Canterbury Air Regional Plan
The Canterbury Air Regional Plan - Te mahere ā-rohe mō te hau o Waitaha (PDF File, 14.08MB) is operative.
The Air Plan sets out how we manage air pollution from home heating, industry and other sources like outdoor burning, dust and odour.
You can find further information on the Air Plan measures, and access background documents below.
Planning Maps for the Air Plan can also be viewed via Canterbury Maps.
Amendments to the Air Plan
Changes to the National Policy Statement – Industrial Heat processes came into effect on 27 July 2023.
The Canterbury Air Regional Plan (sections 7.20 - 7.30) has been amended to incorporate policies from the National Policy Statement for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Industrial Process Heat 2023 (NPS-IPH 2023).
Review
The Canterbury Air Regional Plan has been developed and is under review.
Public notification
The Canterbury Air Regional Plan has been publicly notified.
Submissions
Submissions to The Canterbury Air Regional Plan have closed.
Hearings
Hearings commenced on 27 October 2015 - 26 November 2015.
Appeals
Council’s decisions were publicly notified and the appeals period has ended.
Plan operative
Council has made the Canterbury Air Regional Plan operative from 31 October 2017.
Current stage
Plan operative~~
- Canterbury Air Regional Plan (PDF File, 14.08MB)
- Public Notice - Air Plan Operative - October 2017 (PDF File, 29.37KB)
- CARP - Minor correction memo 19 December 2017 (PDF File, 119.5KB)
- CARP - Minor correction memo 22 January 2018 (PDF File, 65.5KB)
- Public notice - Amendment to CARP 25 March 2024 (PDF File, 38.7KB)
Previous stages
Review
- Natural Resources Regional Plan Review documents
Public notification
Submissions
Hearings
Decisions
For the version of the Proposed Canterbury Air Plan that is being treated as operative read ‘Appendix B’ below.
Also refer to the recent High Court decision amending the definitions of ‘sensitive activity’ and ‘public amenity area’, these have immediate effect and prevail over the definitions in Appendix B.
- pCARP Report and Recommendations of the Hearing Commissioners (PDF File, 872.82KB)
- pCARP Recommended Decisions on Submissions - Appendix A (PDF File, 5.07MB)
- pCARP Report and Recommendations of Hearing Commissioners - Appendix B (PDF File, 17.4MB)
- pCARP Amended Provision Numbers (PDF File, 223.38KB)
- pCARP - Public Notice - Decisions on submissions (PDF File, 104.48KB)
Appeals
There were two appeals on the Canterbury Air Regional Plan.
Appellant Documents |
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Federated Farmers - Sealed notice of abandonment dated 31 May 2017 (PDF File, 304.31KB) |
Sealed Order amending the pCARP by consent dated 9 June 2017 (PDF File, 490.49KB) |