Proposed Changes

The following plan changes have been proposed for the Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan and have not yet been made operative. The individual details of each proposed plan change is contained in the table below.

For the details of each change click on the title.

No.	Variation 2 - Coastal Occupancy Charges
Status	EC Consent Order (151 Kb) 29/12/09 Withdrawal Overturned Withdrawn 31/5/07 (22 Kb) Decision 18/1/01 Hearing 6/11/00 Further Submissions 28/9/00 Summary 31/8/00 Submissions 2/6/00 Notified 4/5/00
Description	The RMA requires Councils to place a statement in their Regional Coastal Plans either setting out a coastal occupancy charges regime or to say they will not do so. Variation 3 inserts a new section into the Plan which in essence states that the Council considers the charges are justified, however there are a number of issues which need to be dealt with before a charging regime is introduced.
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No.	Plan Change 8 - Heritage Trees
Status	Public Notice of Release of Decisions on Submissions (28 Kb) - 19 Aug 2010 Decisions (7,597 Kb) - 9 Aug 2010 Hearing 3 May 2010 Section 42A Report (1,158 Kb) Summary of Submissions notified 10/12/2009. Further Submission Form (118 Kb) Public Notice Summary of Submissions(92 kb) Submissions (1,100 Kb) Summary of Submissions (233 Kb) Submissions closed 23/10/2009 Heritage Trees - S32 - Appendices (61 Kb) Plan Change 8 Maps - Heritage Trees (797 Kb) Heritage Trees S32 Report (56 Kb)
Description	This plan change proposes that 29 additional heritage trees be protected within the Heritage Register (contained in Appendix A of the Plan), and that one tree be removed from the Register. The Planning Maps are proposed to be amended to show these new trees and where the location of existing trees has been mapped on the Register inaccurately, the maps will be amended to show correct tree locations.
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No.	Plan Change 13 - Special Subdivision Rules
Status	Currently Under Appeal Decision 8/12/05 (35 Kb) Hearing 19-20/9/05 Further Submissions 8/7/05 Summary 9/6/05 Submissions 20/5/05 Notified 21/4/05 (127 Kb)
Description	The Plan has a range of subdivision rules applying to each of the different zones. There are also special subdivision rules, which essentially allow non-compliance with discretionary activity allotment sizes to be assessed as discretionary activities, rather than non-complying. A question of interpretation over the status of special subdivision provisions in Rural Zones has resulted in a need for the provisions to be clarified through a plan change. The proposed change is to return the Plan to a state for special subdivisions in the Rural One Zone that existed immediately prior to the Plan becoming operative.
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No.	Plan Change 15 - Oyster Bay, Port Underwood
Status	Environment Court Decision 22/9/09 (558 Kb) Appealed 23/11/07 Public Notice 25/10/07 (39 Kb) Decision 12/10/07 (221 Kb) Hearing 24-25 July 2007 Submission Summary Oyster Bay (1000 Kb) Further submissions close 23/3/07 Public_Notice 15/2/07 (32 Kb) Connell Wagner Report (409 Kb) Please note that the appendices are not available electronically. Report Prepared by Marlborough District Council (80 Kb) Schedule of Changes (267 Kb) Notified 30/11/06 (267 Kb)
Description	This was a private plan change application to rezone approximately 26 hectares of land legally described as Lot 6 DP 11879 and a portion of Pt Sec Blk XII Arapawa SD in Oyster Bay, Port Underwood from Rural One to Sounds Residential. The Council declined the request. This decision was confirmed by the Environment Court on appeal.
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No.	Plan Change 16 - Allocation of Authorisations (Marine Farming)
Status	Decision (4,782 Kb) 25 Feb 2010 Hearing 3-4 November 2009 Section 42A Report (908 Kb) Further Submissions (2,080 Kb) Summary of Submissions (871 Kb) Submissions Received (4,900 Kb) Public Notice - Summary of Submissions PC16 and PC53 23/7/09 (32 Kb) NZKS Sec 165I Report (652 Kb) Schedule of Changes (83 Kb) Notified 12/3/09 (43 Kb)
Description	Allocation of Authorisations - In 2005 legislation was introduced which substantively changed the way in which aquaculture is managed in New Zealand. All new marine farms are now required to be located in specifically created aquaculture management areas (AMA) or zones, with the right to apply for resource consent to undertake marine farming (authorisation) within the AMA allocated by various means set out in the Resource Management Act 1991. Plan Change 16 introduces the new chapter structure which will contain the revised aquaculture provisions in the future. The plan change also introduce new policy and objectives regarding how authorisations, or the right to apply for resource consent for marine farming within a newly created AMA, will be allocated. The plan change specifically introduces new rules which deal with the allocation of authorisations when the AMA has arisen from a private plan change. These rules will not have effect until the plan change is made operative. Plan Change 16 is a private plan change lodged by New Zealand King Salmon Limited. The plan change is the first of a number of plan changes proposed to amend the aquaculture provisions in the Plans, in accordance with the new legislation. For the avoidance of doubt this plan change does not create new areas for aquaculture, nor does it change the criteria in the Plan by which existing marine farms are managed. Plan Change 16 (Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan) consists of the following: Volume One Update to the 9.1 Introduction. A new section (9.1.2) which discusses aquaculture management under the new legislation. A new section (9.4A), objectives, policies and methods of implementation for the allocation of authorisations in AMAs. Volume Two A new zone chapter (35A) for aquaculture management areas which introduces new rules regarding the allocation of authorisations in operative AMAs which arise from a private plan change. These rules will not have effect until Plan Change 16 becomes operative.
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No.	Plan Change 17 - Heritage Buildings, Places and Sites
Status	Public Notice of Release of Decisions on Submissions (28 Kb) - 19 Aug 2010 Decisions (7,597 Kb) - 9 Aug 2010 Hearing 3 May 2010 Section 42A Report (129 Kb) Summary of Submissions notified 10/12/2009. Further Submission Form (117 Kb) Public Notice Summary of Submissions(92 kb) Submissions (558 Kb) Submission Summary (142 Kb) Submissions closed 23/10/2009 Heritage Buildings, Places and Sites - Appendices (47 Kb) Heritage Buildings, Places and Sites S32 Report (80 Kb) Plan Change 17 Maps (219 Kb)
Description	The proposed plan change seeks to further protect the Oparapara (Samson Bay) Argillite Quarries, which is currently recognised by the NZHPT as a Class A historic place. Two additional quarry sites within the Samson Bay area are proposed to be protected within the Plan, along with amendments to fix planning map errors associated with the existing Argillite Quarries heritage listing within the Plan. The proposed plan change also seeks to list the Tory Channel leading lights, and the former oil store shed associated with the lights, on the Register of Significant Heritage Resources within the Plan. The Tory Channel leading lights serve as both an important navigation tool within the Tory Channel, and as an historic reminder of local marine history. It is proposed that they are protected as a Class A heritage resource.
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No.	Private Plan Change 21 - Mooring Management Areas and Marina Zone Extension, Waikawa Bay
Status	Submissions: Part 1 of 8 (2,358 Kb) Part 2 of 8 (2,767 Kb) Part 3 of 8 (2,512 Kb) Part 4 of 8 (2,452 Kb) Part 5 of 8 (1,998 Kb) Part 6 of 8 (2,498 Kb) Part 7 of 8 (2,490 Kb) Part 8 of 8 (2,109 Kb) PC21 Submission Form (170 Kb). Submissions closed on 26 July 2010. Public Notice of Plan Change (92 Kb) 17 Jun 2010 Section 32 Report (407 Kb) Appendix A - Proposed Waikawa Bay Layout Plan (110 Kb) Appendix B - Proposed MSRMP Provisions Amended June 2010 (1,051 Kb) Appendix C - Revised Recreation Assessment (1,236 Kb) Appendix D - Revised Economic Assessment (213 Kb) Appendix E - Benthic Ecology (900 Kb) Appendix E - Addendum Benthic Ecology Assessment (1,221 Kb) Appendix F - Visual and Natural Character Effects Assessment (2,564 Kb) Appendix F - Addendum Visual and Natural Character Effects A (2,162 Kb) Appendix G - Terrestrial Ecology (1,256 Kb) Appendix H - Traffic Assessment (2,784 Kb) Appendix I - Assessment of Environmental Noise Effects (952 Kb) Appendix J - Consultation Report (5,184 Kb) Appendix K - Existing MSRMP Maps 61 and 62 (712 Kb) Appendix L - Indicative Layout Plan (1,685 Kb)
Description	Port Marlborough New Zealand Limited (PMNZ) has introduced this private plan change as a long-term, integrated planning solution to resolve conflicts in spatial allocation within the finite waters of Waikawa Bay. The plan change seeks to balance the provision of moorings and marina berths in Waikawa Bay and the commercial needs of the marina operator and other commercial interests, with environmental considerations and the needs and aspirations of stakeholders including tangata whenua, adjacent property owners, boating users and non-boating users. PMNZ propose to achieve this through an extension of the Marina Zone, and the introduction of new Mooring Management Areas and a Waka Mooring Management Area, along with new planning provisions and a new management regime for moorings management. Private Plan Change 21 (Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan) consists of the following: Volume One Amendments to chapter 9 (Coastal Marine) explanation, objectives and policies, and methods of implementation. Volume Two Amended definition for "marina". Marina Zone - changes to the Marina Zone permitted activities, conditions for permitted activities, discretionary activities and notification requirements, and assessment criteria. Coastal Marina Zones One and Two – changes to the permitted activities, conditions for permitted activities, limited discretionary activities and notification requirements, discretionary activities, assessment criteria and non-complying activities. Planning Maps Extend the existing Marina Zone on map 62 and 100, to the north. Introduce two new overlays for Mooring Management Areas and one new overlay for a Waka Mooring Management Area on maps 61, 62, 99, and 100.
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No.	Plan Change 23 - Frost Fans
Status	Currently Under Appeal Decision (2,069 Kb) 18/5/2010 Public Notice of Decision (95 Kb) Hearing Held 22-24/3/2010 Section 42 Report (450 Kb) Further Submissions (863 Kb) Closing date for further submissions is 21/1/2010. Submissions (6,500 Kb) Summary of Submissions (270 Kb) Public Notice - Summary of Submissions (32 Kb) 26/11/2009 Further Submission Form (34 Kb) Submissions closed 23/10/2009. Frost Fans - S32 Report and Schedule of Changes (552 Kb)
Description	The Marlborough District Council is proposing to change the Plan standards and requirements relating to frost fans. The proposed plan change involves the change in status of frost fans from a permitted activity to a controlled activity and includes the introduction of amended noise standards. The new requirements are proposed as a means for Council to proactively manage the adverse noise effects resulting from new frost fans. In order to mange reverse sensitivity effects associated with frost fans, a new rule is also proposed to establish a noise standard applicable to new habitable buildings located in close proximity to existing frost fans. While, to date, the issues associated with frost fans have been limited with regard to the Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan, given there is the potential for similar noise issues to arise within the Marlborough Sounds area, it is proposed that the Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan also be amended to ensure consistent environmental management within the District.
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