About resource consents
Greater Wellington’s resource advisers process resource consent applications for people wishing to use or develop the natural resources of air, water, coast and land in our region. There are four types of resource consent:
Land use consents
For activities involving constructing or altering bores, using or disturbing a river bed or lake bed, or soil disturbances.
Discharge permits
For activities involving discharging a contaminant into water, discharging a contaminant onto or into land or into air.
Water permits
For activities involving taking, damming or diverting water.
Coastal permits
For activities in the coastal marine area.
City and district councils deal with consents for other activities, such as subdivision consents and building permits.
Some activities are classified as permitted. Permitted activities are allowed without resource consent as long as the activity complies with the conditions specified in Greater Wellington’s regional plan rule for that activity.
Once resource consents are issued, we monitor the use of these activities to make sure consent conditions are being complied with.