District Advice

Information requests

Our district advice coordinator can provide useful information such as:

• Hazard information and flood history to inform sale or purchase of property;
• Whether a property was recorded as being affected by previous flood events;
• Advice on flood inundation levels when building a new dwelling or extension (this may be required by a city or district council as information for a building consent); and
• Facts for insurance purposes.

Please use Horizons Maps | Public viewer to find more information held by Horizons. Select the ‘Property - District Advice’ map for LINZ property information, soil information, groundwater bores, Land Use Capability (LUC) as shown in the NZ Land Resource Inventory (NZLRI), and other Horizons land/river management information. To view modelled wet extents from our flood plain modelling please select the ‘Modelled wet extents’ map. For Horizons resource consent information select the ‘Regulatory Activity’ map.

Please let us know if you have any feedback.
 
GNS Science’s regional scale information on known active faults can be accessed on their website.
 

District Advice and the One Plan

Horizons’ One Plan aims to discourage houses, businesses, community facilities and infrastructure being in locations that are likely to be inundated during a 1 in 200 year flood event.

However, as the One Plan only contains flood hazard policies, not rules, our role is to provide city and district councils, as building consent authorities, with useful data to help with decision making around plan changes and subdivision development. This includes flood hazard information and floor level recommendations.

The final decision on any subdivision or building consent application lies with those councils. In cases where flood hazards can’t be avoided, we work with city and district councils to consider flood mitigation measures. We also provide advice on any resource consents that may be required from us.
 

Dams

If you own a dam or canal, or are planning to construct, modify or remove a dam, canal or structure associated with a dam, you will need to consider whether you need a consent. Horizons is responsible for dam activities within the Region and our district advice coordinator is available to assist with consent applications.  For more information on this service please see the factsheet below.