Change 2 Natural Hazards

Change 2 (Natural Hazards) is incorporated into the Regional Policy Statement (RPS) and become operative on 5 July 2016.

The Operative RPS incorporating Change 2 is available on the Regional Policy Statement page.

What’s in the change?

Change 2 inserts natural hazards provisions into the operative Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement. The change guides those preparing regional, city and district plans and considering resource consent applications in managing land use and associated activities according to their level of natural hazard risk.

On 2 June 2016 the Council approved Change 2 (Natural Hazards). Decisions on submissions on Change 2 had been adopted by Council on 30 September 2015 with one appeal which was resolved by consent order on 5 May 2016.

Provisions have been re-ordered and renumbered from the original notified version.

The following documents relating to Change 2 are available:

View information to do with the appeal

• Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) including Court-ordered and minor amendments clear copy v10.2b
• Consent order resolving the appeal
• Schedule of provisions which were appealed

View the Council's Decisions on Submissions

• Report and Recommendations of the Hearing Committee
• Appendix A: Hearing Appearances
• Appendix B: Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) to the RPS Council Decisions on Provisions with Submissions and Further Submissions 1 October 2015
• Appendix C: Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) to the RPS Track Changes v8.0a 30 September 2015
• Appendix D: Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) to the RPS Clear Copy v8.0b 30 September 2015
• Appendix E: Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) to the RPS Supplementary Report on Submissions [further section 42A report]
• Appendix F: Proposed Change 2 (Natural Hazards) to the RPS v7.0 Section 32AA evaluation of changes August 2015