Chapter 6 covers land use within the beds and margins of lakes and rivers, for the purpose of addressing aspects of Environment Canterbury’s functions under the RMA.
The beds and margins of lakes and rivers are valuable elements of the Canterbury landscape. They are components of larger dynamic natural systems that, due to their form and behaviour, are subject to change in response to natural events including the transportation and deposition of sediment.
Chapter 6 is part of Variation 1. The Variation 1 page provides information on the variation process, including Hearings.
Since 2004 when Variation 1 added Chapters 4- 8 to the NRRP a number of other variations have been notified which make changes or additions to Chapters 1-8. There are no variations that affect Chapter 6 at present.