18.5 Disturbances, Removal and Deposition

18.5.1 Policies

Policy 18-9: Consent decision-making for activities involving disturbance, removal or deposition

When making decisions on resource consent^ applications and setting consent conditions^ for activities involving the disturbance of the foreshore^ or seabed, the deposition of substances in, on or under the foreshore^ or seabed, or the removal of any sand, shell, shingle or other natural materials from the CMA, the Regional Council must have regard to:

1. the Regional Policy Statement, particularly all the objectives and policies of Chapters 2 and 8, Objective 3-1 and Policies 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-6 and 3-7, Objectives 6-2 and 6-3, and Policies 6-6 and 6-11, Objective 9-1 and Policies 9-3 to 9-5 and any relevant policies in the NZCPS;
2. the applicable Water Management Zone* or Sub-zone* and the relevant water^ quality Values and targets in Schedule I;
3. avoiding any restrictions on public access, other than for commercial, safety, cultural or conservation purposes, or to ensure a level of security appropriate for activities authorised by a resource consent^, and any adverse effects^ on natural character and any known and publicly used shellfish beds;
4. any effects^ on any feeding, breeding, spawning, nesting or roosting areas;
5. avoiding as far as reasonably practicable, any resultant adverse effects^ on coastal erosion, the risk of inundation, the stability of banks or foreshore^, or flood control structures^;
6. avoiding any adverse effects^ on tikanga Māori^ or on historic heritage^, and avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects^ on any characteristic identified within any Protection Activity Management Area set out in Table I.1;
7. mitigating any adverse effects^ on recreational and amenity values^;
8. ensuring, where non-marine material is being deposited within the CMA, that it is does not contain any hazardous substances* or commercial or household wastes*; and
9. where the removal of sand, shingle, shell or other natural materials is for commercial purposes, the available alternatives to the applicant’s proposal and the applicant’s reason for making the proposed choice.