5 MAY

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

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national state of the coastal environment monitoring programme.

Policy 7.1.3
In order to assist in the establishing of a national state of the coastal environment monitoring programme, local authority policy statements and plans should identify the procedures and methods which the local authority intends to use to gather information and monitor the state of their coastal environment.

Schedule 1—The Circumstances in which Activities that have a Significant or Irreversible Adverse Effect on the Coastal Marine Area will be made Restricted Coastal Activities

S1.1 Reclamations

(a) Any activity reclaiming foreshore or seabed which is less than 1 hectare or extends less than 100 metres in all directions, including incremental reclamations connected to or part of another reclamation which was commenced or received a resource consent after the [gazettal date], and the sum of the existing and proposed reclamations do not exceed these dimensions is not a restricted coastal activity.

(b) Any activity reclaiming foreshore or seabed which:

(i) is equal to or greater than 1 hectare but less than or equal to 2 hectares, or extends 100 or more metres up to or equalling 300 metres linear in any direction (or which is an incremental reclamation connected to, or part of, another reclamation which was commenced or received a resource consent after [gazettal date], and the sum of the existing and proposed reclamations are within these dimensions);

(ii) which is specified in the relevant operative or proposed regional coastal plan as a discretionary activity; and

(iii) the plan contains the criteria for, or the permissible locations of, reclamations, and the permissible adverse effects and the usages of any areas so reclaimed;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

(c) Except as in S1.1(a) or (b) above, any activity reclaiming foreshore or seabed which:

(i) equals or exceeds 1 hectare;

(ii) extends 100 or more metres in any direction; or

(iii) is an incremental reclamation connected to, or part of, another reclamation which:

• was commenced or received a resource consent after [gazettal date], and
• the sum of the existing and proposed reclamations are equal to or exceed the dimensions in (i) and (ii);

is a restricted coastal activity.

S1.2 Structures which impound or effectively contain the coastal marine area

(a) Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures which:

(i) will impound or effectively contain less than 4 hectares of the coastal marine area; or

(ii) is floating or open pile structure which can be demonstrated to not impede water flows;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

(b) Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures which will:

(i) impound or effectively contain less than 8 hectares of the coastal marine area;

(ii) which is specified in the relevant operative or proposed regional coastal plan as a discretionary activity; and

(iii) the plan defines or provides the criteria for determining:

• where it would be permissible to locate any such structure or structures; and
• the materials to be used in the construction of any structure or structures; and
• the activities for which such structure or structures can be used; and

(iv) the plan:

• requires consideration of the likely adverse effects of the structure or structures; and
• defines, or provides the criteria for determining, the limits on likely adverse effects of the structure or structures;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

(c) Except as provided for in S1.2(a) and (b) above, any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures which will impound or effectively contain 4 hectares or more of the coastal marine area is a restricted coastal activity.

S1.3 Structures in the coastal marine area more or less parallel to mean high water springs

(a) Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures:

(i) which is solid (or presents a significant barrier to water or sediment movement), and when established on the foreshore or seabed extends less than 300 metres in length more or less parallel to the line of mean high water springs (including separate structures which total less than 300 metres contiguous length);

(ii) which is a submarine or sub-aqueous cable, or

(iii) which is a floating or open pile structure which can be demonstrated not to have adverse effects;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

(b) Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures:

(i) which are solid (or presents a significant barrier to water or sediment movement);

(ii) when established on the foreshore or seabed would extend 300 metres or more, but not more than 1000 metres, in length more or less parallel to the line of mean high water springs (including separate structures which incrementally total at least 300 metres and up to 1000 metres, contiguously);

(iii) which is specified in the relevant operative or proposed regional coastal plan as a discretionary activity; and

(iv) for which the plan defines, or provides the criteria for determining:

• where it would be permissible to locate any such structure or structures;
• the materials to be used in the construction of any structure or structures;
• the activities for which such structure or structures can be used; and

(v) the plan:

• requires consideration of the likely adverse effects of the structure or structures; and
• defines, or provides, the criteria for determining, the limits on likely adverse effects of the structure or structures;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

(c) Except as provided for in S1.3(a) and (b) above, any