Week 4a- Water

There are three types of consent which may required: land-use, water and discharge consents.

These types of consent may be applicable for any activity affecting a water course including:

• Different land uses which can affect water quality, land stability and the incidence of flooding.
• Land use consents which identify, control and minimise the impacts of activities on people and the environment (image shows the requirement for erosion control).

You may need a land use consent if you want to:

• build or alter a bridge
• construct or alter a well
• construct or alter a culvert
• drain a wetland area
• drill, tunnel, excavate or otherwise disturb the bed of a river or lake
• carry out soil disturbance (earthworks), vegetation clearance, roading or tracking
• place cleanfill onto land
• erect an erosion control structure
• construct or alter a ford across a waterway
• remove sand or gravel from the bed of a watercourse
• carry out soil cultivation near a watercourse