How to make a submission

The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) allows anyone to make a submission on a publicly notified:

• proposed plan, plan change or variation;
• notice of requirement for a designation;
• notified resource consent application;

if they think it will affect them in some way.  This is the one way to get involved in council decisions that affect the environment.  

Your submission must be received at council before the closing date and time on the notification advertisement. 

A copy of your submission must also be sent to the applicant.  You need to tell us if you wish to attend the hearing and speak in support of your submission.

Read the Ministry for the Environment guides to making a submission. 

Submission forms

• Notified Resource Consent Submission Form 13  - use this form for a notified resource consent application
• Form 5 - Submission Form  - use this form for a proposed plan, plan change of variation
• Form 6 - Further Submission Form - use this form to make a further submission

Related links  

Ministry for the Environment - Making a submission about a resource consent

Ministry for the Environment - Making a submission about a proposed plan or plan change

Ministry for the Environment - An everyday guide to the Resource Management Act