The Hakatere / Ashburton River consent review process is making progress, with 61 consent reviews now decided.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2022/changes-will-leave-more-water-in-the-hakatere-ashburton-river/New rules in the Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan will see more water kept in the Hakatere/Ashburton River.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/ashburton/reviews-on-track-to-keep-more-water-in-the-hakatereashburton-river/From 14 September 2020, Plan Change 1 to the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan (HWRRP) will be operative.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/2020/hurunui-and-waiau-river-regional-plan-change-to-be-made-operative/
… different sub-areas. There are different consent requirements for each sub-area.
Find out which sub-area your property is within.
The following consent requirements are for individual farms that are larger than 5 hectares and are not supplied water from an Irrigation Scheme that has a nutrient management consent.
Morven Sinclairs Area:
Farms will need a land use consent if the current nitrogen loss exceeds the nitrogen baseline.
Northern Streams Hills and Waihao Wainono Hills sub-areas:
If…
… as part of the Oxford Rural No. 1 Supply Scheme. Community Water Supply is defined as water taken primarily for community drinking-water supply, and includes that also used for institutional, industrial, processing, or stockwater purposes or amenity irrigation use and fire-fighting activities.
The application relates to a proposal for:
The taking of groundwater from bore BW22/0088, 107.0 metres deep and located near McPhedrons Road, Oxford.
Water will be taken at rate not exceeding 30 litre…
… located at 92 Brosnan Road, Levels, legally described as Lot 1 DP 545587. The maximum volume of discharge will be 1000 litres per day from a three bedroom dwelling. The proposed onsite wastewater treatment system is the Wright Tank Protec 5000 to dripline irrigation.
A consent duration of 15 years is requested.
Making a Submission
Full details of the application can be read below and/or viewed at Environment Canterbury offices at 200 Tuam Street, Christchurch and 75 Church Street, Timaru.
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… environmental management strategy that is approved by Environment Canterbury, or apply for a resource consent.
Hurunui Zone Conway and Waipara Area
You will not need consent if:
You already have a farming land use consent; or
Your farm is part of an irrigation scheme that has a resource consent that manages nutrients; or
You have a water permit for irrigation, granted before 18 January 2014, with conditions that limit the amount of nitrogen that may be leached and requires the preparation of…
Swannanoa local Andrew Gilchrist found that creating an Integrated Farm Plan helped him with the business and people side of his family-operated farm.
https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/news-and-events/zone-news/waimakariri/integrated-farm-plan-boosts-business-structure/
… a reticulated sewer system, you will need to have an on-site wastewater management system (OWMS) on your property.
On-site wastewater management systems consist of a treatment plant and a land application system (such as a trench, bed, mound or drip irrigation field) which discharges the wastewater into land. The design must ensure that wastewater is managed effectively and sustainably to prevent degrading water quality in our groundwater and surface water, which can lead to significant cultur…
… Discharging a contaminant to land, water or air (for example, dairy shed effluent to land or dust/smoke to the air)
Discharging water to land and/or water (for example stormwater).
Water permits
Taking, using, damming and/or diverting water (for example, irrigation or stockwater).
Coastal permits
Disturbing the foreshore and/or seabed
Occupying the coastal marine area.
Is my consent due to expire?
If your consent is due to expire and you are applying for a new consent for the same activit…