We work with the community to promote the sustainable management and protection of Taranaki's natural resources. The purpose of a resource consent is to manage and put controls around activities that may have an effect on the environment. Consent must meet the requirements of: Resource Management Act 1991 (external link)
National Policy Statements (external link)
National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2017 (external link)
National Environmental Standards for Air Quality
Council staff will evaluate the application and any submissions against the requirements of the Resource Management Act, the Regional Policy Statement and the relevant Regional Plan/s and present a report to the Director-Resource Management or to the Council’s Hearings Committee. In either case, a decision is made. If the application is approved, conditions will be specified to avoid, remedy or mitigate any environmental effects. The Council must monitor the exercise of consents and any resulting
Plan for Taranaki. The Natural Resources Plan (the Plan) will combine all the Council’s planning tools (except for the coastal plan) in one simplified planning document that will achieve the following: Set out the strategic framework for integrated management;
Set out the rules air, freshwater and land rules for which activities need a resource consent, are not allowed (prohibited) or are allowed without a resource consent (permitted);
Set out the policies that provide direction in relation to the
Find out which activities have been granted resource consents by the Council. All resource consents issued by the Council are displayed on the Resource Consent Map that's part of our online GIS SmartMaps. Click here to open the interactive resource consents map When the map is open, zoom into your area of interest. Resource consents are indicated by small coloured shapes - to see what each of these means, select 'Legend' in the header bar above the map. Click on your consent of interest, and a
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 Compliance, monitoring and
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Information on current resource consent applications that have been publicly notified or limited-notified: Wind Quarry Zealandia Taranaki Regional Council has received an application from Wind Quarry Zealandia for resource consents to build an offshore wind farm. It is now assessing the applications in accordance with current legislative requirements. This is an extensive process and could take some time. Further information may be required before the application is publicly notified. Please
The Hearing Panel has released its decision on the resource consent application by Airport Farm Trustee Ltd. The application has been granted, subject to conditions. Read the full decision. Note: Any appeals against this decision must be lodged with the Environment Court within 15 working days. The Council will make no further comment in the meantime.
The environmental performance of consent holders is closely monitored by the Council, with results reported to the community. The Council’s scientific and technical officers prepare 100-plus monitoring reports each year, most of them annual, biennial or triennial compliance reports covering large individual consent holders in most cases, or a number of smaller consent-holders – within a particular catchment, for example. There are also reports covering one-off activities such as exploration
The environmental performance of consent holders is closely monitored by the Council, with results reported to the community. The Council’s scientific and technical officers prepare 100-plus monitoring reports each year, most of them annual, biennial or triennial compliance reports covering large individual consent holders in most cases, or a number of smaller consent-holders – within a particular catchment, for example. There are also reports covering one-off activities such as exploration