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Planning Bill

Planning consents - Consideration of application and decision

140: Matters relevant to activities affecting drinking water supply source water

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"Considering how activities affect our drinking water"

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When you are thinking about giving consent for an activity, you need to consider how it might affect the water that people drink. You must think about how the activity could change the quality of the water in a source that is registered under section 55 of the Water Services Act 2021. You also need to think about any risks to the water source that are mentioned in a plan made according to the Water Services Act 2021.

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Part 4Planning consents
Consideration of application and decision

140Matters relevant to activities affecting drinking water supply source water

  1. The consent authority must have regard to—

  2. the actual or potential effect of the proposed activity on the source of a drinking water supply that is registered under section 55 of the Water Services Act 2021; and
    1. any risks that the proposed activity may pose to the source of a drinking water supply that are identified in a source water risk management plan prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Water Services Act 2021.