West Coast Regional Coastal Plan
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Regional Coastal Plan for the West Coast Approved 13 June 2000 The Common Seal of the West Coast Regional Council was affixed in the presence of: ...................................................... ........................................................ J Clayton T Day CHAIRMAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER The Minister of Conservation approved the Regional Coastal Plan, in accordance with the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, on this day of 2000. ...................................................... S Lee MINISTER OF CONSERVATION Operative 6/06/06 ii CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure to present the operative Regional Coastal Plan for the West Coast Region. The Proposed Regional Coastal Plan was publicly notified in December 1997. Preparation of the Plan has followed the statutory process of submissions, hearings and appeals, to the stage where it has become operative. The Regional Coastal Plan has been developed to be consistent with the Regional Policy Statement, which is the Council’s main policy document setting the framework for sustainable management of the West Coast’s natural and physical resources. Other regional plans prepared by the West Coast Regional Council include those that manage resources such as air quality, discharges of contaminants to land, and land and riverbed disturbance. These contain provisions to manage activities outside the coastal marine area which may have cross-boundary effects. This suite of regional plans will assist Council to achieve an integrated approach to sustainable management of resources which are part of their functions under the Resource Management Act 1991. The Minister of Conservation’s written approval also confirms that the Regional Coastal Plan is consistent with the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement, which sets out the national framework for coastal management. During the preparation of this Plan, the Department of Conservation provided useful technical information to better understand conservation values and coastal marine processes. The Regional Coastal Plan will enable Council to sustainably manage activities in the coastal marine area of the region. The coastal area covered by this Plan has important ecological, economic, social and cultural values for local communities and visitors, while also being a dynamic environment subject to natural hazards. This Plan is intended to both enable low impact activities to be carried out as well as managing other uses with greater impacts, by way of regulatory and non- regulatory methods, in order to sustain the values associated with the coastal marine area. On behalf of Council I would like to thank all of those who participated in the submission and hearings process. Your contributions have assisted us greatly in developing this Plan to manage the coastal marine area. I look forward to continue to work with you toward a sustainable future. John Clayton CHAIRMAN HOW TO USE THE REGIONAL COASTAL PLAN This Regional Coastal Plan considers the use, development and protection of the coastal marine area of the West Coast and issues associated with that use, development and protection. It provides objectives, policies, rules and other methods of implementation in order to address those issues. The rules of the Plan determine the status of any particular activity and determine whether a consent is required before that activity can be carried out. Activities that are specified as permitted activities are able to be carried out without obtaining a resource consent. A resource consent is required for any activity which this Regional Coastal Plan specifies as being a: (a) Discretionary activity; or (b) Controlled activity; or (c) Restricted coastal activity. A resource consent is also required for any activity that would otherwise not comply with this Plan (a non-complying activity). In some cases, the Plan specifies certain activities as being prohibited activities. These are activities which may not occur within the West Coast coastal marine area, and are activities for which no resource consent will be issued. When considering an activity within the West Coast coastal marine area, the following chapters of the Plan should be looked at to determine whether a resource consent is required before undertaking that activity: ____________________________________________________________ Would the proposed activity See the following chapter of result in any of the following? the Regional Coastal Plan ____________________________________________________________ · The occupation of any space Chapter 7 Public Access within the coastal marine area. · The restriction or exclusion of the public to areas of the coastal marine area. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Activities involving structures including: Chapter 8 Structures · Any erection or placement. · Any repair or maintenance. · Any extension, alteration, replacement or reconstruction. · Any demolition or removal. ____________________________________________________________ Any alteration of the foreshore Chapter 9 Alteration of the or seabed including: Foreshore and · Reclamations; or Seabed · Removal or deposition of sand, shingle, shell or other natural material; or · Disturbance. ________________________________________________________________ Any discharge of contaminant or Chapter 10 Discharges water, or activities involving hazardous substances. ________________________________________________________________ Any activity involving the taking, use, Chapter 11 Taking, Use, damming or diversion of coastal water. Damming or Diversion ________________________________________________________________ Any activity which will generate noise. Chapter 12 Noise ________________________________________________________________ Any activity involving the introduction Chapter 13 Exotic Plants of exotic plants. ________________________________________________________________ Any activity located within or adjacent Chapter 14 Natural Hazards to a natural hazard. ________________________________________________________________ Chapter 15 of the Plan prescribes the information that must be submitted with resource consent applications. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chairman’s Foreword............................................................................................. How to use the Regional Coastal Plan................................................................... Table of Contents..................................................................................................... Table of Figures....................................................................................................... 1. Introduction........................................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose of the Plan........................................................................................................................3 1.2 Transitional Regional Coastal Plan.............................................................................................4 1.3 Area covered by the Plan..............................................................................................................4 1.4 Structure of the Plan ......................................................................................................................7 1.5 Integrated Management ................................................................................................................9 1.6 Consultation..................................................................................................................................10 1.7 Background Information.............................................................................................................11 2. Legislative Framework....................................................................................13 2.1 Background...................................................................................................................................15 2.2 Part II of the Act...........................................................................................................................15 2.3 Relationship to other Resource Management Documents ....................................................17 2.4 Restrictions on Use......................................................................................................................19 2.5 Status of Activities.......................................................................................................................19 2.6 Information Requirements..........................................................................................................20 2.7 Notification of Consents .............................................................................................................20 2.8 Financial Contribution ................................................................................................................20 2.9 Section 32......................................................................................................................................21 2.10 Other Legislation .......................................................................................................................21 2.11 International Obligations..........................................................................................................25 3. West Coast Coastal Description.....................................................................27