You will need resource consent from the Otago Regional Council if you want to do any of the following:
August 2021
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This document outlines the information required to show that farms and irrigation schemes can meet the load and concentration provisions.
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June 2021
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Yes, if the area of dairy support land will be greater than the area of land used as dairy support land between the period 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2019.
Yes, under regulation 22 of the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater, a resource consent will be required. ORC can only grant consent if we are satisfied that the contaminant load in the catchment, or the concentration of contaminations in water, will not increase compared with the loads and concentrations as at 2 September 2020.
Yes, if you are planning to add more than 10ha to the maximum area of irrigation in the 12 months before 2 September 2020, you will need resource consent.
Yes, if the maximum area of irrigation will exceed 10ha.
No. A farm is defined in the National Environmental Standards - Freshwater as a landholding whose activities include agriculture. A landholding means one or more parcels of land (whether or not they are contiguous) that are managed as a single operation. Therefore, there may be instances where several titles could be considered part of one landholding.
With regard to cross-boundary landholdings, these will be considered one landholding.