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Resource Management Act 1991

Resource consents - Submissions on applications

96: Making submissions

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“Having a say on a resource consent application: how to make a submission”

If someone applies for a resource consent and it is publicly notified, you can make a submission about it to the consent authority. You can say if you support, oppose, or are neutral about the application. Your submission must be in the prescribed form and served on the consent authority within the time allowed by section 97, and also served on the applicant as soon as possible.

If the application is only notified to a limited number of people, you can make a submission if you were served with notice of the application. Your right to make a submission might be limited by section 308B if you are a person A and the applicant is a person B, as defined in section 308A. You need to follow the rules for making a submission.

You should serve your submission on the consent authority and the applicant, and make sure it is in the correct form.

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Part 6 Resource consents
Submissions on applications

96Making submissions

  1. If an application for a resource consent is publicly notified, a person described in subsection (2) may make a submission about it to the consent authority.

  2. Any person may make a submission, but the person's right to make a submission is limited by section 308B if the person is a person A as defined in section 308A and the applicant is a person B as defined in section 308A.

  3. If an application for a resource consent is the subject of limited notification, a person described in subsection (4) may make a submission about it to the consent authority.

  4. A person served with notice of the application may make a submission, but the person's right to make a submission is limited by section 308B if the person is a person A as defined in section 308A and the applicant is a person B as defined in section 308A.

  5. A submission must be in the prescribed form.

  6. A submission must be served—

  7. on the consent authority within the time allowed by section 97; and
    1. on the applicant as soon as is reasonably practicable after service on the consent authority.

      1. A submission may state whether—

      2. it supports the application; or
        1. it opposes the application; or
          1. it is neutral.

            Notes
            • Section 96: replaced, on , by section 77 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).