Regional plans, policies and strategies
- Regional landscape atlas
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This Wellington Region Landscape Atlas is part of the Wellington Region GIS Database - an initiative to assist regional and district council staff and their professional consultants in making landscape character assessments.
- Search engine for the regional rules and regulations
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There are three ways to use this search engine to find the relevant rule or regulation.
- Definitions in plans
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Find out the definitions of frequently used terms in Greater Wellington's plans.
- Regional Air Quality Management Plan
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The Regional Air Quality Management Plan became operative on 8 May 2000. Change 1 to the Regional Air Quality Management Plan was made operative on1 September 2003.
- Regional Coastal Plan
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The Regional Coastal Plan became operative on 19 June 2000. It applies to the coastal marine area of the Wellington region.
- Regional Freshwater Plan
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The Regional Freshwater Plan became operative on 17 December 1999. It applies to all types of activities that use freshwater or that are in the beds of rivers and lakes.
- Proposed Regional Policy Statement
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The Resource Management Act 1991 requires all regional councils to produce a regional policy statement for their region and then review it every 10 years to promote the purpose of the Act.
- Regional Soil Plan
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The Regional Soil Plan became operative on 9 October 2000. Change 1 to the Regional Soil Plan was made operative on 1 September 2003. The change affected the plan's definition of "soil". There were no changes to the rules.
- Plan for discharges to land
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The Regional Plan for Discharges to Land[glossary/] became operative on 17 December 1999. Change 1 to the Regional Plan for Discharges to Land became operative on 1 September 2003.
- Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations
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The Resource Management (Marine Pollution) Regulations were made by Order in Council on 20 July 1998. These regulations override some rules in the Regional Coastal Plan.
- National Environmental Standards for air quality
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The Ministry for the Environment introduced national environment standards for air quality in October 2004.
- Wairarapa Coastal Strategy
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The Wairarapa Coastal Strategy provides a long-term vision for the Wairarapa coast and recommends actions that the community can take to achieve that vision.