A selection of information and application booklets which will help you in completing a resource consent application.
Information booklets and factsheets
How to apply
This booklet provides general guidance on what to include in an application, and the process an application goes through once submitted.
'How to Apply' booklet (pdf 151 kB)
Your consent document
This booklet provides assistance in understanding the resource consent document itself, and indicates when Environment Canterbury should be notified of changes.
'Your consent document' booklet (pdf 127 kB)
Monitoring your consent
This booklet provides information about how your consent is monitored by Environment Canterbury.
'Monitoring your consent' booklet (pdf 148 kB)
Notification process
This booklet explains the process of notification, including appealing a decision.
'Notification' booklet (pdf 157 kB)
Resource consent charges factsheet
This factsheet is a summary of the charges that can and may be applied when applying for a resource consent.
Resource consent charges factsheet (pdf 79 kB)
Application booklets
Dairy shed effluent - When the cows come home
The information contained within this booklet will assist you in ensuring the quick and efficient processing of your resource consent application. Resource Consents for the discharge and storage of dairy shed effluent are important legal documents that enable you to carry out your work and meet environmental requirements at the same time.
When the cows come home - applying for your dairy shed effluent resource consents (pdf 144 kB)
Wastewater discharge - Flushed with success
The information contained within these booklets will assist you in ensuring the quick and efficient processing of your wastewater discharge authorisation and in ensuring your on-site wastewater system continues to be authorised once it has been installed.
Flush but don't forget - applying for on-site wastewater discharge authorisation (pdf 345 kB)
Flushed with success - a guide to keeping your on-site wastewater system authorised (pdf 95 kB)
Stormwater discharges - The calm before the storm
This guidebook aims to help the industry meet Environment Canterbury's requirements for stormwater discharge consents by outlining the acceptance criteria and information required to audit and process consent applications quickly and efficiently. The books are intended for use by developers and/or their consultants who prepare resource consent applications for the discharge of stormwater in the Canterbury Region.
Stormwater discharge to land
The calm before the storm - application guidebook for stormwater discharges - Land (pdf 502 kB)
Stormwater discharge to water
The calm before the storm - application guidebook for stormwater discharges - Water (pdf 302 kB)
Application forms
These files can be downloaded to your local machine and filled in off-line. They will, however, need to be printed and signed and returned to us here at Environment Canterbury via normal post. Our postal details are available here.
Other resource consent forms
These files can be downloaded to your local machine and filled in off-line. They will, however, need to be printed and signed and returned to us here at Environment Canterbury via normal post. Our postal details are available here.
Swing mooring, slipway and Navigation Safety Bylaw forms are on a separate page.
As further forms are developed, they will appear on this page. In the meantime, you may need a form which is only available directly from Customer Services.