Regional Air Plan

The Regional Air Plan was replaced by the Air chapter (previously Plan Change 13 (Air Quality)) of the Regional Natural Resources Plan on 6 June 2023. 

Some air provisions are not currently contained in the Air Chapter. These include:

• Recently resolved Environment Court appeals (bulk solid material and log handling), now deemed operative.
• Two policies directed by the National Environmental Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Industrial Process Heat.

These are included in Plan Change 13 (Version 11.0) which should be used in conjunction with the Air chapter of the Regional Natural Resources Plan.

The Environment Court also directed Council to prepare changes to Plan Change 13 to include a new policy (Policy 12) to manage activities which discharge particulate matter (PM₁₀) within the Mount Maunganui Airshed (MMA), and provisions to control PM₁₀ from unsealed yards in the MMA. Submissions have closed and the matter is going to Environment Court in September 2024. Read more about this at Plan Change 13.