compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows
are
compelling cases for the Council to slightly alter the
course originally charted in our 2015/2025 Long-Term
Plan.
This Plan includes what we’re proposing in these three
specific areas, and how you can tell us what you think
about them before we make final decisions.
Financially, the development of changes is relatively
minor. With all three proposals included in the
2017/2018 Annual Plan, general rates will go up 1% as
opposed to the 0.5% rise
compelling cases for the Council to slightly alter the
course originally charted in our 2015/2025 Long-Term
Plan.
This Plan includes what we’re proposing in these three
specific areas, and how you can tell us what you think
about them before we make final decisions.
Financially, the development of changes is relatively
minor. With all three proposals included in the
2017/2018 Annual Plan, general rates will go up 1% as
opposed to the 0.5% rise forecast for
consultation
process on these new proposals before committing to
them in this Plan.
Financially, the impact of these developments is
relatively minor. With all three proposals included in
this 2017/2018 Annual Plan, general rates will go up 1%
as opposed to the 0.5% rise forecast for 2017/2018 in
the 2015/2025 Long-Term Plan.
The Council wishes to thank all submitters, on the draft
of the Plan, for their contribution to the development
of the final Plan.
access for fish to
National Park.
Very popular and highly valued
angling river.
High native fish diversity and
presence of threatened species.
Upper and middle reaches
very highly rated for
aesthetic and scenic values.
Median flow of 3500l/s at Mangatete Bridge. Steep gradients in upper and
mid reaches with significant water movement and many rapids. Water
quantity and movement contributes significantly to wild and scenic character.
39% total riparian cover, upper reaches
rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored
3 and 5 of the attached
Assessment of Environmental Effects.
page
Liquids discharged to water
What is the proposed maximum rate of discharge?
Rate 2000.0
Unit Litres per second
How frequent is the discharge? Not constant
Hours per day 0.00
Days per week 0.00
Other
Give full details of the method of discharge: The discharge will occur on an as required basis when flows in the
Motukawa Race are high. Further details of the
"Documents" step. If you upload a document containing your answers, please refer to the document name and the relevant
page number in the text box.
Give full details of the source of the discharge and any
treatment it will receive prior to discharge:
These details are provided in sections 3 and 5 of the attached
Assessment of Environmental Effects.
Liquids discharged to water
What is the proposed maximum rate of discharge?
Rate 7787.0
Unit Litres per second
How
almost
exactly, what was outlined for 2016/2017 in the
2015/2025 Long-Term Plan. There are no new issues,
plans or programmes or work. The Council views this
Annual Plan as “business as planned”.
This Plan sets out how we intend to maintain our status
as one of the lowest-rating Councils in New Zealand
while still maintaining a high standard of programmes
and services. The 2016/2017 year will see an increase of
1% in the general rates take (as forecast for
the Council to continually re-evaluate its approach
and that of consent holders to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s