2019-10-01-MfE-Professor-Skeltons-Report.pdf [pdf, 1.9 MB]
...Council, and two district council mayors. The immediate issue facing the Council is the challenge of developing a fit for purpose planning framework ahead of the expiry of the deemed water permits on 1 October 2021. It will be important to complete a new regional policy statement and a new land and water regional plan before undertaking the assessment of any new or replacement water consent applications. This will enable applications to be considered under the new freshwater planning fra...