A resource consent is the approval of a local authority - in this case, the Marlborough District Council - to undertake an activity that is not permitted under the Resource Management Act (RMA) or under the council's various plans governing the use of natural and physical resources in Marlborough and its coastal areas. The council has a number of obligations under the RMA for the issuing of resource consents. For specific information reference should be made to the RMA and the council's resource management plans. The primary aim of the RMA is to promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources while safeguarding air, water, soil and ecosystems, sustaining the resources for future generations and dealing with any adverse effects from activities on the environment. This aim is the basis of the Marlborough Regional Policy Statement from which the council's resource management plans - principally, the Proposed Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan and the Proposed Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan - are prepared and administered, in accordance with the RMA. These plans allow people to use the resources in ways that limit harmful effects on the environment. The council's resource management plans will remain as 'proposed' until they become 'operative' as a result of completing the required democratic process. Until operative status is reached, the council's existing operative plans must also be considered in the resource consents process.
The rules in the resource management plans will determine how activities are classified. Activities are classified as permitted, controlled, limited discretionary, discretionary, or prohibited. If they do not fit in any of these categories they are termed non-complying. A resource consent is required for all activities other than a permitted or prohibited activity. The council is unable to accept an application for a prohibited activity.
Resource Management Act 1991
Public Notication of Application for Resource Consent(s)
Marlborough District Council has received the application(s) for resource consent detailed in the Schedule below. Each application includes an assessment of environmental effects.
Schedule: 20 Novermber 2009
| Applicant: |
John Laurance BELSHAM
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| Reference Number: |
U090782 |
| Proposal |
Water permits to take up to a maximum rate of 221.4 cubic metres per day of Awatere surface water (grid ref 2594445 E 5947308 N); to use this water for the irrigation of 10 hectares of vineyard between 1 November and 31 March (inclusive) at Old Ford Road, Awatere Valley. |
| Applicant's Service Address: |
Mr R Black, PO Box 1039,
Blenheim 7240 |
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| Applicant: |
Department of Conservation
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| Reference Number: |
U090785 |
| Proposal |
Discharge Permit to discharge Gallant NF Herbicide into the Coastal Marine Area for the control of Spartina Grass (Spartina angelica) using both aerial spraying from helicopters and hand application, in the Inner Pelorus Sound (Fairy Bay to Yncyna Bay, including Kenepuru Sound) and the Inner Queen Charlotte Sound (Houhou Point to Governors Bay), from mid December to the end of March yearly until 2013.
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| Applicant's Service Address: |
Mr G Laird,
Department of Conservation, PO Box 161,
Picton 7250 |
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| Applicant: |
Kevin John MORGAN |
| Reference Number: |
U090794 |
| Proposal |
Water permits to take up to a maximum rate of 1,040 cubic metres per day from existing bore P28w/3676; to use this water to irrigate 20 hectares of vineyard, 12 hectares of broad acre pasture and miscellaneous machinery wash down & spraying purposes at Mills and Ford Road East, Grovetown. |
| Applicant's Service Address: |
Attention: Mr S Wilkes, APL Resource Management Limited,
PO Box 185, Blenheim 7240 |
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Submissions Close on: Wednesday 13 January 2010
The application(s) may be inspected at the Marlborough District Council Offices, Seymour Square, Blenheim and High Street, Picton or at the Blenheim and Picton Libraries during normal office hours.
You should contact the Council if you have any queries about the application. Any person may make a submission on an application. Submissions must be in writing and in the form specified at Form 13, Resource Management Regulations.
Copies of this form are available from Council Offices and Council's website.
You must serve a copy of any submission on the applicant at the address for service stated in the Schedule as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on the Marlborough District Council.
ANNA EATHERLEY
MANAGER
RERESOURCE CONSENTS
Consent Types
There are five types of consent:
- Land use consents
- Subdivision consents
- Water permits
- Discharge permits
- Coastal permits
Each of these consent types is the subject of a separate information brochure, which are available from Council.
Council has produced brochures which summarises the information and processes for resource consents. These are available below as pdf files.
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