1. National Planning Standards Resource Legislation Amendment Act
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Resource Legislation Amendment Act
Regional workshops

2. Planning Standards Roadshow
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Planning Standards Roadshow

3. Broad scope - includes plan making, Māori participation, consenting, national direction, other Acts…
18 April: Royal Assent
Many changes in force now, others at later dates

4. High-level objectives
Better alignment and integration across the system
Proportional and adaptable resource management processes
Robust and durable decisions

5. Plan making…

6. New optional planning tracks: A. Streamlined
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
New optional planning tracks: A. Streamlined
Council applies to Minister with desired process
Minister issues direction
Council follows direction, prepares ‘decision version’
Minister may approve, decline or send back
Once approved = operative
Appeals limited to requiring authority/HPA aspects

7. New optional planning tracks: B. Collaborative
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
New optional planning tracks: B. Collaborative
Collaborative group reports to council with consensus position
Notification, submissions
Hearing by separate review panel
Recommendations to council
Council decides
Limited appeal rights

8. New optional planning tracks: C. Limited notified
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
New optional planning tracks: C. Limited notified
For small discrete changes or variations
Must notify all directly affected persons
Rules can’t have legal effect on notification

9. Other plan making changes
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Other plan making changes
Combined plans give effect to proposed RPS
Minsterial approval to extend 2 year timeframe
Designations in partial district plan reviews

10. Māori Participation

11. Mana Whakahono a Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Mana Whakahono a Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements

12. Other Māori participation changes
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Other Māori participation changes
Consultation on appointment of plan making commissioners
Consultation on draft policy statements and plans (pre-notification)
Section 32 reports to include a summary of consultation and proposed response

13. Resource consenting
In force from 18 October 2017

14. Fast-track applications
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Consent exemptions
Boundary activities - mandatory
Marginal / temporary rule breaches – optional
Fast-track applications
Controlled district land use / regulation power

15. Notification New step-by-step process
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Notification
New step-by-step process
General discretion to notify removed
Some activities precluded from notification (particularly housing related)
Limited notification still available for most applications
Special circumstances test mandatory
Regulation making power

16. New consenting matters
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
New consenting matters
Offsetting - s104
Scope of consent conditions – s108AA
Natural hazards in subdivision -ss106/220

17. Appeals No appeals (unless non-complying) on: boundary activities
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Appeals
No appeals (unless non-complying) on:
boundary activities
subdivision consents
residential activities in residential zone
Scope of appeals limited to matters raised in submissions

18. Other changes

19. National direction Significant risk of natural hazards: s6
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
National direction
Significant risk of natural hazards: s6
New National Planning Standards
NES/NPS changes
combined development process
scope expanded/clarified
Additional regulation-making powers

20. Notices / serving documents
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Notices / serving documents
From 18 Oct 2017
Public notices to be online, clear and concise
Short summary in newspaper, inc. web-link
Electronic document servicing to be default
RM (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations to be updated

21. Procedural principles – s18A Subdivision presumption reversed – s11
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Procedural principles – s18A
Subdivision presumption reversed – s11
Monitoring process efficiency/effectiveness – s35
New options to strike out submissions – s41D
Development capacity – ss30/31
Hazardous substances removed – ss30/31
Abandoned coastal structures – MCA Act/RMA
Stock drinking water – s14
Fixed fees - publishing schedules (s36AAB) / regulation-making power
Objectors can request commissioners – s357AB
Heritage protection orders (s189/195B-C)
Environment Court procedures
Board of inquiry procedures

22. Other Acts Public Works Act – solatium increased / process changes
Reserves Act – optional joint process with RMA for recreation reserve exchange requests
Conservation Act – alignment with RMA
EEZ Act

23. Implementation and Support
Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017
Implementation and Support
Factsheets, checklist, SPP application form, planning tracks comparison: mfe.govt.nz/node/21411
Upcoming technical guides/flowcharts (consent notification, exemptions, SPP, CPP, Mana Whakahono a Rohe)
Contact us –

24. National direction consultation
Other national direction underway …
NPS Urban Development Capacity
NES Plantation Forestry
NPS Freshwater Management amendments
NES Telecommunication Facilities

25. Making RMA plans more efficient to develop and easier to use
National Planning Standards
Making RMA plans more efficient to develop and easier to use

26. Background
Presentation title here
RMA devolved plan making and limited guidance → unnecessary plan variation

27. Examples District plans: topic based, zone based, combination
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District plans: topic based, zone based, combination
Regional plans: topic based, activity based, combined topic/activity, catchment based
Rules: Activity based, effects based, hybrid
Almost every district plan has a different definition of height, ground level, industrial activity etc
Noise: dBA, dBA L10, dBA Lmax, dB LAeq
Non-searchable PDFs → interactive ePlans

28. Plan Variation Plans costly and time consuming
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Plans costly and time consuming
Overly complex, difficult to use
Inconsistent implementation of national direction
Resource duplication on plan content
Best planning practice not identified and applied

29. Planning Standards Outcomes
Fewer resources used to prepare and use plans
Plan content easier to access
Consistent incorporation of national direction
Councils focus more on local content
Plans apply good planning practice

30. Pathways for implementation
“Mandatory pathway”:
Inserted directly in plans
No RMA Sched 1
Make consequential amendments
Publicly notify changes
“Discretionary pathway”:
Choose from options, then apply to plans
Use RMA Sched 1
Consequential amendments don’t use Schedule 1
Standards can also direct other changes
Use RMA Sched 1
Local authority must take any other action directed by a standard.

31. Phases of development Research (pre-18 April 2017)
Presentation title here
Research (pre-18 April 2017)
April – July 2017: Initial engagement
June 2017 – April 2018: Drafting and testing phase
April 2018 – January 2019: Submissions and standards refinement
April 2019: Indicative Gazettal of standards
April 2019 – April 2024: Implementation of standards

32. Consultation to come Pilot council testing Online shared workspace
Regional workshops (NZPI/RMLA)
Iwi reference group
LGConnect RLAB group
Industry/specialist group meetings
Council discussions

33. Online Shared Workspace
Upload, survey, discuss – be involved!

34. Workshop