Resource Consents update – 12 March 2021

We're receiving a lot of resource consent applications at the moment...

We're doing what we can to process them faster, including outsourcing applications, but there may be some delays. We'll let you know with respect to individual applications if there are going to be processing delays, and we apologise for any inconvenience.

Have your say on the Draft Development Contributions Policy 2021

Consultation on the Draft Development Contributions Policy 2021 opens today, Friday 12 March, and closes on Sunday 18 April.

Development contributions of cash, or sometimes land, are used to cover a fair share of the cost of providing infrastructure to service growth development from those who benefit from the provision of that infrastructure, such as private developers.

You can read more on Newsline or view the policy, consultation document and make a submission at Have Your Say.

ESCP and TMP conditions have been updated 

You may have noticed some changes to the erosion and sediment control plan (ESCP) conditions on consents for earthworks recently. We’ve updated and standardised these for consistency, and to meet the requirements of the Council’s global stormwater network discharge consent from ECan.

The global consent requires the Council to ensure that a site specific ESCP is prepared and implemented for all development sites that discharge to the reticulated network, prior to any earthworks or stripping of vegetation. The ESCP must follow the principles and techniques in ECan’s Erosion and Sediment Control Toolbox for Canterbury:

Low-medium risk sites (e.g. flat land and simple hill sites) 

• An ESCP must be prepared and implemented onsite prior to any earthworks starting. It doesn’t need to be submitted to the Council but must be prepared by a suitably qualified and experienced professional, held onsite and be available to the Council on request. 
• Three working days’ notice needs to be given to our Resource Consent Monitoring Team of the start date, along with the name and contact details of the site supervisor and confirmation that the ESC measures have been installed onsite.
• Any runoff must be controlled so that muddy water or earth doesn’t leave the site and enter the stormwater system or neighbouring properties. Muddy water is now defined as having a total suspended solid content greater than  50mg/L. 

High risk sites (e.g. near waterways, complex hill sites, and larger scale works such as greenfield subdivisions and commercial developments)

• An ESCP must be submitted, accepted by our Subdivision Engineer and implemented onsite before any work starts. The plan must be prepared by a suitably qualified person and submitted, along with a design certificate (Appendix IV in IDS Part 3), at least five working days prior.
• If the site involves other environmental factors such as waterways or contaminated land, the ESCP must form part of an overall Environmental Management Plan.
• An Engineering Completion Certificate (Appendix VII in IDS Part 3) confirming proper installation of the ESC measures must be provided before works commence.
• Note: If an ESCP has already been approved as part of an ECan resource consent for stormwater discharge or earthworks, there's no need for it to be accepted by our Subdivision Engineer. 

The traffic management plan (TMP) condition has also been updated now that CTOC (the Christchurch Transport Operations Centre) has been disestablished.

This condition used to require TMPs to be submitted to CTOC, but now refers consent holders to the road controlling authority (which in most cases is the Council) and the MyWorksites portal. It also sets out in more detail what the TMP must include.

More information about temporary traffic management is available here.

For more information on all things Resource Consents, please email dutyplanner@ccc.govt.nz or call 941 8999.