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Natural Environment Bill

Combined plan and other matters - National environment plans - Evaluation reports and justification reports

106: Requirements for evaluation reports

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"What to include in a report about a new environmental plan"

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If a new plan is proposed, you need to write a report that explains how it works. This report must say how the plan follows the spatial plan and any national policy directions. It must also explain how the plan meets any applicable goals. You have to write this report in a way that makes sense. It must summarise why certain choices were made if there were different options. It must also say how the community's ideas were considered. If the plan affects fishing, the report must look at how it will impact this. If the plan has rules to protect the environment, the report must explain why these rules are necessary. The report should give enough information about the plan. But it does not have to talk about every single detail in the plan.

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Part 3Combined plan and other matters
National environment plans: Evaluation reports and justification reports

106Requirements for evaluation reports

  1. An evaluation report required under clause 10 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025 for a draft of a proposed plan must set out how the draft proposed plan implements—

  2. the relevant spatial plan; and
    1. any applicable national policy direction; and
      1. any applicable goal to the extent permitted by section 12(4).

        1. The evaluation report must—

        2. summarise the regional council’s reasons for selecting any standardised provision from a national standard, if a national standard authorises or requires the regional council to choose between any 2 or more alternative standardised provisions; and
          1. state how, if at all, the draft has been influenced by—
            1. pre-notification consultation (see clause 5 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025); and
              1. any other engagement with local communities.

              2. If the proposed plan includes rules that controls fishing in the coastal marine area, the evaluation report must also include an assessment of the impact of those rules prepared in the prescribed manner.

              3. If the proposed plan includes a land use control or input control for the purpose of ensuring compliance with an environmental limit, the evaluation must examine and explain why the following measures are not sufficient to ensure compliance with the limit:

              4. non-regulatory methods specified in an action plan:
                1. freshwater farm plans:
                  1. any rules in an operative natural environment plan.

                    1. The evaluation report—

                    2. must contain sufficient detail to identify the key content in a draft proposed plan; but
                      1. is not required to individually address every objective, policy, rule, or method in the draft.