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Addendum to Section 42A
- Further submissions from Tainui Group
Holdings Limited were omitted from the Section 42A Report for Chapter 20: Natural Environments
- Recommended that those submissions
Proposed District Plan Chapter 20 Natural Environments & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Proposed District Plan Chapter 20 Natural Environments & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Proposed District Plan Chapter 20 Natural Environments & Chapter 21 Waikato River Corridor and Gully Systems 24 and 25 September 2013 Addendum to Section 42A Further submissions from Tainui Group Holdings Limited were omitted from the
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Introduction
- Chapter 20: Natural Environments
– Identified and Scheduled Significant Natural Areas
- SNA’s were identified by a study carried out by The
University of Waikato; Centre for Biodiversity and Ecology Research
- Overlay feature
- SNA’s have underlying zoning of Natural Open Space
Zone
– Identified and Scheduled Significant Trees
- Assessed using RNZIH method
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Summary of Submissions
- 27 Submitters
- 72 Submission points
- 7 Further submissions
- 21 Further submission points
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Summary of Submissions
- Expansion of provisions relating to biodiversity
in general
- Protection of indigenous species
- Some seek clarification
- Some policy changes sought regarding:
– ecological corridors and buffers – restoration of natural processes and features
- Some changes sought to rules and assessment
criteria
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Key Issues
- Expansion of the chapters provisions in
relation to the protection of indigenous biodiversity in general
- Protection of indigenous species and their
habitat
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Introduction
- Chapter 21: Waikato River Corridor and
Gully Systems
– Central chapter that recognises a number of values contribute to the significance of Hamilton’s
- utstanding landscape feature
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Summary of Submissions
- 13 Submitters
- 31 Submission points
- 3 Further submissions
- 5 Further submission points
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Summary of Submissions
- Expansion of provisions relating to ecological
role
- Protection of indigenous species
- Some seek clarification
- Some policy changes sought regarding:
– ecological corridors and buffers – restoration of natural processes and features
- Some sought to include rules and assessment
criteria
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Key Issues
- Expansion of Chapter 21’s provisions in
relation to the ecological role of the river corridor and gully systems
- Protection of indigenous species and their
habitat
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