The Freshwater Plan for Taranaki sets out all the rules around using and protecting Taranaki’s freshwater resources.
It sets out legally enforceable rules for structures, disturbances, discharges, damming, water takes, groundwater, use of river and la
Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki 2001
Amendments have been made to the Plan to comply with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 and to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 1.7 and 7 of the Plan or email the Council.
TRC Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (amended October 2023) (22 MB pdf) See and download the Plan appendicesRules of the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki
These documents set out and explain the 87 rules contained in the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki
Introduction and guide to regional rules (279 KB pdf) See and download all the Plan rulesLand and Freshwater Plan review process
The Land and Freshwater Plan will bring together the Council’s two main planning document for managing activities relating to freshwater: the freshwater plan and the soil plan.
The Council is currently in the early engagement and drafting stages of the Plan. See below for a timeline for the process.
The timeline below identifies completed stages in the review process:
- August 2015 – The Council prepared and consulted on a draft Freshwater Plan for Taranaki. Following public consultation, the draft Plan was not notified as a Proposed Plan, as the Council awaited changes to national legislation for freshwater.
- 2016 onwards - The Council continues to seek technical advice from national experts across a range of areas (such as minimum flows) to inform future plan development and build regional context and understanding.
- March 2021– The Council commenced pre-draft community engagement on freshwater visions for Taranaki.
For more information on the consultation process, see the next steps for our freshwater(external link).
Progressive Implementation Programme for the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
This document sets out the Taranaki Regional Council’s staged implementation programme of key projects for implementing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014. It supersedes the Council’s previous implementation programme publicly notified in 2015.
Progressive Implmentation Programme for the NPS-FW (1.8 MB pdf) (single document only)