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diff --git a/assignment3/background.tex b/assignment3/background.tex index eb98084..79703dd 100644 --- a/assignment3/background.tex +++ b/assignment3/background.tex @@ -68,7 +68,17 @@ in the resource consent process that Grinlinton referred to in his statement. A council that---for whatever reasons---fails to reject applications with poor or deliberately misleading assessments effectively off-loads the burden to challenge the application to -members of the general public. +members of the general public. The \textcite[p 41]{reading4.3} +stresses that + +\begin{quote} + [t]he full evaluation of AEE information provided by applicants is + one of the most critical aspects of the entire resource consent + process. The applicant is responsible for a full assessment of the + proposed activity, but such responsibility is meaningless unless a + council provides guidance and, where necessary, forms judgements on + the adequacy of this assessment. +\end{quote} An investigation into the consent processing performance of selected councils conducted by the Ministry for the Environment revealed that @@ -143,7 +153,7 @@ Under the assumptions of the RMA, plans are the foundations on which resource consent decisions are made to achieve sustainable development; they were not meant to be used as a tool to block individual proposals and hence do not support quick amendment -processes. +procedures. %TODO: plan quality is the subject of the PUCM Research Programme [confessions] |