The purpose of the Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan is to promote the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources of the Wairau/Awatere area including the coastal environment. The Plan is a combined plan containing the regional, regional coastal and district plans for the Wairau and Awatere Valleys. The Plan sets out the objectives and policies and methods, including rules, to resolve issues and to promote the sustainable management of the Wairau/Awatere area.
What Area Does the Plan Cover?
Area Covered By the Proposed
Wairau Awatere Resource
Management Plan
Plan Status
The Plan was made operative in part on 9 March 2009. The provisions not yet operative are identified on the page containing Council's seal and within the text/maps of the Plan. From time to time the Council also puts forward proposals to change its resource management plan. The variations and proposed changes can be viewed at changes to the plan.
Plan Content
The proposed Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan comprises three volumes:
- Volume One - Contains the introduction to the Plan, which incorporates information requirements for resource consent applications, cross boundary matters and monitoring. Volume One contains the issues to be addressed by the Plan as a whole, the objectives, policies and methods to be used in promoting sustainable management of the natural and physical resources of the Wairau/Awatere and the environmental results anticipated from their implementation.
- Volume Two - Sets out the rules to achieve the objectives, policies and methods including assessment criteria for those activities which require resource consents. Volume Two also contains the interpretation section which defines the words, terms and phrases used in the Plan.
- Volume Three - Contains the planning maps for the Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan, which are an integral part of the Plan in that they establish graphically the areas to which the rules set out in Volume Two apply.
