against a number of
different defendants.
An analysis of the prosecutions is provided in terms of:
sectors and general activities
individual local authority prosecution rates
the outcomes of prosecutions including the number of unsuccessful prosecutions
fine level in relation to financial position of defendants
culpability of defendants (i.e. the deliberateness of the offence)
the use of sentencing options
the average fines
awards of costs
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considered to be outside the scope of the baseline monitoring programme, however where
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this related directly to relevant consent conditions and/or there are resultant changes to the baseline
monitoring programme, they have been included in this report.
STDC demonstrated a high level of administrative compliance with its resource consents. No rating is given
for environmental effects as none of the consents included in this programme have been exercised.
For
(that is a defence under the
provisions of the RMA can be established) may be excluded with regard to the performance rating applied.
For example loss of data due to a flood destroying deployed field equipment.
The categories used by the Council for this monitoring period, and their interpretation, are as follows:
Environmental Performance
High: No or inconsequential (short-term duration, less than minor in severity) breaches of consent or
regional plan parameters resulting from the
Coastal Plan submissions M-R
Plymouth district is expected to experience high population growth, i.e. to
92,400 in 2028 from an estimated 83,400 in 2018, and 106,100 by 2048 (i.e. 27.2%
growth).
Housing: the cost of building or buying a first home in New Plymouth has increased.
However, housing affordability is also on the rise in the short term.
Rent has continued to increase but the rate of change remains steady, alongside rental
affordability.
Subdivisions: the increase in sub-dividable lots and
Draft Biodiversity Strategy.
outlet. Dissolved oxygen monitoring was not required within the newly
re-constructed holding pond. A microfloral sample was also collected from the
oxidation pond at the time of the first inspection for semi-quantitative assessment but
these were curtailed at the end of 2012 (see Section 3.5).
2.1.1 Odour surveys
Four odour surveys were carried out during the monitoring period in conjunction with
all site inspections. Odour strength was rated according to the following scale:
0