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Planning Bill

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Schedule 6: Information required in applications for consent

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"What you need to tell us when you apply for planning consent"

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When you apply for planning consent, you need to give enough information. This information must be detailed enough for the consent authority to assess your application. It also needs to be proportionate to the size and importance of the activity. You will need to provide your name and address, and the name and address of the site owner. You must also describe the activity, the site, and any other activities that are part of the proposal. Your application should include an assessment of how the activity affects the environment and the built environment. If your application is for a subdivision consent, you will need to provide more detailed information about the site and the new boundaries. This includes the position of new boundaries, the areas of new allotments, and the locations of new reserves and roads.

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6Information required in applications for consent Empowered by s 109

1Information must be specified in sufficient detail

  1. Information included in an application for a planning consent must—

  2. be sufficiently detailed and adequate to enable the consent authority to undertake its assessment; and
    1. be proportionate to the scale and significance of the activity.

      2Information required in all applications

      1. An application for a planning consent for an activity (the activity) must include the following:

      2. the full name and address of the applicant:
        1. the full name and address of each owner or occupier of the site at which the activity is to occur (if different from the applicant):
          1. a description of the activity:
            1. a description of the site at which the activity is to occur:
              1. a description of any other activities that are part of the proposal to which the application relates:
                1. a description of any other natural resource permits or planning consents required for the proposal to which the application relates.

                  1. An application must include an assessment of the activity against—

                  2. any relevant provisions of the land use plan or proposed land use plan or national rule; and
                    1. any relevant provisions of other key instruments if, and only to the extent that, the matter is not addressed by the plan or proposed plan or national rule.

                      1. An application must include an assessment of the activity’s effects on the built environment that includes the information required by clause 6.

                      3Additional information required in some applications

                      1. An application must also include any of the following that apply:

                      2. if any permitted activity is part of the proposal to which the application relates, a description of the permitted activity that demonstrates that it complies with the requirements, conditions, and permissions for the permitted activity (so that a planning consent is not required for that activity under section 32(2)):
                        1. if the application is affected by section 164 (which relates to existing planning consents), an assessment of the value of the investment of the existing consent holder (for the purposes of section 139(1)(f)).

                          4Additional information required in application for subdivision consent

                          1. An application for a subdivision consent must also include information that adequately defines the following:

                          2. the position of all new boundaries:
                            1. the areas of all new allotments, unless the subdivision involves a cross lease, company lease, or unit plan:
                              1. the locations and areas of new reserves to be created, including any esplanade reserves and esplanade strips:
                                1. the locations and areas of any existing esplanade reserves, esplanade strips, and access strips:
                                  1. the locations and areas of any part of the bed of a river or lake to be vested in a territorial authority under clause 22 of Schedule 7:
                                    1. the locations and areas of any land within the coastal marine area (which is to become part of the common marine and coastal area under clause 22 of Schedule 7):
                                      1. the locations and areas of land to be set aside as new roads.

                                        5Additional information required in application for consent that changes spatial application of plan provisions

                                        1. An application for a planning consent that authorises a change to the plan provisions that apply to an area in accordance with section 98 after the consent is given effect to must—

                                        2. identify the location and boundaries of the area to which the change would apply; and
                                          1. identify which standardised plan provisions the applicant proposes should apply to that area; and
                                            1. include an assessment of the significant benefits that the planning consent and change to plan provisions would provide to the provision of any of the following in the district:
                                              1. housing:
                                                1. employment:
                                                  1. infrastructure.

                                                  6Information required in assessment of environmental effects

                                                  1. Information included in an assessment of environmental effects under clause 2(3)—

                                                  2. need only address a matter to the extent that the information is relevant to the provisions of a land use plan or proposed land use plan or national rule; and
                                                    1. must include detail proportionate to the scale and significance of the matter.

                                                      1. Subject to subclause (1), an assessment of the activity’s effects on the built environment must include the following information:

                                                      2. if it is likely that the activity will result in any significant adverse effect on the built environment, a description of any possible alternative locations or methods for undertaking the activity:
                                                        1. an assessment of the actual or potential effect on the built environment of the activity:
                                                          1. if the activity includes the use of hazardous installations, an assessment of any risks to the environment that are likely to arise from such use:
                                                            1. a description of how any adverse effects on the built environment will be—
                                                              1. avoided, minimised, or remedied, where practicable:
                                                                1. offset or compensated for, where appropriate:
                                                                2. identification of the persons affected by the activity, any consultation undertaken, and any response to the views of any person consulted:
                                                                  1. if the scale and significance of the activity’s effects are such that monitoring is required, a description of how and by whom the effects will be monitored if the activity is approved:
                                                                    1. if the activity will, or is likely to, have adverse effects that are more than minor on the exercise of a protected customary right, a description of possible alternative locations or methods for the exercise of the activity (unless written approval for the activity is given by the protected customary rights group).

                                                                      1. To avoid doubt, subclause (2)(e) obliges an applicant to identify persons affected by the proposal, but does not—

                                                                      2. oblige the applicant to consult any person; or
                                                                        1. create any ground for expecting that the applicant will consult any person.