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Existing Uses
The RMA provides for the continuation of lawful existing uses within certain parameters when there is a change in planning rules through “existing use rights”. An existing use right does not prevail over statutory duties, such as the duty to…
Case Studies
Statutory planning - Auckland Unitary Plan
The Unitary Plan (operative in part) is Auckland’s planning “rulebook”, setting out where and how the city grows in the future. The Unitary Plan replaced the former regional policy statement and regional and district…
Decision
A decision must be issued no more than 2 years after notification of the proposed policy statement or plan. A decision must include the reasons for accepting or rejecting the submissions, and, a further evaluation of the proposed policy statement…
Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act
The Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Act 2008 (“WRHAA”) provides high level direction to guide the Auckland Council in its policy, planning and decision making roles regarding the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area (the Heritage Area).
The Heritage Area was created under…
Decision-making process
Regional council planning
Regional councils have responsibility for controlling the use of land for the purpose of maintaining coastal water quality and coastal marine ecosystems and controlling discharges into water bodies. This includes managing the negative effects of sedimentation and…
Notification
A local authority must publicly notify a proposed policy statement or plan, if the standard Schedule 1 process is used. Public notification requires publication of a summary notice in newspaper(s) circulating in the area over which the policy statement or…
Duties and Restrictions
Part 3 of the Resource Management Act sets out duties and restrictions in relation to certain activities. In some cases, a resource consent will be required unless the activity is expressly authorised by a district or regional plan. In other…
Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act
Regulation of the Waikato River is now influenced by the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 (“the Settlement Act”). The Settlement Act will work in conjunction with the RMA and a number of other statutes, to provide direction…
Important elements
Well-informed planning
For a plan to be effective in managing coastal development it needs to be based on robust information about the nature and value of coastal resources, current and likely future pressures on them, the sensitivity of the resources…
Identifying what criteria will apply to assessing your proposal
Once you have identified the type of resource consent you require, you will need to identify what criteria will be used to assess your application.
If your application is for a controlled or restricted discretionary activity, the plan will state…