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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Application for resource consent

91: Deferral pending application for additional consents

You could also call this:

"Waiting for more information before deciding on a resource consent application"

When you apply for a resource consent, the consent authority might decide not to process your application right away. This can happen if they think you will need other resource consents under the Resource Management Act 1991 for your proposal. They might want you to apply for these other consents first so they can better understand your proposal. If the consent authority makes this decision, they will tell you about it straight away. You can then apply to the Environment Court to overturn their decision.

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Part 6Resource consents
Application for resource consent

91Deferral pending application for additional consents

  1. A consent authority may determine not to proceed with the notification or hearing of an application for a resource consent if it considers on reasonable grounds that—

  2. other resource consents under this Act will also be required in respect of the proposal to which the application relates; and
    1. it is appropriate, for the purpose of better understanding the nature of the proposal, that applications for any 1 or more of those other resource consents be made before proceeding further.

      1. Where a consent authority makes a determination under subsection (1), it shall forthwith notify the applicant of the determination.

      2. The applicant may apply to the Environment Court for an order directing that any determination under this section be revoked.

      Notes
      • Section 91(3): amended, on , pursuant to section 6(2)(a) of the Resource Management Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 160).