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Beginning in August 2022, new Resource Management Act (RMA) regulations will change the face of planning in New Zealand.
Have you had your site checked for past or present hazardous activities?
Love it or hate it, the RMA has shaped the development of New Zealand over the past 30 years.
Game changers do not come along often, however the Government recently released a Bill that will change how land development occurs across New Zealand.
At some point in your life you may find yourself inheriting land from a recently passed loved one or from a distant relative.
Selwyn District has long been known as one of New Zealand’s most rapidly growing districts, and this does not appear to be changing.
Historically, New Zealand has seen the extensive loss of indigenous biodiversity associated with original land development practices to create farmland. However there is an increasing trend, and direction through legislation, to protect and enhance biodiversity values on farms.
There are five species of lizard consisting of either skinks and geckos present on Banks Peninsula and in the Canterbury High Country; four species in particular are either declining or nationally vulnerable, namely the Spotted Skink, Jewelled Gecko, Canterbury Gecko and Common Skink.
Just because you have always been allowed to do something does not mean you will not need a resource consent for that activity in the future. Activities to the use of the coastal environment, a discharge to land, air or water, a water take for irrigation, or the use of the bed of a river may require future consent if a Regional or Unitary Council change the rules.