscapes and features, together with areas that have high or specific…
Best Practice Planning
Regional and district plans should include the following to preserve natural character:
(1) Identify areas with outstanding and high natural character
Identify areas within the coastal environment (including the coastal marine area) and freshwater environments that have outstanding and high…
Existing and planned activities
The EEZ Act provides protections for existing and planned activities in the event of an amendment to the regulatory regime.
Existing activities and changes to regulations
An activity which was lawfully established as a permitted activity under the EEZ Act…
Requests for Private Plan Changes or changes to policy statements
Any person may request a change to a regional or district plan which is called a ‘private plan change’. Only a local authority or Minister of the Crown may request a change to a regional policy statement.
A request for…