Resource Consents

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part 6

goodGround Guide to Resource Consents

Costs Councils will normally charge you an administration fee for considering your application, and they may also charge for ongoing monitoring.  Costs range from council to council, but generally non-notified consents cost between $500 and $3000 and notified consents cost between $3000 and $10,000. From July 2010, if the council does not process an application… Read More

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part 5

goodGround Guide to Resource Consents

Resource Consent Processing The council can process your application for resource consent in one of three ways, depending on what the relevant plan says and the kind of activity you’re proposing.  The council may decide that the general public need not be involved; this is called a non-notified application.  In fact, most resource consent applications… Read More

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part 4

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Assessment of Environmental Effects & Public Consultation   Assessment of Environmental Effects If you need to obtain a resource consent, then the district/city or regional council should also explain how to go about preparing an assessment of environmental effects (AEE). Every application for a resource consent must include an assessment of environmental effects. An AEE identifies… Read More

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part 3

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consent: Part 3

Resource Consents If you’re thinking about buying some land, a business or a building, or you want to subdivide land, discharging waste water into a stream, moving earth, or discharging pollution into the air and these plans fall outside the rules in your regional or district Plans you will need to get a resource consent…. Read More

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part Two

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District and Regional Plans   The RMA requires councils to create plans that help them manage the environment. These plans contain all sorts of rules and conditions for activities that might affect the environment.  District and regional plans are one of the most important aspects of the RMA.  The RMA says that councils have to… Read More

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents: Part One

A goodGround Guide to Resource Consents

The Resource Management Act (RMA) integrates environmental management.  In 1991 it replaced fifty different statutes that dealt with air quality, noise control, water and soil conservation, town planning and coastal management.  It covers all the effects on our environment that we rely on and value, such as breathing clean air or swimming at an unpolluted… Read More

Resource Consent

Many of the big environmental issues for New Zealand in the first decade of the 21st century are also economic and public health issues. More sustainable uses of water, managing marine resources, reducing waste, and improving our energy efficiency are all essential for creating wealth and quality of life as well as for environmental sustainability…. Read More