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1. [2023] NZEnvC 007 Ravenswood Developments Limited v Waimakariri Distrrict Council [pdf, 1.1 MB]

   ...preferably through the use of low impact water management methods; c) be surfaced and maintained to control the generation of dust, excessive noise, or other nuisance; d) reduce opportunities for crime by implementing Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles; e) ensure visibility through natural lighting or illumination; f) ensure that parking spaces required for people with disabilities is conveniently located and accessible, and the route from the parking s...

2. [2022] NZEnvC 238 Blueskin Bay Holdings Limited v Dunedin City Council [pdf, 568 KB]

   ...including, but not limited to, how the subdivision layout provides for appropriate areas to be used for effluent dispersal that will ensure effluent dispersal does not create adverse effects on the amenity or health and safety of neighbours, or adverse environmental effects on water bodies, and is able to achieve the objectives and policies of this Plan as well as any relevant regional plans and policies (see Special Information Requirements 17.Y.ZZ.4). Conditions that may be impo...

3. [2023] NZEnvC 002 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated v Northland Regional Council [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...reference to social and cultural wellbeing, the amendments better align with the Council’s economic development philosophy which seeks to strengthen, diversify and grow Te Tai Tokerau Northland’s economy to help support strong communities and environmental stability. Policy D.2.1 Rules for managing natural and physical resources [11] Policy D.2.1 provides for the inclusion of rules to manage the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources. 3 Previou...

4. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Leon Blackburn [pdf, 946 KB]

   ...diversion and discharge of stormwater aspects of the Application. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 3. I hold a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Ocean Science, from the University of Wales, Bangor, and a Master of Science in Integrated Environmental Studies, with a focus on Environmental Management, from the University of Southampton, UK. 4. I have been employed as a Consents and Compliance Advisor – Stormwater and Industrial and Trade Activities, in the Natural Reso...

5. Federated Farmers of New Zealand.pdf [pdf, 315 KB]

   ...wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā Rivers. However, Federated Farmers considers that the regulatory and non-regulatory methods proposed in PC1 do not appropriately give effect to the relevant higher order documents, have not appropriately balanced environmental, economic, social and cultural considerations, and are not the most efficient and effective means of achieving the objective of the plan change. 4. Federated Farmers is interested in all the issues raised by the Appell...

6. [2022] NZEnvC 203 Hadley v Waterfall Park Developments Limited [pdf, 203 KB]

   ...Under s285 RMA, the court may order any party to proceedings before it to pay to any other party the costs and expenses incurred by the other party that the court considers reasonable. This confers a broad discretion.6 However, the High Court in Environmental Protection Authority v BW Offshore Singapore Pte Ltd (‘BW Offshore’) highlighted the importance of not being inconsistent, when exercising the discretion, with well-established principles.7 In particular, as part of a wide...

7. (10) South Waikato District Council [pdf, 260 KB]

   ...that end, SWDC seeks that Policy 12 provides for offsets or compensation also to be staged over the duration of a consent. 15. SWDC considers that the WWTPs in the Waikato River catchment are a network of systems and therefore the associated environmental effects should be treated as such. While there will be localised environmental effects from the individual WWTPs, SWDC seeks to leverage from the proportionally larger decrease in contaminants from the Tokoroa WWTP to offset th...

8. ENVC Hearing 6Oct14 AC evidence chief Richard Reinen-Hamill [pdf, 114 KB]

   ...technical group of IPENZ. I have completed the Making Good Decisions training assessment and certification programme for Resource Management Act Decision-Makers. 4. I am a Senior Coastal Engineer and Director of Tonkin & Taylor Ltd (T&T), Environmental and Engineering Consultants in Auckland. I have more than 21 years' experience in hydraulic and coastal engineering, including four years at the Dutch Hydraulic and Coastal Research Institute (Delft Hydraulics) wher...

9. [2024] NZEnvC 263 North Canterbury Fish & Game Council v Canterbury Regional Council [pdf, 300 KB]

   ...CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 263 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for declarations under s311 of the Act BETWEEN NORTH CANTERBURY FISH AND GAME COUNCIL AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE SOCIETY INCORPORATED (ENV-2023-CHC-138) Applicants AND CANTERBURY REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT Respondents Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Environment Judge K G Reid...

10. 2021-12-17 John Cocks - Memo - re Chapter 7 (Landfills) [pdf, 1.1 MB]

    ...I state that I am relying on what I have been told by another person. I have not omitted to consider material facts known to me that might alter or detract from the opinions that I express. 6. I have over 40 years’ experience in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Over the past 30 years I have specialised in the field of solid waste management. The scope of my work includes:  Preparing statutory solid waste management and minimisation plans for territorial authorities th...