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Planning Bill

Planning consents - Applying for planning consent - General requirements

113: Application affecting navigation to be referred to Maritime New Zealand

You could also call this:

"Plans near waterways are checked by Maritime New Zealand to ensure safe navigation"

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If you apply to use land near a lake or river, the council looks at your application. You want to enter or cross the water, so the council sends your application to Maritime New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand checks if your plans affect navigation. Maritime New Zealand tells the council about any navigation issues with your plans. They might suggest conditions to include in the consent for navigation purposes. Maritime New Zealand must respond within 15 working days. The council gets a report from Maritime New Zealand and sends it to you and anyone who commented on your application. The council considers Maritime New Zealand's report when deciding on your application.

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Part 4Planning consents
Applying for planning consent: General requirements

113Application affecting navigation to be referred to Maritime New Zealand

  1. This section applies to an application for a land use consent to enter onto or pass across the surface of water in a navigable lake or river.

  2. The consent authority must send a copy of the application to Maritime New Zealand.

  3. Maritime New Zealand must report to the consent authority on any navigation-related matters that Maritime New Zealand considers relevant to the application, including any conditions that it considers should be included in the consent for navigation-related purposes.

  4. If Maritime New Zealand wants to report, it must do so within 15 working days after receiving a copy of the application. If it fails to report within that time limit, the consent authority may take the failure as an indication that Maritime New Zealand has nothing to report.

  5. The consent authority must—

  6. ensure that a copy of Maritime New Zealand’s report is provided to—
    1. the applicant; and
      1. every person who has made a submission on the application; and
      2. take the report into account in its consideration of the application.