Resource consents

A resource consent can authorise a wide range of activities such as:

•     Taking water for irrigation
•     Discharging contaminants onto land, into water or into the air
•     Taking gravel from a riverbed
•     Clearing vegetation in selected areas
•     Installing a bore in the ground

Using our database we can confirm whether a resource consent is associated to a particular property anywhere in the Canterbury region. It is also desirable to contact the local City or district Councils for any consents they may hold.

Wells

The locations of wells in Environment Canterbury's wells database are generally accurate to within a few hundred metres. Therefore, it is possible that any details of wells may not actually be on the property shown. Likewise, there may be other wells on the property that Environment Canterbury does not have on record, or for which Environment Canterbury has inaccurate location details.