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diff --git a/assignment3/background.tex b/assignment3/background.tex index 2f60dd5..a9ead5b 100644 --- a/assignment3/background.tex +++ b/assignment3/background.tex @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ \section{The resource consent process} -\paragraph{Screening and scoping.} In New Zealand development -activities are regulated through regional and district plans. These -plans are prepared by the regional and district councils in a long -process that provides ample opportunity for consultation with the -public and industry representatives +\subsection{Before the application} + +In New Zealand development activities are regulated through regional +and district plans. These plans are prepared by the regional and +district councils in a long process that provides ample opportunity +for consultation with the public and industry representatives alike \parencite{miller2010implementing}. For any activity not explicitly permitted by the plans and policy statements a resource consent must be obtained \parencite{fookes}. Any development activity @@ -12,30 +13,48 @@ that is advertised as resulting in significant positive impacts on the region---the type of activity that this analysis focuses on---is very likely to also require resource consents. -\paragraph{Assessment of effects and optional consulation.} After -checking the appropriate district or regional plans to confirm whether -a resource consent is required, the applicant is to prepare a thorough -assessment of environmental effects (AEE). Although it might be -beneficial to consult with possibly affected people and interested +After checking the appropriate district or regional plans to confirm +whether a resource consent is required, the applicant is to prepare a +thorough assessment of environmental effects (AEE). Although it might +be beneficial to consult with possibly affected people and interested members of the general public at this stage, consultation is not a general requirement under the RMA. -\paragraph{Review and additional information.} After the application -is lodged and the AEE submitted, the council will process it. If the -AEE is considered lacking, the council may ask the applicant to -provide further information; inadequate applications that are unlikely -to be improved significantly may also be rejected altogether. +\subsection{Review and additional information} + +After the application is lodged and the AEE submitted, the council +will process it. If the AEE is considered lacking, the council may +ask the applicant to provide further information; inadequate +applications that are unlikely to be improved significantly may also +be rejected altogether. % TODO: what percentage of applications is rejected at this stage? % majority of rejected applications are made by private people. -\paragraph{Notification.} After a review of the AEE, the -council processing the resource consent application may decide to -involve the public by means of public notification or determine that -public notification is not required when the activity is expected to -only have minor effects and all affected parties agree on the -proposal \parencite{fookes}. -% TODO: a little more on notification types +% requesting additional information + +\subsection{Notification} + +After a review of the AEE, the council processing the resource consent +application may decide to involve the public by means of notification +or determine that notification is not required when the activity is +expected to only have minor effects and all affected parties agree on +the proposal \parencite{fookes}. + +A publicly notified application will be advertised in the newspaper +and be sent to all people thought to be affected by the activity. The +council will also call for written statements on the proposal from +members of the general public \parencite{ME959}. In some cases, the +council may decide to notify only directly affected people (for some +definition of `affected'); the purpose of such limited notification is +to give affected people---those who have not provided their written +approval to the applicant---the opportunity to suggest conditions for +the resource consent. Limited notification may result from an +applicant's failure to engage in consultation with the affected people +before lodging the application, although it may also be required when +affected people refuse to provide written approval before the +assessment of environmental effects has been carried out and +submitted. Often the quality and coverage of activities in the council's plan determine whether or not the expected effects of a development |