Regulatory Committee Agenda - Waipa District Council

participation of, and consultation with, tangata whenua in resource management
decision making.
16.6 A copy of the application was forwarded to Ngaa lwi Toopu o Waipa (NlTOW) in
accordance with Councils agreed notification procedure. NITOW have no concerns
with the proposal. Therefore it is considered that the proposal will not be contrary to
section 8 of the RMA.
Section 7
16.7 Section 7 outlines the 'other matters' that Council 'shall have particular regard to'.
Matters of particular relevance are:
(b) The efficient use and development of natural and physical resources;
(c) The maintenance and enhancement of amenity values;
(f) Maintenance and enhancement of the quality of the environment
(g) Any finite characteristics of natural and physical resources.
16.8 All of the above matters are considered of relevance to the assessment of the
application to some extent. rt is considered that the proposal represents an efficient
use of a physical resource and protects the finite characteristics of natural and
physical resources, being that the proposal will create a rural residential lot in a
defined rural residential area. This proposal will maintain the amenity values of the
area through proposed mitigation measures.
16.9 Accordingly, the proposal is considered to be consistent with these matters within
section 7.
Section 6
16.10 Section 6 requires that Council'shall recognise and provide for' matters of national
importance. No matters of national importance are considered relevant to this
application.
Section 5
16.11 Section 5 is set out as follows and the matters within it are considered below:
(1} The purpose of this Act is to promote the sustainable management of natural and
physical resources.
(2) In this Act, sustainable management means managing the use, development, and
protection of natural and physical resources in a way, or at a rate, which enables
people and communities to provide for their social, economic, and cultural wellbeing
and for their health and safety while -
(a}Sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources (excluding minerals}
to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations; and
(b}Safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil, and ecosystems;
and
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