Resource Management Act

The Resource Management Act is the statutory cornerstone of much of the Council's work.

Analyses of regional sector RMA compliance, monitoring and enforcement

These reports are commissioned by the local government regional to measure regional and unitary councils' performance in compliance, monitoring and enforcement, associated with their roles under the Resource Management Act.

Compliance, monitoring and enforcement metrics 2020-2021 (2.4 MB pdf) Earlier reports

Use of prosecutions under the RMA

This report, published by the Ministry for the Environment, provides an analysis of the judgments and sentencing outcomes of 429 prosecutions under the Resource Management Act 1991, between 1 July 2008 and 30 September 2012.

A Study into the use of prosecutions under the Resource Management Act (1.6 MB pdf) (single document only)

Resource consent processing customer satisfaction survey

The Taranaki Regional Council carried out a customer satisfaction survey of applicants who had been granted consents between 1 July 2008 and 20 June 2009. This survey found that overall customer satisfaction with the consent process remains high, reinforcing results from a similar survey carried out in 2001.

Resource consent processing customer satisfaction survey (343 KB pdf) (single document only)