plans Sections

Current Status of Plans

Title

Status

Operative Date

Transitional Regional Plan
Operative, most parts superceded
  
Regional Policy Statement
Operative
March 2000
Coastal Plan
Operative
February 2001
Air Plan
Operative
July 2002
Plan for Discharges to Land
Operative
April 2002
Land and Riverbed Management Plan
Proposed, parts under appeal, land rules are in effect.
  
Proposed Water Management Plan
Proposed, parts under appeal
  
Pest Plant Management Strategy
Operative
August 2005

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"