and their significance for the
environment.
Section 4 presents a summary of recommendations to be implemented in the 2014-2015
monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are
presented at the end of the report.
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1.1.3
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’
which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or
The New Plymouth district is expected to experience high population growth.
Housing: In general, all housing indicators show upward trends. The cost of building or buying a
first home in New Plymouth has increased, with housing affordability also on the rise in the short
term.
Rent has continued to increase but the rate of change remains steady, alongside rental
affordability.
Subdivisions: The increase in sub-dividable consents and residential consent applications has …
mitigation
In more recent years a number of regional councils have prepared regional plans that intend to regulate
land use activities to manage nutrient losses and thereby maintain or enhance water quality, and a
number of tools/models have been used in some instances in order to estimate and thereby regulate
nutrient losses and demonstrate compliance. As regional councils prepare and review regional land and
water plans, a range of mechanisms are being incorporated into plans
conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the
meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making
available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial
position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.
Item 6 – Port Taranaki Ltd: Annual Report and Annual General Meeting
That the public conduct of the …
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The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring 1.1.3.
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) primarily addresses environmental `effects'
which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or
future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and
performance and
compliance was achieved.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a good or high level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2018-2019 year.
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1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource Management Act 1991 1
1.1.1 Introduction 1
site’s stormwater system worked effectively.
Owing to the distance of the wellsite to the nearest stream being over 500 m, chemical analysis
or a bio-monitoring survey was un-necessary as no evidence of effects on the stream
environment were observed by the Inspecting Officer and the distance of separation meant it
was implausible there could be any effects under any circumstances.
Staff on-site were cooperative with requests made by officers of the Council, with any required
works being
through tailored compliance monitoring
programmes achieved a high level of environmental performance and compliance with their
consents, while another 24% demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and
compliance with their consents.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the
last several years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a good
or high level.
This report includes recommendations for the
which are defined as positive
or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects
may arise in relation to:
(a) the neighbourhood or the wider community around a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
terrestrial;
(d) natural and physical resources having
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4.1 Section 14(3)(b) takes – unfettered or not? .................................................. 9
4.2 Does Taranaki have a problem? .................................................................10
4.3 Avoiding adverse environmental effects ......................................................10
4.4 An “individual” and an “individual’s animals”? ..............................................11
4.5 What are “reasonable needs”?