Plan Change 4B (Groundwater allocation) proposed to clarify and strengthen the provisions of the operative Water Plan for managing groundwater and avoiding over-allocation in Otago’s aquifers, without changing their intent. Other aspects of the proposal include establishing a new Schedule 4E which sets out matters to be considered when calculating the mean annual recharge for an aquifer.

Plan Change 4B was publicly notified on Saturday 17 May 2014. Following the submission and hearing process, the Council publicly notified its decision on the plan change on Saturday 13 December 2014. An appeal was resolved through mediation.

The resolution to make Plan Change 4B operative was made on 5 August 2015, and this was publicly notified on 15 August 2015. Plan Change 4B is operative from 1 September 2015.

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Public Notice of Operative Plan Change 4B and 4C (91 KB).
Download operative Plan Change 4B (1 MB).

Plan Change 4B (Groundwater allocation) proposed to clarify and strengthen the provisions of the operative Water Plan for managing groundwater and avoiding over-allocation in Otago’s aquifers, without changing their intent. Other aspects of the proposal include establishing a new Schedule 4E which sets out matters to be considered when calculating the mean annual recharge for an aquifer.

Plan Change 4B (Groundwater allocation) was publicly notified on Saturday 17 May 2014. Following the submission and hearing process, the Council publicly notified its decision on the plan change on Saturday 13 December 2014. An appeal was resolved through mediation.

The resolution to make Plan Change 4B (Groundwater allocation) operative was made on 5 August 2015, and this was publicly notified on 15 August 2015. Plan Change 4B is operative from 1 September 2015.

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Proposed Plan Change 4B (884 KB).
Proposed Plan Change 4B incorporating Council Decisions (935 KB).
Decisions of Council on Plan Change 4B (Groundwater allocation) (205 KB).
Section 32 Evaluation Report - Proposed Plan Change 4B (219 KB).
Section 32AA Further Evaluation Report on Council Decisions (247 KB).
Download the Officers' Report on Decisions Requested (426 KB).
Download the Summary of Decisions Requested in Submissions and Further Submissions (599 KB).
View the submissions (6 MB).
View the further submissions (2 MB).
Consent order (4 MB).
Operative Plan Change 4B (1 MB).
Public Notice of Operative Plan Change 4B and 4C (91 KB).

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