Agenda of Regional Planning Committee - Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Meeting of the Regional Planning Committee

Date: Wednesday 1 September 2021

Time: 9.00am

Venue:

Council Chamber

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

159 Dalton Street

NAPIER

Agenda

Item Title Page

1. Welcome/Karakia/Notices/Apologies

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

3. Confirmation of Minutes of the Regional Planning Committee held on 7 July 2021

4. Follow-ups from Previous Regional Planning Committee Meetings 3

5. Call for Minor Items Not on the Agenda 7

Decision Items

6. Updated Freshwater Management Units 9

7. Proposed Plan Change 7: Outstanding Water Bodies - Overview and Resolution of Appeals 11

Information or Performance Monitoring

8. Verbal Update on the Mohaka Plan Change Process

9. Initial Draft of Regionally Significant Issues 17

10. September 2021 Policy Projects Update 21

11. September 2021 Statutory Advocacy Update 27

12. Verbal Strategic Snapshot Update in Relation to Central Government Freshwater and RMA Reform; NES & NPS Implementation

13. Verbal Update on Future of Local Government

14. Discussion of Minor Matters Not on the Agenda 35

Parking

There will be named parking spaces for Tangata Whenua Members in the HBRC car park – entry off Vautier Street.

Regional Planning Committee Members

Name	Represents
Karauna Brown	Te Kopere o te Iwi Hineuru
Tania Hopmans	Maungaharuru-Tangitu Trust
Tania Huata	Ngati Pahauwera Development and Tiaki Trusts
Nicky Kirikiri	Te Toi Kura o Waikaremoana
Joinella Maihi-Carroll	Mana Ahuriri Trust
Mike Mohi	Ngati Tuwharetoa Hapu Forum
Liz Munroe	Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust
Peter Paku	Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust
Apiata Tapine	Tātau Tātau o Te Wairoa
Rick Barker	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Will Foley	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Craig Foss	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Rex Graham	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Neil Kirton	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Charles Lambert	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Hinewai Ormsby	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Martin Williams	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council
Jerf van Beek	Hawke’s Bay Regional Council

Total number of members = 18

Quorum and Voting Entitlements Under the Current Terms of Reference

Quorum (clause (i))

The Quorum for the Regional Planning Committee is 75% of the members of the Committee

At the present time, the quorum is 14 members (physically present in the room).

Voting Entitlement (clause (j))

Best endeavours will be made to achieve decisions on a consensus basis, or failing consensus, the agreement of 80% of the Committee members present and voting will be required. Where voting is required all members of the Committee have full speaking rights and voting entitlements.

Number of Committee members present Number required for 80% support

18 14

17 14

16 13

15 12

14 11

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional Planning Committee

Wednesday 01 September 2021

Subject: Proposed Plan Change 7: Outstanding Water Bodies - Overview and Resolution of Appeals

Reason for Report

1. The period for lodging appeals against decisions on Proposed Plan Change 7 (PC7) to the Regional Resource Management Plan (RRMP) has now closed.

2. The item provides an overview of the appeals lodged and outlines options available regarding the Council’s participation at any Court-assisted mediation of appeals.

Officers’ Recommendations

3. Council officers recommend that the Regional Planning Committee (RPC) delegates authority to the Chief Executive of Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to resolve and settle any appeals and references through formal mediation before the Environment Court.

4. The relevant sections from the RPC’s terms of reference are:

Section 4.9: “To determine the scope for the resolution and settlement of appeals on Proposed Policy Statements, Proposed Regional Plan, Plan Variations and Plan Changes.”

Section 4.10: “When required, to recommend to Council that officers be delegated with the authority to resolve and settle any appeals and references through formal mediation before the Environment Court”.

Executive Summary

5. On 26 June 2021, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council gave public notice that the Independent Hearing Panel had made decisions on submissions to Proposed Plan Change 7. A full copy of the decision can be viewed here – https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/assets/Document-Library/Outstanding-Water-Bodies/Decision-of-the-Independent-Hearing-Panel-PC7.pdf.

6. The following parties have lodged appeals with the Environment Court:

6.1. The Māori Trustee

6.2. Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated

6.3. Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Te Runanganui o Heretaunga, Te Manaaki Taiao o Heretaunga and Ngāti Kahungnunu Iwi Incorporated.

7. A copy of each of these appeals can be viewed here https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/hawkes-bay/projects/outstanding-water-bodies/

8. These appeals will now proceed through the Environment Court's processes, which include mediation and formal court hearings if necessary.

Summary of key Decisions

9. The key aspects of the Independent Hearing Panel’s decisions on PC7 are set out following.

Policy framework

10. The adoption of a policy framework which:

10.1. directs future plan making to protect the outstanding and significant values of outstanding water bodies

10.2. confirms that the test for outstanding sets a high bar and that in order to be classed as outstanding, a water body or part thereof, must be exceptional in some way, with the values standing out or being superior to others

10.3. confirms that outstanding values include cultural, spiritual, recreation, landscape, geology, natural character, or ecology value(s) but do not include consumptive or economic use values

10.4. uses a set of outstanding water body identification screening criteria to identify outstanding water bodies

10.5. provides for existing activities in or near outstanding water bodies to continue providing they are managed in a way which protects their significant values

10.6. provides for new activities in or near outstanding water bodies to occur providing they are managed in a way which has no more than minor effects on their outstanding values.

Outstanding water bodies

11. The identification of 15 outstanding water bodies (OWB), or parts thereof, in Hawke’s Bay.

11.1. Lake Whatumā

11.2. Lake Tutira (including Lake Waikōpiro)

11.3. Ngamatea East Swamp

11.4. The Mohaka River Mainstem upstream of Willow Flat

11.5. Lakes Rotoroa and Rototuna (the Kaweka Lakes)

11.6. Ngaruroro River upstream of the Whanawhana cableway

11.7. Te Whanganui-a-Orotū (Ahuriri Estuary)

11.8. Lake Whakakī – Te Paeroa Lagoon – Wairau Lagoon and Wetlands

11.9. Lake Waikaremoana

11.10. Mangahouanga Stream

11.11. Pōrangahau River and Estuary downstream of the Beach Road Bridge

11.12. Mainstem of the Tūtaekurī River upstream of the SH50 Bridge

11.13. Taruarau River

11.14. Te Hoe River

11.15. Tukituki River downstream of SH50 bridge to the sea, including the estuary.

Overview of the appeals lodged

12. On the basis of a preliminary examination, the appeals relate to the following key areas in PC7.

Table 1: PC7 Appeals – Key Topics

Topic	Requests include
1. List of outstanding water bodies (Schedule 25)	Add further water bodies to Schedule 25; reinsert OWB listed in the notified version of PC7.
2. Protection of OWB	Higher level of protection of OWB; provide for known values inherent within an OWB.
3. Consumptive and economic use values	Continued exclusion of consumptive and economic use values from the ability to gain an outstanding value status.
4. Significant values	Increased certainty around significant values; reinstate significant values listed for OWB in the notified version of PC7; remove the prioritisation of outstanding values over significant values; specifically recognise water quality and water quality; insert new provisions clearly outlining how significant values are to be identified and managed.
5. Existing and new activities	Consistent policy direction for existing and new activities taking place in and/or near OWB.
6. Management of outstanding water bodies include estuaries	Clear separation of freshwater bodies from estuaries through identification as outstanding freshwater bodies, and outstanding coastal areas, to give effect to the NZCPS and NPSFM.
7. Outstanding values, descriptions and outstanding water body identification screening criteria	Increased certainty around outstanding values; reinstate, amend, expand the outstanding values and their descriptions set out in the notified version of PC7; delete and replace the OWB screening with the expert panel’s OWB assessment criteria; insert new provisions clearly outlining how outstanding values are to be identified; gain further expert input into outstanding.
8. Resource consent processes	Allow further involvement of groups potential affected by activities requiring resource consents/permits.
9. Descriptions of values	Add and/or descriptions for tikanga Maori, ecology, landscape, natural character, recreation and geology.

Options for appeal negotiations

13. The following options are available to resolve and settle any appeals through formal mediation before the Environment Court.

Option 1: Status Quo

14. With the current delegations, Council staff can discuss the issues with appellants and s274 interested parties, but any agreements, whether reached with or without Court-assisted mediation, would need to be approved and signed off by RPC and Council on a case-by-case basis.

15. This process is likely to significantly delay the process of resolving the appeals with staff needing to bring papers back to scheduled RPC and Council meetings seeking authority to sign draft consent orders that will settle an appeal. This adds both time and cost to the process.

16. The Environment Court does not favour this arrangement. Instead, the Court prefers those persons attending mediation have the proper authority to settle there and then at mediation.

Option 2: Staff have authority to negotiate and sign some mediated agreements

17. Authority to sign mediated agreements could be delegated to the CE, but the use of that delegation be guided by initial liaison with representative(s) of the decision-making body, such as the Co-chairs of the Regional Planning Committee.

18. Matters such as the following could be used to guide settlements: the scope of the appeal; the relief sought in the appeal; the number of parties to the appeal; and the Independent Hearing Panel decision(s) on the matter.

19. This approach would provide staff with the ability to settle relatively straight forward appeals. This would result in time and cost savings in resolving such appeals but would mean that staff might have to come back to Council to seek authority to settle more significant appeals, such as those involving multiple appellants, or where a mediated agreement would significantly change the intent of Independent Hearing Panels decision(s).

Option 3: the CE has authority to sign all mediated agreements

20. This option is recommended by staff. It is also preferred by the Environment Court. This option is considered to be the most streamlined and cost effective because it would delegate to the CE the authority to sign, on behalf of Council, draft consent orders (i.e. agreements between parties to be presented to the Court of ratification). Any mediated agreement would be consistent with the overall intent of the Independent Hearing Panel’s decision(s). Initial liaison between staff and the Co-chairs of the RPC would occur as in the option above.

21. This option avoids the need for any specific papers to come back to the RPC and Council to seek sign off of an in-principle agreement. This will significantly speed up the settlement of appeals.

22. It is clearly important to keep the RPC informed of the progress of appeals and this could be done through the regular appeal updates on meeting agendas. These updates would remain as information only papers.

Financial and Resource Implications

23. The Council incurs costs as a result of its involvement as Respondent in the Environment Court appeal proceedings. Staff’s proposal to streamline appeals will result in cost and time savings, and therefore has a positive financial impact for Council.

24. Ultimately however, the Environment Court will oversee and direct court proceedings so no firm estimates of financial and resourcing implications can be given at this time.

Next steps

25. Staff have begun contacting the appellants with an aim to schedule initial discussions between the various parties towards the end of the year.

26. These discissions will assist in resolving appeals as expeditiously as possible without the need for a court hearing. If there are any unresolved matters following initial discussions then the next phase would involve court assisted mediation and formal court hearings if necessary.

Decision Making Process

27. Council is required to make every decision in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements in relation to this item and have concluded:

27.1. The decision does not significantly alter the service provision or affect a strategic asset.

27.2. The use of the special consultative procedure is not prescribed by legislation.

27.3. The decision does not fall within the definition of Council’s policy on significance.

27.4. The persons affected by this decision are all persons with an interest in the region’s management of natural and physical resources under the RMA.

27.5. The decision is not inconsistent with an existing policy or plan.

Recommendations

1. That the Regional Planning Committee receives and notes the “Proposed Plan Change 7: Outstanding Water Bodies – Overview and Resolution of Appeals” staff report.

2 The Regional Planning Committee recommends that Hawke’s Bay Regional Council delegates, in accordance with s34A of the Resource Management Act:

2.1 To the HBRC’s Chief Executive Officer, or appointed legal counsel for Plan Change 7 appeal proceedings, the authority to sign on behalf of Council, any negotiated agreement or mediated agreement relating to an appeal against Proposed Plan Change 7 to the Regional Resource Management Plan (RRMP).

2.2 To the HBRC’s Chief Executive or appointed legal counsel for Plan Change 7 appeal proceedings, the authority to sign on Council’s behalf, agreements with parties on appeals relating to the Proposed Plan Change 7 generally in accordance with an agreed position determined in liaison with the Co-chairs of the Regional Planning Committee prior to mediation commencing.

Authored by:

Belinda Harper

Senior Planner

Approved by:

Ceri Edmonds

Manager Policy and Planning

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional Planning Committee

Wednesday 01 September 2021

Subject: Initial Draft of Regionally Significant Issues

Reason for Report

1. This report presents the initial draft of regionally significant issues for inclusion in the Regional Policy Statement (RPS) section of Kotahi, the review of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Resource Management Plan (RRMP).

Executive Summary

2. The regionally significant issues identified in Kotahi will clarify the most important issues that the region faces in managing the natural and built environment of Hawke’s Bay over the next twenty or more years.

3. Our ability to address these issues effectively will directly impact on how well our natural resource base is able to sustain us, and as a consequence how the next generation is able to live.

4. The initial draft of issues is based on a workshop held with the Regional Planning Committee (RPC) in July 2021.

5. Workshop participants recognised that the effects of climate change permeate all aspects of our future and this needs to be recognised throughout the revised Regional Policy Statement (RPS).

6. They also upheld the importance of working in partnership with tangata whenua and reaffirmed the desire to weave the tangata whenua perspective and Te Ao Maori throughout Kotahi.

7. The list of issues is an initial working draft and will be revised as Kotahi is developed.

Strategic Fit

8. The draft issues identified relate to the Four Focus Areas in the Strategic Plan 2020-2025, namely:

8.1. Water quality, safety and climate-resilient security

8.2. Climate-smart and sustainable land use

8.3. Healthy, functioning and climate-resilient biodiversity

8.4. Sustainable and climate-resilient services and infrastructure.

Background

9. Regional councils are obliged to prepare a regional policy statement (often referred to as an RPS) to achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act (RMA). RPS’s provide an overview of the resource management issues of the region and policies and methods to achieve integrated management of the natural and physical resources of the region.

10. A regional policy statement must state (amongst other matters):

10.1. The significant resource management issues for the region; and

10.2. The resource management issues of significance to iwi authorities in the region [section 62(1)(a) and (b) RMA].

11. Regionally significant issues create the high-level framework for co-ordinating resource management across the region. The objectives, policies and methods set at the level of the RPS focus on addressing these issues, with an RPS chapter dedicated to each issue.

12. The methods identified set out how the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) and the city and district councils will work together on resolving these issues. As methods include both statutory (i.e. the regional and district plans) and non-statutory mechanisms (e.g. information, education, partnerships, funding etc), these issues drive or influence many of the councils’ strategic priorities and investment decisions.

13. Regional plans and district plans must give effect to an RPS, so it is important to scope these appropriately.

14. It is important to refresh the list of regionally significant issues, and issues of significance for tāngata whenua, early in the Kotahi process, notwithstanding future change to the RMA. These issues underpin our regional response to managing the environment, using whatever legislative tools are available to us.

15. Two workshops have now been held to discuss regionally significant issues: on 13 April 2021 and 7 July 2021.

Initial draft of regionally significant issues

16. The initial list of regionally significant issues which follows has been generated from the two workshops. Some of the issues were specifically identified, others are derived from outcomes participants were wanting to achieve, or from requests for better processes.

17. Note that issues of significance for iwi will need to be identified separately through early engagement with tangata whenua in the plan development. These will be added as the Kotahi Plan is developed over the next two years.

Issue 1: The effects of climate change permeate all aspects of our future

18. A changing climate will alter the environment and threaten our lifestyle and economy.

19. Worldwide, sea level rise will affect low-lying coastal areas. As climate patterns shift for Hawke’s Bay, there may be some positives, such as fewer frost days and a longer growing season.

20. In Hawke’s Bay, warmer temperatures, less rain overall and more severe extreme weather events (e.g. drought, storms) will lead to prolonged dry conditions, more heat stress and soil erosion, a greater risk of wildfire, more frequent/extreme flooding, and new plant and animal pests.

21. We have a duty of care to make sure that adverse social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of climate change are reduced to more acceptable levels. This will demand an ambitious co-ordinated programme of activities touching everyone.

Issue 2: Natural hazards may damage or destroy natural and built environments, lives and livelihoods

22. The scale and frequency of climate-related events that damage or destroy the natural and built environment will increase as a result of climate change. Other natural hazards that are not climate-dependent may be equally or more devastating, including from earthquakes, tsunami, liquefaction, land slippage, volcanic eruption, human pandemic and invasive animal or plant pests.

23. By identifying and assessing the features of those risks facing communities, the communities can consider how they can respond and therefore whether or not it is a risk that can be tolerated.

Issue 3: The balance of our ecosystems is at risk, with possible ecosystem failure and loss of both terrestrial and marine biodiversity

24. Ecosystems are under threat. Biodiversity is rapidly declining; animal and plant species are facing extinction around the world. Biodiversity is critical for the essential services provided, including pollination, carbon storage, filtration of water, nutrient cycling, soil formations, erosion control and sediment retention.

25. Biodiversity decline is the result of a range of causes, including the direct effects of vegetation clearance, uncontrolled grazing of animals, introduced pest plant and animals, the exploitation of some species, climate change and pollution.

26. We have a duty of care to make sure that the unique animals, plants, fungi and microbes that are found in our country are healthy and thriving.

Issue 4: The inappropriate use, storage, discharge and disposal of contaminants may harm humans and the environment

27. Inappropriate use, storage, discharge or disposal of contaminants may result in nuisance, short term, cumulative or more serious adverse effects. These may be immediate, or it may take years for impacts to become apparent in the environment. It may be difficult to remediate or restore the environment back to its natural state Environmental degradation, whether of water, land, air or coastal environments, reflects a poor relationship between humans and the environment in which we live. For the environment to support us, we must first support the environment. Reciprocity is at the core of Te Mana o Te Wai/Te Oranga o Te Taiao. Without such balance, the health and wellbeing of humans is adversely affected, and our ability to sustain ourselves from the wealth of natural resources and through economic activity is threatened

28. We have a duty of care for the environment, ourselves and future generations to leave the natural environment in a state that will continue to sustain the future

29. We should also take advantage of the latest scientific research, including Mātauranga Maori, and foster customs and best management practices to leave our environment in much better condition.

Issue 5: Demand for water resources is at a premium, with demand often exceeding sustainable limits, risking not giving effect to Te Mana o Te Wai

30. Water is a finite resource and essential to all life forms. It is vital for human health, and, as a region renown for its abundant food production, it is vital for the economy and economic wellbeing of residents.

31. Much of Hawke’s Bay is prone to drought, and the demand for water exceeds the supply, particularly on the Heretaunga and Ruataniwha Plains. Extremes of extended droughts and higher temperatures, together with more frequent intense rainfall events are predicted to results from climate change. Over the longer term, the overall water supply and demand balance may significantly be impacted.

Issue 6: Soils – erosion, urban encroachment

32. The way in which land has been managed historically has resulted in significant vegetation clearance and resulted in erosion particularly in hill country areas of Hawkes Bay. This alongside urban encroachment on the highly versatile soils has placed pressure on the soil resource. Erosion impacts on farms. It represents a loss of current and future potential productivity on the farm. This high level of sedimentation also impacts on water quality within the region and the biodiversity (both aquatic and terrestrial) that depends upon it.

33. The Hawke’s Bay Heretaunga Plains is a resource rich part of Aotearoa New Zealand. The high value of the soil, and water resources to the economy and to the well-being of the community has only increased over time. However, continual growth in the residential and industrial sectors has led to increasing competition for these resources.

Issue 7: Optimising land use and infrastructure investments to deliver desired outcomes including conflicting land use activities

34. This links closely with the above issue. There needs to be appropriate management between enabling growth whilst maintaining the highly productive soil resource. This has been of the highest priority to Hastings District, Napier City and the Regional Council. Central Hawke’s Bay Council is currently reviewing its District Plan with its focus being to recognise the significance of its highly productive land and therefore amending the District Plan to minimise fragmentation and address adverse effects of subdivision and land uses. Hawke’s Bay is becoming more integrated regionally with Central Hawke’s Bay becoming a satellite area for commuters to the larger cities. Central Hawke’s Bay is experiencing a period of urban growth due to high residential property prices in Napier and Hastings, making CHB land prices a more affordable option for many.

Issue 8: People - behaviours and practices – support and encourage, reduce perverse actions, all involved – ‘pushing the right buttons’, competing pressures and trade offs

35. The Regional Council has been at the fore of environmental education with youth (EnviroSchools and Environment Youth Council) however there are many more opportunities to encourage positive behaviour change and adoption of good practice through policy and non-regulatory methods.

Issue 9: Respect/lack of respect for different knowledge systems

36. The ‘givens’ of our world are under pressure, as a consequence of activities which degrade the environment and contribute to climate change. The NPSFM requires every regional council to give effect to Te Mana o te Wai and enable the application of a diversity of systems of values and knowledge, such as mātauranga Māori, to the management of freshwater. There is an opportunity through Kotahi to recognise and respect Te Ao Maori and different knowledge systems and deliver policy that demonstrates that other systems are important in environmental management.

Decision Making Process

37. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.

Recommendation

The Regional Planning Committee receives and notes the “Initial Draft of Regionally Significant Issues” staff report, and acknowledge that staff will continue to develop the Regionally Significant Issues and revise these as appropriate through development of Kotahi.

Authored by:

Dale Meredith

Senior Policy Planner

Approved by:

Ceri Edmonds

Manager Policy and Planning

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional Planning Committee

Wednesday 01 September 2021

Subject: September 2021 Policy Projects Update

Reason for Report

1. This report provides an outline and update of the Council’s various resource management projects currently underway, as well as the opportunity for staff to verbally update the Committee on the:

1.1. TANK plan change hearing

1.2. Outstanding Water Bodies plan change

1.3. Ngaruroro Water Conservation Order.

Resource management policy project update

2. The projects covered in this report are those involving reviews and/or changes under the Resource Management Act to one or more of the following planning documents:

2.1. the Hawke's Bay Regional Resource Management Plan (RRMP)

2.2. the Hawke's Bay Regional Policy Statement (RPS) which is incorporated into the RRMP

2.3. the Hawke's Bay Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP).

3. From time to time, separate reports additional to this one may be presented to the Committee for fuller updates on specific plan change projects.

4. Similar periodical reporting is also presented to the Council as part of the quarterly reporting and end of year Annual Plan reporting requirements.

Decision Making Process

5. Staff have assessed the requirements of the Local Government Act 2002 in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only, the decision making provisions do not apply.

Recommendation

That the Regional Planning Committee receives and notes the “September 2021 Policy Projects Update” staff report.

Authored by:

Anne Bradbury

Senior Policy Planner

Belinda Harper

Senior Planner

Ellen Robotham

Policy Planner

Approved by:

Ceri Edmonds

Manager Policy and Planning

Katrina Brunton

Group Manager Policy & Regulation

Attachment/s

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September 2021 RMA projects Update

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional Planning Committee

Wednesday 01 September 2021

SUBJECT: September 2021 Statutory Advocacy Update

Reason for Report

1. This item updates the status of reports on proposals forwarded to the Regional Council and assessed by staff acting under delegated authority as part of the Council’s Statutory Advocacy project.

2. The Statutory Advocacy project centres on local resource management-related proposals upon which the Regional Council has an opportunity to make comments or to lodge a submission. These include, but are not limited to:

2.1. resource consent applications publicly notified by a territorial authority

2.2. district plan reviews or district plan changes released by a territorial authority

2.3. private plan change requests publicly notified by a territorial authority

2.4. notices of requirements for designations in district plans

2.5. non-statutory strategies, structure plans, registrations, etc prepared by territorial authorities, government ministries or other agencies involved in resource management.

3. In all cases, the Regional Council is not the decision-maker, applicant nor proponent. In the Statutory Advocacy project, the Regional Council is purely an agency with an opportunity to make comments or lodge submissions on others’ proposals. The Council’s position in relation to such proposals is informed by the Council’s own Plans, Policies and Strategies, plus its land ownership or asset management interests.

4. The summary outlines those proposals that the Council’s Statutory Advocacy project is currently actively engaged in.

Decision Making Process

Recommendation

That the Regional Planning Committee receives and notes the “September 2021 Statutory Advocacy Update” staff report.

Authored by:

Nichola Nicholson

Policy Planner

Ellen Robotham

Policy Planner

Approved by:

Ceri Edmonds

Manager Policy and Planning

Attachment/s

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September 2021 Statutory Advocacy Update

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