Proposed Regional Plan for Northland
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Proposed Regional Plan for Northland Appeals Version - June 2020 Minor corrections The following minor corrections have been made to the Proposed Regional Plan – Decisions Version in accordance with Clause 16(2), Schedule 1, the Resource Management Act 1991. Deletions are shown in strikethrough and additions in underline. Provision Correction Date Editor Definition - “in water Re-insert the definition of “in water cleaning” 27 May 2019 Ben Lee cleaning” as follows: In water cleaning - the cleaning of a vessel hull below the water level when the boat is afloat. C.1.8(1), C.1.8(6), Amend to “Regional Council’s Monitoring 27 May 2019 Ben Lee C.2.1.3(1) Compliance Manager”. C.2.1.8(3) Amend Rule C.2.1.8(3)(b) as follows … “for a 27 May 2019 Ben Lee road or railway line, otherwise …” Delete “or railway line” from Rule C.2.1.8(3)(e)(iii). Rule C.6.5.1(2)a) Minor typographical amendment to correct 27 May 2019 Ben Lee second clause (a). Rule C.8.5.3(2) Amend Clause 2) of Rule C.8.5.3 as follows: 27 May 2019 Ben Lee “a permitted activity under Rule C.8.4.2 – Vegetation clearance in riparian areas – permitted activity”. C.8.5.2 – Alteration or decommissioning of a bore – permitted activity”. Policy H.3.3 – Coastal Insert units and compliance metrics for pH as 27 May 2019 Ben Lee water quality standards follows: Unit Compliance metric pH pH units are Annual minimum and dimensionless annual maximum Policy H.3.4 – Coastal Coastal sediment quality guidelines are 27 May 2019 Ben Lee sediment quality included as Policy H.3.4. These were guidelines inadvertently omitted. Policy D.2.16 – Amend Policy D.2.16(7)(b) as follows: 27 May 2019 Ben Lee Managing adverse “… after consideration of the methods in (6) effects on indigenous (4) above”. biodiversity Extent of Significant A small area of modified habitat (at 26 Princes 27 May 2019 Ben Lee Ecological Area (SEA) Street) was excluded from the Significant mapping overlay within Ecological Area overlay within Ruakaka Ruakaka estuary estuary. This has now been amended. Rule C.6.1.3 Delete existing clause 5) and replace as 28 April 2020 Michael follows: Day 1 Provision Correction Date Editor 5) for wastewater that has received secondary or tertiary treatment, it is discharged via: (a) a trench or bed system in soil categories 3 to 5 that is designed in accordance with Appendix L of Australian/New Zealand Standard On-site Domestic Wastewater Management (AS/NZS 1547:2012); or (b) an irrigation line system that is dose loaded and covered by a minimum of 50 millimetres of topsoil, mulch, or bark, and Rule C.8.5.3 Amend Rule C.8.5.3 as follows: 28 April 2020 Michael … is a controlled activity, provided the bore is Day constructed and maintained in accordance with the requirements set out in the New Zealand Environmental Standard for Drilling of Soil and Rock (NZS 4411:2001). 2 Contents Minor corrections ........................................................................................... 1 Contents ........................................................................................................ 3 Purpose of this Document .............................................................................. 6 Karakia ........................................................................................................... 7 Whakatauakī .................................................................................................. 7 Mihi ............................................................................................................... 8 A Introduction | Tīmatanga Kōrero ............................................................ 9 B Definitions | Whakamāramatanga........................................................ 10 C Rules | Ngā ture ................................................................................... 33 C.1 Coastal activities ..................................................................................................... 36 C.1.1 General Structures ............................................................................................................. 40 C.1.2 Moorings and anchorage ................................................................................................... 56 C.1.3 Aquaculture ....................................................................................................................... 64 C.1.4 Mangrove removal ............................................................................................................. 76 C.1.5 Dredging, disturbance and disposal ................................................................................... 81 C.1.6 Reclamations ...................................................................................................................... 90 C.1.7 Marine pests ...................................................................................................................... 93 C.1.8 Coastal works general conditions ...................................................................................... 97 C.2 Activities in the beds of lakes and rivers and in wetlands....................................... 102 C.2.1 Activities in the beds of lakes and rivers.......................................................................... 103 C.2.2 Activities affecting wetlands ............................................................................................ 114 C.2.3 General conditions ........................................................................................................... 118 C.3 Damming and diverting water ............................................................................... 122 C.3.1 Damming and diverting water ......................................................................................... 123 C.4 Land drainage and flood control ............................................................................ 130 C.4.1 Land drainage and flood control ...................................................................................... 131 C.5 Taking and use of water ........................................................................................ 137 C.5.1 Taking and use of water ................................................................................................... 138 C.6 Discharges to land and water ................................................................................ 145 C.6.1 On-site domestic wastewater discharges ........................................................................ 148 C.6.2 Wastewater network and treatment plant discharges ................................................... 153 3 C.6.3 Production land discharges .............................................................................................. 154 C.6.4 Stormwater discharges .................................................................................................... 159 C.6.5 Agrichemicals and vertebrate toxic agents ..................................................................... 164 C.6.6 Industrial and trade wastewater discharges ................................................................... 171 C.6.7 Solid waste ....................................................................................................................... 175 C.6.8 Contaminated land .......................................................................................................... 179 C.6.9 Other discharges of contaminants ................................................................................... 183 C.7 Discharges to air ................................................................................................... 187 C.7.1 Burning ............................................................................................................................. 189 C.7.2 Other air discharges ......................................................................................................... 196 C.8 Land use and disturbance activities ....................................................................... 202 C.8.1 Livestock exclusion ....................................................................................................... 204 C.8.2 Land preparation .......................................................................................................... 207 C.8.3 Earthworks .................................................................................................................... 208 C.8.4 Vegetation clearance in riparian areas and foredune management area ................... 212 C.8.5 Bores ............................................................................................................................. 214 C.8.6 Re-building .................................................................................................................... 217 D Policies | Ngā kaupapa ........................................................................ 218 D.1 Tangata whenua ................................................................................................... 222 D.2 General ................................................................................................................. 226 D.3 Air ........................................................................................................................ 237 D.4 Land and water ..................................................................................................... 240 D.5 Coastal ................................................................................................................