The staff at the Taranaki Regional Council are available to help you if you need to apply for a resource consent.
You can either telephone them or call in to the office to get advice.
Applications need to be made on the relevant application form. Your application needs to include at least the following information:
- Your name and address.
- A description of the activity you wish to undertake.
- The location of the activity, including a map or plan o the environmental effects of your activity, including whether there are any streams, rivers, wetlands, indigenous bush or other sensitive areas that would be affected, including any sites of significance to Maori.
- Anything you propose to do to avoid or minimise the environmental effects.
- A list of any other people or organisations (such as neighbours or the Department of Conservation) who may be affected by your activity and whether you have spoken to them about your plans.
Once the Taranaki Regional Council has all the information it requires, it will process your application. Depending on what you are applying to do and the nature of the environmental effects, the Council may need to publicly notify your application in the newspaper. The regional plans will give you an idea as to whether your application will be notified or not. Staff will be able to advise you of this perhaps immediately, or at least soon after they receive your application. A fee is charged to process your application to cover the Council's costs.
When your consent is granted it is most likely that it will have conditions attached to it - these will specify what you must do to comply with your consent. Again if you have any questions about what the consent or the conditions mean, the staff can assist you.
Guides to consent applications are available at the Taranaki Regional Council - these give more detail on how to apply.
REFER TO APPLYING FOR A RESOURCE CONSENT - A GUIDE FOR APPLICANTS