Policy 17-1: Consent decision-making for activities in, on, under or over the beds^ of rivers^ and lakes^ (including modified watercourses but excluding artificial watercourses*)
When making decisions on resource consent^ applications, and setting consent conditions^, for activities in, on, under or over the bed^ of a river^ or lake^ (including modified watercourses but excluding artificial watercourses*) the Regional Council must:
Policy 17-2: Consent decision-making for activities in artificial watercourses*
When making decisions on resource consent^ applications, and setting consent conditions^, for activities on land^ in an artificial watercourse* the Regional Council must:
Policy 17-3: Gravel extraction
Having regard to Policies 5-22 to 5-25, activities in, on, under or over the beds^ of rivers^ and lakes^ that enable gravel extraction will generally be allowed provided that:
Table 17.1 Long term average annual allocable volumes of gravel