Ar A B & Mrs L A Ford

Notes to the submitter

1. If you make an online submission a copy will be sent to the applicant.
2. All submissions received will be provided to the applicant.
3. Privacy: The information requested on this form, including your contact details, is required by the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). The information will be held by the Council, and you may ask to check and correct any personal information that we hold about you. The RMA requires your submission, including your name and contact details, to be made available to the Council (including the Council decision-maker) and the applicant.
   Your submission, including your name may also be made available to other submitters and to the public on the Council’s website, or on request. If requested, the Council may legally be required to make all submissions available to the public (which can include the media), including the name of the submitter, subject to the provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA) and with careful consideration of the Privacy Act 2020.
   If you believe there are compelling reasons why your name should be kept confidential from other submitters or the public under LGOIMA, please contact hearings@ecan.govt.nz prior to making your submission.
4. Delegation to Hearing Commissioners: If you make a request under section 100A of the Resource Management Act 1991, you must do so in writing no later than 5 working days after the close of submissions and you may be liable to meet or contribute to the costs of the Hearing Commissioner or Commissioners. A request cannot be made in relation to an application for a coastal permit to carry out an activity that a regional coastal plan describes as a restricted coastal activity. Please note that Environment Canterbury delegates the functions, powers, and duties to hear and decide the application(s) to one or more hearing commissioners where there are submitters to be heard, and a hearing is required under s100 of the Resource Management Aa 1991 (the RMA). Where there are no submitters to be heard and a hearing is not required the decision-making Is undertaken by the Council committee and/or delegated staff.
5. lf you are a trade competitor. your right to make a submission may be limited by the trade competition provisions in Part 11A of the Resource Management Act 1991.
6. Please note that your submission (or part of your submission) may be struck out if the authority is satisfied that at least 1 of the following applies to the submission (or part of the submission):
   • it is frivolous or vexatious;
   • it discloses no reasonable or relevant case;
   • it would be an abuse of the hearing process to allow the submission (or the part) to be taken further;
   • it contains offensive language;
   • it is supported only by material that purports to be independent expert evidence but has been prepared by a person who is not independent or who does not have sufficient specialised knowledge or skill to give expert advice on the matter.