Consent holders given more reason to comply

Friday, 31 March 2006, 12:43 am
Press Release: Environment Bay of Plenty

Friday 31 March 2006

Environment Bay of Plenty resource consent holders may have even more reason soon to make sure they follow the rules.

The regional council wants to start charging a fee of $120 when staff have to serve an abatement notice because of failure to meet consent conditions or plan rules.

The fee would help cover the time it takes staff to prepare the notice, says manager consents and compliance, Andy Bruere.

Abatement notices instruct the consent holder of the actions they need to take for full compliance.

The new fee is one of the proposed changes in Environment Bay of Plenty’s Section 36 charges, which is now open for submissions. Section 36 charges are the council’s cost recovery mechanism for its consent processing and compliance monitoring work, for example for dairy shed consents.

The main changes include:

The introduction of an annual monitoring fee for coastal consents.

The introduction of an annual monitoring fee for land use consents for structures in the Rotorua lakes area. (Last year, Environment Bay of Plenty took over consent work for lake structures from Rotorua District Council.)

A small increase in the base annual charge for current consents, from $65 to $75 excluding GST.

Minor changes to compliance monitoring fees and to consent application fees, where actual costs have increased,.

A small reduction in charge-out rates for staff working on consents because of changes in the way the rates are calculated.

Submissions close on Wednesday 3 May. For more information, call Environment Bay of Plenty on 0800 ENV BOP (368 267).

ENDS

Advertisement - scroll to continue reading

Using Scoop for work?

Scoop is free for personal use, but you"ll need a licence for work use. This is part of our Ethical Paywall and how we fund Scoop. Join today with plans starting from less than $3 per week, plus gain access to exclusive Pro features.

Join Pro Individual Find out more

Find more from Environment Bay of Plenty on InfoPages.

Parliament Headlines | Politics Headlines | Regional Headlines

NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Gordon Campbell: On Children’s Book Classics - The Moomins

About 15 years ago on Werewolf, I started writing a series of articles about classic children’s books. Over the next few months, these articles will be re-published here, every Friday. The series began with my essay on the Moomins universe created by the Finnish writer Tove Jansson. The recent rash of greetings cards, cups and other Moomin-related marketing efforts have only made the original books seem even more precious.

Consent holders given more reason to comply

Using Scoop for work?

NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Gordon Campbell: On Children’s Book Classics - The Moomins

Nelson City Council: Mayor Welcomes Auditor-General Decision Not To Prosecute Councillor

Johnnie Freeland: Ko Tātou Tātou - Climate Action In Aotearoa Begins With Relationship

Zero Waste Network Aotearoa: Container Return Scheme Bill Would Double Recycling Rates And Put Money Back In Households

Wellington City Council: Statement From The Wellington Mayoral Forum On Options For Regional Governance Reform

MUNZ: TAIC Report On Kaitaki Incident Gives Shocking Picture Of Decline Of NZ Maritime Infrastructure

Greenpeace: New Climate Report Yet More Reason To Reduce Dairy Herd

LATEST HEADLINES

Featured News Channels

Politics Section

Parliamentary Parties

National Party

Labour Party

Green Party

ACT Party

New Zealand First Party

Te Pāti Māori

Political Blogs

Political Websites