Regulatory Committee Agenda - Waipa District Council

8.2.4 Objectives and Polices Assessment Conclusion - Proposed District Plan
I have considered all the relevant objectives and policies of the Proposed District Plan
in light of the context of the District Plan and its explanations.
The proposal is considered to be inconsistent with Policy 22.3.1.1 but consistent with
policy 22.3.2. 7 due to special circumstances applicable to the building.
8.3 Weighting of District Plans
The Proposed District Plan has been notified and is now closed for submissions. The
rules relating to the protection of historic heritage have legal effect from 31 May
2012 and have therefore been considered in the assessment of the application.
9 PART 2 MATTERS
9.1 Part 2 is the purpose and principles of the RMA. The overall purpose of the RMA is to
promote the sustainable management of natural and physical resources.
"Sustainable management" is defined to mean 'managing the use, development and
protection of such resources in a way that enables people and communities to
provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being and their health and safety'.
At the same time they must:
• Sustain the potential of natural and physical resources to meet the
reasonably foreseeable needs of the future generations;
• Safeguard the life-supporting capacitY of air, water, soil and ecosystems;
• Avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects on the environment of the
activity.
9.2 Section 6 requires consent authorities to recognise and provide for a number of
matters of national importance in exercising powers and functions under the RMA.
Of relevance to the current proposal is clause 6(f), which relates to the protection of
historic heritage from inappropriate subdivision, use and development. Mitigation
measures required for the application, i.e. recording of heritage values in order to
retain a record, deemed the proposal to not be inconsistent with section 6.
9.3 The above Part 2 matters must be given effect to in policy, plan and rule making and
when making decisions on resource consents. In this instance, the proposal is not
considered to be consistent with all the objectives and policies of the Operative
District Plan or Proposed District Plan, and although the potential effects (discussed
in Section 8.1 of this report) of the proposal are deemed to be significant it is not
considered to be inconsistent with the sustainable management principles of Part 2
of the Act.
Report to Regulatory Committee Meeting - (19 November 2012)
To demolish a Heritage Item- Cambridge RSA
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