Updating Section 2.4.2 is largely driven by recent amendments to the Resource Management Act 1991, which support the national focus on permitted activity monitoring and national environmental standard rules. In addition, the legislative changes allow for cost recovery associated with confirmed breaches of rules and for undertaking some enforcement functions.

To align with these requirements, we are proposing that Schedule 3A be removed and section 2.4.2 – Compliance Monitoring Charges – is expanded with more detailed wording.

For the full proposed changes please see the tracked changes in the Draft Policy.

A review of the fixed fee charges has been undertaken to reflect the level of work required to monitor these consents, which has resulted in some changes to the charges and monitoring frequencies in Schedules 1A (Schedule 1A – Consents subject to fixed fee compliance monitoring charges) and 2A (Consents subject to variable compliance monitoring charges).

Schedule 1A has also been reviewed to reflect updated staff rates, which has resulted in both lower and higher consent charges across the fixed fee categories in Schedule 1A.

The review is ongoing and aims to ensure the complexity, risk and time involved in monitoring and the wide range of different activities authorised by consents is fairly reflected in the charges. This helps Council better plan for long-term revenue and resourcing needs ahead of the 2027-2037 Long Term Plan review.

For the full proposed changes please see the tracked changes in the Draft Policy.