Amendments to Chapter 4 Water Quality relating to the Burwood Landfill site

As a result of the earthquakes there is an urgent need to dispose of earthquake related waste. The Minister for Canterbury Earthquake Recovery has used the CER Act s27 powers to make amendments to both the Natural Resources Regional Plan and to the Christchurch City Council’s City Plan. The amendments to Chapter 4 Water Quality allow the Burwood Landfill site to be used for permanent disposal of earthquake related waste. These amendments took effect on the 24th November 2011.

CERA s27 Amendments to the Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan and the Christchurch City Council City Plan re Burwood Landfill (374 kB)

CERA s27 Amendments to the Canterbury Natural Resources Regional Plan and the Christchurch City Council City Plan re Burwood Landfill (1.2 MB)

CERA s27 Burwood Christchurch Map Series A-C06 Burwood

Public Notice: Burwood Landfill

View the minor corrections in the Operative Natural Resources Regional Plan >>

Chapter 4 of the Natural Resources Regional Plan (NRRP) addresses water quality by providing a framework that enables appropriate use of the regions water resources while ensuring that taking of, or discharges to water (direct or indirect) do not significantly diminish the quality of those resources.

Chapter 4 addresses the effects of activities such as irrigation, industrial discharges, stormwater discharges, storage of hazardous substances, and point and non point source discharges to land.