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Council decisions on the freshwater planning instrument and non-freshwater parts of the proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021
Council decisions have been notified on the proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 (pORPS 2021). The public notices, dated 30 March 2024, can be accessed on the ORC website. Submitters have been individually notified.
The pORPS 2021 is a single document consisting of two parts for the submissions and hearings process (as required by section 80A of the Resource Management Act [RMA] 1991):
On 27 March 2024, Council made decisions on recommendations for both the Freshwater planning instrument and non-freshwater planning instrument parts of the pORPS 2021.
A record of these decisions are below.
People who made submissions on the pORPS 2021 have rights of appeal, which differ depending on which instrument was submitted on. If you submitted on the pORPS 2021, you should have received notification via email, giving further information on your appeal rights. If you were a submitter on the pORPS 2021 but have not received this message, please contact ORC by email: policy@orc.govt.nz, or by phone on 03 474 0827 or 0800 474 082.
The appeal period for lodging appeals to the High Court against the decision of Otago Regional Council on the freshwater planning instrument parts of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 ends on 24 April 2024.
The appeal period for lodging appeals to the Environment Court against the decision of Otago Regional Council on the non-freshwater planning instrument parts of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 ends on 16 May 2024.
Note: These dates have been calculated by reference to when the ORC emailed all submitters notice of its decisions on the pORPS 2021. The latest date by which each individual submitter may lodge an appeal to the High Court, is 15 working days after the notice was served on that submitter or, in the case of appeals to the Environment Court, 30 working days after the notice was served on that submitter, as set out in those notices to submitters.
Find more information on the Appeals on the Proposed RPS 21.
March 2024
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March 2024
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'Appendix 3 to the Panel's report: Clean Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021
March 2024
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Appendix 4 to the Panel's report: Tracked Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021
March 2024
PDF | 3 MB
March 2024
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Appendix 5.2 to the Panel’s report: Part 2 - Non-Freshwater Planning Instrument Hearings Panel Recommendations
March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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Council adopted the recommendations of the Hearings Panel on the non-freshwater parts of proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 (excluding parts separately notified as a freshwater planning instrument) as its decision;
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Council accepted each recommendation of the Freshwater Hearings Panel on the Proposed Freshwater Planning Instrument Part of the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021. The decision on each of the freshwater planning instrument recommendations can be found below.
March 2024
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At its meeting on 27 March 2024 the Otago Regional Council considered the recommendations of the Freshwater Hearings Panel on the Proposed Otago Regional Policy Statement 2021 – Freshwater Planning Instrument Parts and decided as follows
March 2024
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