Resource Management Act/formal consultations

Some key themes that you have told us about the draft RMA-style Plan:

• You like it
• You don't like some stuff
• you're indifferent about these aspects
• you would like these things to be changed
• Some themes that we didn't expect to come though.

How did we capture this feedback?

Tools used included:

• Forum
• Quick Polls
• Ideas
• Q and A
• Survey
• Places
• Custom dashboard

Feedback provided by the community over the last 12 months has been incorporated into the draft Plan. This part of the consultation process aims to confirm that the community is happy with the Plan before it becomes operative.

The Resource Management Act-style Plan has a direct impact on how we manage and maintain the area where you live.

It's the main document that sets the framework for managing land use and development within our city. It contains objectives, policies and rules to address resource management issues such as the effects of land use and subdivision, noise and traffic.

This content is from the Ministry for the Environment website.

The RMA is New Zealand’s main piece of legislation that sets out how we should manage our environment. The RMA is based on the principle of sustainable management which involves considering effects of activities on the environment now and in the future when making resource management decisions.

As well as managing air, soil, fresh water and coastal marine areas, the RMA regulates land use and the provision of infrastructure which are integral components of New Zealand’s planning system.

While the RMA provides an overarching guide on what’s best for our environment, with national direction on significant issues, it allows communities to make decisions on how their own environment is managed through regional and district resource management plans. Decisions on resource consents are made with consideration to these plans, national direction and the objectives in the RMA.

This framework means that most decisions on resource management are made by local government who also have a wider planning role in transport, infrastructure and economic development. The RMA also recognises the Treaty of Waitangi in decision making.