Affected Persons
The Resource Management Act does not specify who you must
consult with when preparing a resource
consent application. However, it is a good idea to identify
and consult with all people who may be adversely
affected by, or have some form of interest, in your proposed
activity.
The extent of your consultation and the response of those
consulted should be detailed in an Assessment of Environment
Effects (AEE) - see how to prepare an AEE.
If you are applying for a resource consent
it is best if you identify and consult with all the people
that you believe may be affected by your activity or development.
This should be done before submitting your resource
consent application and is part of the process Council uses
to determine notified and non-notified
resource consents.
When Council's Environmental Planning team receive your application,
we will also assess if all the adversely affected parties
have given their approval. If not, then you may be asked to
approach additional people to seek their written approval,
so that your application can be processed on a non-notified
basis. In cases where the Environmental Planning team believes
it would be unrealistic to identify all the affected persons,
it is likely that your application will have to be notified.
The Environmental Planning team assesses who is affected by
a proposal on a case by case process. Examples of this might
be:
- If you wish to erect a new building which exceeds the recession plane controls outlined in the District Plan (height in relation to boundary) section 8 then it's likely that you will only need to seek your neighbour's written approval
- If your planned development exceeds the recession plane control, site coverage and is too close to a boundary, it is likely that all those people in the immediate environment could be affected and you would have to obtain approval from all of them
Affected Persons Consent Form
The approval of the affected persons should be completed on the Affected Person's Consents form.
- Affected Person's Consent form (PDF 50kB)
