Regional Policy Statement

The Regional Policy Statement is to assist council to promote the sustainable management of the region's natural and physical resources. It is expected to achieve this by:

• providing an overview of the resource management issues of the region; and
• setting out policies and methods to achieve integrated management of the regions natural and physical resources.

Natural and physical resources include land, water, air, soil, minerals and energy, all forms of plants and animals and all structures.

The statement became operative on 10 August 2002.

Regional Policy Statement chapters

1 - Introduction3 pages 35kb

      Part 1: Background Information39 pages 177kb

      Part 2:Resource Management2 pages 29kb

2 - Land Management 37 pages 173kb

3 - Water Management25 pages 127kb

4 - Air Quality Management 4 pages 34kb

5 - Energy Management 6 pages 54kb

6 - Coastal Management 11 pages 71kb

7 - Transport & Infrastructure7 pages 53kb

8 - Waste Management & Hazardous Substances16 pages 89kb

9 - Process Issues 15 pages 94kb

10 - Monitoring & Review of the RPS3 pages 46kb

Appendices

1 - The Treaty of Waitangi - Te Tiriti O Waitangi 3 pages 28kb

2 - The Maori Liaison Group 1 page 19kb

3 - Analysis of Soil Conservation Works Requirements4 pages 30kb

4 - ASCV Site Sheets and Location Maps 1 page 19kb

5 - Code of Practice for the Separation of Regulatory and Other Functions 1 page 22kb

6 - The RPS Planning Process: Consultation Undertaken, Reports Commissioned 6 pages 39kb

Glossary of Terms 9 pages 63kb

For further information contact Natural Resources Planner