Plan Change 26
Firefighting provisions
Notification Date: 25 September 2010
Operative Date: 12 March 2012
At its meeting on 7 April 2011 Council resolved to engage an independent Commissioner to hear and make decisions on submissions on proposed Council Plan Change 26 to the NRMP. A hearing was held on 15 July 2011 and the Council publicly notified its decisions on Saturday 5 November 2011.
A copy of the Commissioner’s Report on Hearing and Decisions on Submissions along with the public notice of decisions is available for download under the ‘Document Library’ section below.
Every submitter and further submitter was served with a copy of these decisions and under Cl.14 of the First Schedule of the RMA any submitter or further submitter was able appeal a provision or matter that was the subject of their submission to the Environment Court within 30 working days.
No appeals were lodged in relation to Plan Change 26 and, at its meeting on 23 February 2012, the Council resolved to approve the plan change and make it operative on 12 March 2012.
Background
This change affects new rural buildings, requiring a total of 45,000 litres of water storage for use in fire fighting and for domestic water supply, or a home sprinkler system through the house. This change reflects the revised New Zealand Fire Service Firefighting Water Supplies Code of Practice (SNZ PAS 4509:2008).
Public information
Further submissions to Nelson Resource Management Plan Proposed Plan Changes are public information. Your further submission will be included in reports, which are available to the public and the media.
Document Library
- Plan Change 26 - Plan Change Committee Minutes - 17 August 2010 (103KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Public Notice of Proposed Plan Change - September 2011 (29KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Proposed Plan Amendments - September 2010 (92KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Section 32 Report - September 2010 (88KB PDF)
- Public Notice of Submissions and Inviting Further Submissions - January 2011 (25KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Summary of Submissions Decisions Requested - January 2011 (202KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - S42A Planning Officer’s Report - July 2011 (915KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Public Notice on Decisions - November 2011 (50KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Hearing Commissioner Decision Report - September 2011 (569KB PDF)
- Plan Change 26 - Public Notice of Operative Date - 3 March 2012 (37KB PDF)
If you would like further information regarding this Plan Change, please contact the Environmental Planning Administrator on 03 546 0200 or environmental.planning@ncc.govt.nz.