Part 1 - Palmerston North City Council

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Policy 8
This policy encourages consultation prior to the lodgement of resource consent applications.
consultation that has occurred to date is described in Section 9 below.
The
Policy 9
Policy 9 requires the MWRC to provide one month’s notice to owners and occupiers of private land in urban
areas prior to undertaking flood protection works on their properties. In this instance the works will be
undertaken on some land that is privately owned, namely the Hargreaves and PMB Landco Ltd owned
properties. Both parties have been kept informed of the project and notice of the intent to begin works will
be provided in accordance with this policy.
Policy 10
This policy encourages the removal of unused or derelict structures from the river bed. There are no such
structures known to exist in the locality.
7.2.3 Proposed One Plan
Objectives
Objectives 6‐1 and 6‐4 from Chapter Six and Objective 16‐1 from Chapter 16 of the One Plan have relevance
to the proposal. Objective 16‐1 is effectively a placeholder that directs the Plan user back to the objectives
and policies of Chapter Six and to the values and management objectives in Schedule AB.
Objective 6‐1
This objective states that surface water bodies must be managed in a manner which has regard to the
Values in Schedule AB.
The subject site is within the Middle Manawatu River Management Zone. This zone has the following zone
wide and site specific values:
Zone wide values
- Life Supporting Capacity (Hill Mixed) ‐ Over the long term it is expected that the life supporting
capacity of the river will be enhanced due to the stabilisation of the environment and reduction of
sediment entering the river.
- Aesthetics ‐ The aesthetic values of the river will be altered as a result of the river. Structures will
be visible where they were not in the past, however, the works will also protect Pari Reserve and
the river edge from further erosion and protect the aesthetics of these.
- Contact Recreation ‐ the proposed works will provide for a safe area for contact recreation and
significantly reduce the risk of land slips into the river.
- Mauri ‐ The proposal will result in the relocation of the river back to the position, or near to, where
it ran in 1992. This is not expected to have any effect on the mauri of the river or its bed.
- Industrial Abstraction/Irrigation/Stock Water ‐ The proposed works will not affect the quality or
volumes of water available for these uses.
- Existing Infrastructure ‐ The works will not affect any existing infrastructure in the area.
- Capacity to Assimilate Pollution ‐ The capacity of the Manawatu River to assimilate pollution will
not be affected by the proposal.
Site specific values
- Site of Significance ‐ Aquatic ‐ This value relates to two tributaries located several kilometres
upstream of the subject site and is therefore not relevant to the proposal.
- Site of Significance ‐ Riparian ‐ This value relates to the gravels and sands required for dotterel
breeding. It is anticipated that given the time of year that the works will start and the constant
nature of the works during construction that it is unlikely that any dotterel will be disturbed by the
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