Overlays

The following provides an overview of what this chapter is about and key outcomes sought. To view the chapter in its entirety please download the chapter from the attached pdf.

Introduction

In preparing this District Plan, Kaipara District Council is seeking to provide a framework for the management of land uses to enable people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural wellbeing and for their health and safety. In providing for this, Kaipara District Council is seeking to recognise the importance of natural and physical resources, the life supporting processes they contribute to, the people, the mauri or life force that binds these environments together, and the value placed by the District’s residents on this environment.

In Kaipara’s Future - Working Together (Council’s Long Term Council Community Plan) a number of environments are recognised as significant and valued. These environments are identified as key elements that define the communities of the District and provide the unique or special value.


Kai Iwi Lakes	Kaipara Harbour

How to Use This Chapter of the District Plan

This Chapter is intended to provide an overall direction established by the District Plan for the Environment Overlays and identify how this will be implemented (the methods) through the District Plan.

In this respect, this Chapter identifies significant management Issues and the Objectives, Policies, and Methods employed by Council (through the District Plan and beyond) to address these issues.

The Chapter concludes on the Environmental Outcomes that are intended to be delivered by implementing the District Plan, with respect to values in the Environmental Overlay areas. It is noted that the Rules to give effect to the objectives and policies in this section are provided in the Zone Chapters of the District Plan.

In summary, before you use this Chapter of the District Plan, check:

	That the property for development / subdivision is in an Overlay (Map Series 1, Part E):
	If it doesn’t, the objectives and policies of this Chapter don’t apply;
	If it does, you need to look at the relevant Rules of the Zone Chapter and where relevant using the relevant performance standards for the Overlay your property is in:
	If you comply with the Performance Standards for the Zone (including the Overlay you are in), you don’t need to look further at this Chapter;
	If you don’t comply with those Performance Standards, you will need to consider the assessment criteria of the standards. In considering a resource consent application Council will exercise its discretion (Discretionary Activities) or will limit its discretion to identified matters (Restricted Discretionary Activities) in order to consider how the activity contributes to or is not contrary to the objectives and policies of the Plan. In addition, for discretionary or non-complying activity resource consent applications Council will consider how your proposal contributes to achieving the objectives and policies of this Chapter.

Maps of the District showing the location of the Environmental Overlay areas are included in the Appendices to the District Plan Maps in Part E of the Plan.

Outcomes

Overlays - All

Activities on or adjoining sensitive receiving environments are managed to enhance the natural character values of these areas (including water quality).

Public access to and along the coast and waterways is maintained and improved.

West Coast

The ‘wilderness’ aspect on the West Coast will be maintained.
Improve quality of public access to the West Coast.

East Coast

Improve public access to the East Coast.
Maintain and enhance the environmental values that contribute to the amenity of the East Coast.

Kai Iwi Lakes

Activities on or adjoining lakes are managed to enhance the natural character values of these areas (including water quality).

Harbours (Mangawhai and Kaipara)

Activities and development will enhance public access to the harbours and their valued waterways.
Water quality in the Kaipara and Mangawhai Harbours and their valued waterways will be improved through better management of the effects of land uses.
The maintenance and enhancement of those values that contribute to amenity landscapes (e.g. areas of extensive natural vegetation and open spaces between settlements).
Activities and development will occur in a manner that recognises the distinct and unique character of the Harbour catchments.
Appropriate use and development of the Harbour catchments is maintained, including agricultural uses, tourism and the residential settlements.
Avoidance of sporadic rural-residential subdivision within the catchments.

Waterways

Activities on or adjoining waterways and wetlands are managed to enhance the natural character values of these areas (including water quality).
Activities and development will enhance public access to harbours and their valued waterways as appropriate (given sensitive ecological values).
Water quality in the Kaipara and Mangawhai Harbours and their valued waterways will be improved through better management of the effects of land uses, particularly setting activities that generate adverse effects back from receiving environments and by creating buffers between activities and waterways.
The maintenance and enhancement of those values that contribute to amenity landscapes (e.g. areas of terrestrial and estuarine wetland vegetation, shrubland and remnant forest areas).

Overlays

Introduction

How to Use This Chapter of the District Plan

Outcomes

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