Land and Riverbed Management Plan

Provides the framework for managing effects of land disturbance and activities in river and lake beds.
This plan has been updated as at 12 December 2008 to include the decisions made on Variation 1.
Click to download the Land and Riverbed Management Plan Incorporating Decisions (PDF, December 2008, 15.4MB)
Variation 2 (Wetlands) proposes to add four new areas to Schedule 1 of the Land and Riverbed Management Plan. Submissions on the variation closed 14 August 2009.
Click to download the Proposed Variation 2 to the Land and Riverbed Management Plan (PDF, 1.2MB)
Click to download the RMA Section 32 Report on the Proposed Variation 2 to the Land and Riverbed Management Plan (PDF, 38KB)
Variation 2
Incorporation of Variation 2 to the West Coast Land and Riverbed Management Plan is on hold until the completion of Environment Court hearings to be held in December.
Select one of the below links to download the Land and Riverbed Management Plan in parts:
Main Document (PDF, 585KB)
Schedule 1 (PDF, 7.2MB)
Appendix 1 (PDF, 259KB)
Appendix 2 (PDF, 9KB)
Appendix 3 (PDF, 597KB)
Appendix 4 (PDF, 11KB)
Appendix 5 (PDF, 32KB)
Appendix 6 (PDF, 17KB)
Appendix 7 (PDF, 6.7MB)

The goal of the Regional Plans are to:
"Establish and implement objectives, policies and methods to achieve the integrated management of the natural and physical resources of the West Coast, under the Resource Management Act 1991"