Proposed Auckland Regional Plan: Air, Land and Water

Introduction

The Proposed Auckland Regional Plan: Air, Land and Water (ALW Plan) has been prepared by the Auckland Regional Council to assist it to carry out its functions in order to achieve the purpose of the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Plan coverage

This ALW Plan applies to all of the area within the Auckland Region (the jurisdiction of the Auckland Regional Council).

The ALW Plan applies to the management of air, land and water resources in the region including: air, soil, rivers and streams, lakes, groundwater, wetlands and geothermal water.

Variation 2: Extension to the Urban Air Quality Management Areas (Takanini)

Papakura District Council has lodged an application with the Auckland Regional Council to extend the Metropolitan Urban Limits (MUL) at Takanini. This extension will incorporate Area 2A, Parts 2B and 2C of the Takanini Structure Plan.

Under the Proposed Auckland Regional Plan: Air, Land and Water (ALW Plan) any areas that are included within the MUL as a result of an extension are required to be brought within the Urban Air Quality Management Areas. Proposed Variation 2 to the ALW Plan reflects the proposed extension of the MUL at Takanini.

For further information on Proposed Variation 2 please see the information on the Regional Policy Statement page on Proposed Private Change 11, Change 12 and Variation 2 - Takanini.

Status

The ALW Plan was notified for public submissions in October 2001. Variation 1 to the ALW Plan and Variation 1 to the Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal were notified in June 2002. Decisions on submissions and further submissions were notified on 8 October 2004.

The version of the ALW Plan text set out below, which includes Variation 1, has been updated to indicate which sections of the Plan are subject to appeals lodged with the Environment Court (the text subject to appeal has been highlighted in grey and annotated). The text is being progressively updated following Environment Court approval of appeals that have been resolved (where appeals have been resolved, highlighting and annotations have been removed). Accordingly, the parts of the text that are not highlighted, and are therefore not subject to appeal, are now being used by the ARC in the processing and administration of its resource consents. The ALW Plan is not intended to be made formally operative until all appeals have been resolved.

A number of appeals to the ALW Plan have recently been resolved in relation to the following chapters:

Chapter 1.0: Introduction
Chapter 2.0: Values
Chapter 2.1: Natural Values
Chapter 2.2: Use and Development
Chapter 3.5: Urban River and Stream Management Areas
Chapter 3.8: High Use Aquifer Management Areas
Chapter4: Air Quality
Chapter 5 Discharges to Land and Water, and Land Management
(Issues, Objectives and Policies in relation to Stormwater and Wastewater)
Chapter 6: Water Allocation
Chapter 7: Beds of Lakes and Rivers and Diversion of Surface Water
Chapter 12: Definitions and Abbreviations
Schedule 2: Aquifer Water Availabilities and Levels
Schedule 9: Contents of Integrated Catchment Management Plans & Applications for Network Discharge Consents
Schedule 10: Permitted Activity Criteria
Schedule 11: Compilation of Acceptance Guidelines
Schedule 12: Rainfall Runoff Management for Cultivated Soil
Schedule 13: Schedules for Reporting on Contaminated Land

Please note that, as a result of amendments pursuant to the resolution of appeals, some numbering and cross-referencing may be affected. This will be made consistent at the end of the appeals process.

There has been an error in the annotation of appeals by Auckland City Council/Metrowater and North Shore City Council in the Proposed Auckland Regional Plan: Air, Land and Water (Highlighted to Indicate Provisions Appealed) June 2005. View the appeal number errors online, alternatively a pdf version is available for download with the plan.

Document

The ALW Plan can be viewed by clicking on the PDF file names below.

For a tracked changes version of the ALW Plan, showing amendments resulting from the resolution of appeals, please follow this link.

Hard copies of the June 2005 version of the ALW Plan (highlighted to show appeals) may be viewed during normal business hours at the following places:

Auckland Regional Council Head Office (Ground Floor, Vodafone House, 21 Pitt Street, Auckland)
the main offices of Auckland, Manukau, Northshore and Waitakere City Councils and Franklin, Rodney and Papakura District Councils, and
public libraries in the Auckland Region.

Note: these hard copies do not show amendments to the ALW Plan resulting from the resolution of appeals. The most up to date version of the ALW Plan is available on this website.

To purchase a copy of the June 2005 version of the ALW Plan please follow the link in column on the right. Prices are: for text $50.00 and for maps $150.00.

Updated June 2008.

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