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Part 1: Regional Policy Statement
Chapter 1
Setting The Scene
Chapter 2
Te Ao Māori
Chapter 3
Infrastructure, Energy, Waste, Hazardous Substances and Contaminated Land
Chapter 4
Land
Chapter 5
Water
Chapter 6
Indigenous Biological Diversity, Landscape and Historic Heritage
Chapter 7
Air
Chapter 8
Coast
8.1 Scope and Background
8.1.2 The Coastal Resources
8.1.3 Future Approach
8.2 Significant Resource Management Issues
8.3 Objectives
8.4 Policies
8.4.2 Appropriate protection, use and development in the CMA
8.4.3 Water Quality
8.5 Methods
8.6 Anticipated Environmental Results
8.7 Explanations and Principal Reasons
8.7.1 Integrated management of the coastal environment
8.7.2 Appropriate use and development in the CMA
8.7.3 Water quality
Chapter 9
Natural Hazards
Chapter 10
Administration
Part 2: Regional Plan
Part 3: Annexes
Glossary
Chapter 8: Coast
8.6 Anticipated Environmental Results
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By 2017, water quality in the open sea is generally suitable for the specified Values at all times. Water quality in estuary areas is no worse than it was prior to this Plan becoming operative.
Coastal Policy:
8-6
Measured water quality compared to water quality targets in Schedule I, especially measures for “safe swimming”, “safe food gathering” and “aquatic ecosystem health”
Incidents where water quality in the CMA is confirmed as unfit for use
Regional Council’s state of environment water quality monitoring programme
Regional Council’s incidents database
Except for change because of natural processes, or as a result of activities authorised by this Plan or a resource consent, by 2017 the characteristics/values of outstanding landscapes and natural features identified in the CMA (Schedule F) will be in the same state as (or better than) before this Plan became operative.
Coastal Policies:
8-1
,
8-2
,
8-3
,
8-4
and
8-5
Number of Schedule G outstanding landscapes and natural features in the CMA where identified characteristics/values have been damaged
Outstanding landscapes and natural features characteristics/ values assessment survey
Regional Council’s incidents database
Regional Council’s SED (Subdivision Enquiry Database)
Territorial Authority district plans
Territorial Authority consent decisions
By 2017, there will be a net reduction in the damage to property or infrastructure as a result of coastal erosion, the effects of sandstorms or sea level rise* in the coastal environment.
Coastal Policies:
8-1
,
8-4
Coastal erosion/accretion
Confirmed incidents of property or infrastructure damage
Regional Council’s state of environment land monitoring programme
Regional Council and Territorial Authority incidents databases
Land use mapping
Sustainable Land Use Initiative implementation reports (two-yearly)
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