Friday 30 September 2022
The Otago Regional Council has prepared the following freshwater planning instrument (the proposal):
Proposed Freshwater Planning Instrument Part of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement.
The proposal contains those parts of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 (PORPS 2021) which relate to freshwater and therefore comprise a freshwater planning instrument.
These parts:
Updated 30 September 2022, 14:09: There was an error in the original table which has been replaced. The new table below aligns with Council’s resolution of 15 September 2022.
Package |
Components |
| Interpretation | Definitions: Certified freshwater farm plan Drinking water National Objectives Framework Natural Hazard works Other infrastructure Over-allocation Specified infrastructure Specified rivers and lakes Wetland utility structure |
| SRMR | SRMR–I5 SRMR–I6 SRMR–I9 |
| RMIA-WAI | RMIA–WAI–I1 RMIA–WAI–I3 |
| LF-WAI | LF–WAI–O1 – Te Mana o te Wai LF–WAI–P1 – Prioritisation LF–WAI–PR1 – Principal reasons – Paragraph 1 LF–WAI–AER2 |
| LF-VM | LF–VM–O2 – Clutha Mata-au FMU vision LF–VM–O3 – North Otago FMU vision LF–VM–O4 – Taieri FMU vision LF–VM–O5 – Dunedin & Coast FMU vision LF–VM–O6 – Catlins FMU vision LF–VM–P5 – Freshwater Management Units (FMUs) and rohe LF–VM–P6 – Relationship between FMUs and rohe LF–VM–E2 – Explanation |
| LF-FW | LF–FW–O8 – Fresh water LF–FW–O9 – Natural wetlands LF–FW–P7 – Fresh water LF–FW–P9 – Protecting natural wetlands LF–FW–P10 – Restoring natural wetlands LF–FW–P15 – Stormwater and wastewater discharges LF–FW–M6 – Regional plans LF–FW–M7 – District plans LF–FW–M8 – Action plans LF-FW-E3 – Explanation (paragraph 2) LF-FW-E3 – Explanation (paragraph 5) LF–FW–PR3 – Principal reasons LF–FW–AER4 - AER11 |
| LF-LS | LF–LS–P18 – Soil erosion LF–LS–P21 – Land use and fresh water LF–LS–M11 – Regional plans LF–LS–AER14 |
| Maps | MAP1 |
The rest of the PORPS 2021 does not relate to freshwater and is therefore not a freshwater planning instrument.
That part of the PORPS 2021 will undergo the processes in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act. It was publicly notified on 26 June 2021. Submissions and further submissions on this part of the PORPS 2021 have closed. Otago Regional Council has appointed a panel to hear submissions on this part. The panel has advised that it will begin hearing submissions in early 2023.
The proposal may be inspected at:
Please contact ORC Customer Experience staff on 0800 474 082 if you have any questions about the proposal.
The following persons may make a submission on the proposal:
A person may make a submission on the proposal by sending an electronic or a written submission to Otago Regional Council at fpisubmission@orc.govt.nz or by post to Proposed FPIRPS, Otago Regional Council, Private Bag 1954, Dunedin 9054. The submission must be in Form 5 and state whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission. Copies of this form (Form 5) are available at the Otago Regional Council website www.orc.govt.nz/fpirps or by phoning 0800 474 082, or https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2003/0153/latest/DLM195860.html
Submissions must be received by 3pm on Tuesday 29 November 2022.
The effect of the High Court decision in Otago Regional Council v Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Incorporated [2022] NZHC 1777 is that the parts of the PORPS 2021 that form the proposal must be re-notified.
That means that any previous submission made on the provisions in the Table above is now of no effect.
If you made a submission or further submission on any provision in the Table and still wish to be a submitter on that provision, then you must make a new submission.
Anita Jayne Dawe
Position: General Manager, Policy and Science
On behalf of: Otago Regional Council
30 September 2022
Following its hearing of submissions on the proposal, a freshwater hearings panel makes recommendations to the regional council. The regional council must accept or reject each recommendation. Appeal rights in relation to the freshwater planning instrument are dependent on whether the regional council accepts or rejects the recommendations of the freshwater hearings panel.
A person who made a submission on a freshwater instrument—