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1. Transcript of PC8 Urban Provisions - Complete [pdf, 1.3 MB]

   ...say actually quite a unique perspective to offer the Court in relation to that. So from paragraph 43 onwards I’ve dealt with the fact that QLDC’s land use consents often include a discharge limit or in actual fact it’s usually through the environmental management plan, the EMP which 12 OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL v OTHERS – ENV-2020-CHC-128 (21 Mar 2022) includes a limit. Now, obviously they don’t have the function to regulate the discharge and whilst I accept that those...

2. [2023] NZEnvC 242 New Zealand Transport Agency v Auckland Council [pdf, 21 MB]

   ...Judge Ara Tūhono – Warkworth to Wellsford Final Resource Consent Conditions 2023 Page 3 of 532 THE RESOURCE CONSENTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS CONTENTS DEFINITIONS 3 GENERAL CONDITIONS 9 MANA WHENUA 12 CONSTRUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN 14 EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL 15 WORKS IN A WATERCOURSES AND WETLANDS AND ECOLOGY 25 FRESHWATER ECOLOGY 36 STORMWATER DISCHARGE 40 AIR QUALITY – ROCK CRUSHER 44 GROUNDWATER 45 ADVICE NOTES 46 APPE...

3. 2017 Report of the Registrar of the Environment Court [pdf, 674 KB]

   ...the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the Court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: E.49 6 | P a g e • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it...

4. Waitangi Tribunal - Kaupapa Inquiry Programme Direction [pdf, 476 KB]

   ...affected and partly of the importance of the issue to Maori generally. f) Importance of the take to the nation: How significant is the issue to the nation? This factor applies in particular to matters affecting major aspects of economic, social and environmental policy, in particular where large-scale financial impacts or political or legal uncertainty might be involved. 1 23. Although an order of inquiries is set down, some flexibility may be needed as the programme proceeds. Changing...

5. [2018] NZEnvC 010 David Mulholland Consulting Engineer Ltd v Whanganui District Council [pdf, 849 KB]

   ...consent to the Council, dated 10 March 3 2017. The building consent application has subsequently been approved. It is accepted that the proposed work also requires a resource consent and the owner's planners have prepared an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) in support of a resource consent application which includes the statement: The Applicant's engineering consultant has provided the required geotechnical confirmation that the risk of the proposed replacemen...

6. [2017] NZEnvC 155 J Evans v ADL Properties Ltd [pdf, 2.4 MB]

   ...of Gallaway Cook Allan's lease in its old premises; (d) the applicant's failure to withdraw the application once the misunderstandings were explained; (e) the applicant's failure to call any expert evidence in relation to the environmental effects of the alleged non-compliance; (f) the applicant's failure to consider environmental effects if the enforcement order was granted; and (g) the applicant's failure to consider the costs to the respondent of comp...

7. 2021-04-11 - Opening Representation - Landpro and others 12 April 2021 [pdf, 189 KB]

   ...restrictions on scheme water arise, private water rights can be used to top up storage and enable irrigation to continue during dry periods. 42. KFL has also spent considerable capital making the farm in general more efficient, productive, and environmentally friendly. This has included construction of a state-of-the-art milking shed and effluent management system. Fencing of waterways has occurred, and riparian planting is ongoing. 43. In December 2018 KFL applied to the ORC to...

8. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to...

9. Final Env-Reg-Report-2017-18 [pdf, 178 KB]

   ...ensuring the orderly and expeditious discharge of the business of the court. 1.4 The Court’s Jurisdiction The Environment Court is established by section 247 of the RMA as a Court of Record. It is a specialist court that has jurisdiction over environmental and resource management matters. It can be characterised as follows: • a Judge usually presides at sittings to hear and determine proceedings • it is required by law to act judicially • it hears contesting parties to...

10. [2022] NZEnvC 262 Manawa Energy Limited v Marlborough District Council [pdf, 932 KB]

    ...provide alternatives for remote communities and properties and it is anticipated that these will become increasingly viable in urban and industrial areas as well. 2. Amend Policy 18.1.3, as follows: [R, C, D) Policy 18.1.3 - When considering the environmental effects of proposals to use and develop renewable energy resources, to have regard to: (a) the benefits to be obtained from the proposal at local, regional or national levels, including for economic, social or cultural wellbeing: a...