Proposed New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2008 - Schedule I

Schedule I

S1.1 Reclamations

Any activity reclaiming foreshore or seabed that:

1. equals or exceeds 1 hectare; or

2. extends 100 or more metres in any direction; or

3. is an incremental reclamation connected to, or part of, another reclamation that was commenced or received a resource consent after 5 May 1994, and the sum of the existing and proposed reclamations is equal to or exceeds the dimensions in (a) or (b);

is a restricted coastal activity.

S1.2 Structures that contain or effectively contain the coastal marine area

1. Any activity involving the erection or placement of a structure or structures, including floating or open pile structures, that will contain or effectively contain 4 hectares or more of the coastal marine area, so that water flows are impeded, is a restricted coastal activity.

2. A floating or open piled structure that can be demonstrated not to impede water flows is not a restricted coastal activity.

S1.3 Structures in the coastal marine area more or less parallel to mean high water springs, including coastal hazard protection structures, breakwaters, and artificial reefs

1. Where any activity involves the erection or placement of a structure or contiguous structures wholly or partly in the coastal marine area that: 

   1. is solid (or presents a significant barrier to water or sediment movement);

   2. would extend 100 metres or more in total length; and

   3. is more or less parallel to the line of mean high water springs;

the part of the activity that is in the coastal marine area is a restricted coastal activity.

2. Any activity involving the placement of a cable on or under the foreshore or seabed, or pipeline under the foreshore or seabed, is not a restricted coastal activity.

Contiguous here means connected to, or next to, and includes structures within 10 metres of each other in enclosed harbours or estuaries and within 20 metres of each other on the open coast.

S1.4 Structures in the coastal marine area oblique or perpendicular to mean high water springs

1. Any activity involving the erection or placement of a structure (or structures) in the coastal marine area, that is (or are):  

   1. solid, or a significant barrier to water or sediment movement;

   2. oblique or perpendicular to the line of mean high water springs; and

   3. 100 metres or more in length, whether singly, in combination with existing structures, or in total where the activity involves two or more structures;

is a restricted coastal activity.

2. Any activity involving the placement of a cable on or under the foreshore or seabed, or pipeline under the foreshore or seabed, is not a restricted coastal activity.

S1.5 Structures in the coastal marine area used for storage or containment of petroleum, petroleum products, or contaminants

Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures, including a pipeline, that will be used for the storage or containment of any petroleum, petroleum products, or contaminants, in quantities greater than or equal to 50,000 litres is a restricted coastal activity.

S1.6 Disturbance of foreshore and seabed (excavate, drill, move, tunnel etc) including any removal of sand, shell or shingle

1. Any activity involving, in any 12 month period, disturbance of foreshore and seabed for specific purposes, including any removal of sand, shell or shingle or other natural material:  

   1. in volumes greater than 50,000 cubic metres; or

   2. extracted from areas equal to or greater than 4 hectares; or

   3. extending over 1000 metres or more of foreshore and seabed;

is a restricted coastal activity.

Disturbance of foreshore and seabed:  

1. for maintenance dredging, which means any dredging of the bed of the sea necessary to maintain water depths to previously approved levels, for the safe and convenient navigation of vessels, in navigation channels and at berthing and mooring facilities, including marina developments; or

2. by horizontal directional drilling or other sub-surface excavation methods;

is not a restricted coastal activity.

S1.7 Depositing substances in the coastal marine area

1. Any activity involving the depositing of any material on the foreshore and seabed in quantities greater than 50,000 cubic metres in any 12 month period at a site in the coastal marine area is a restricted coastal activity.

2. Any activity involving the depositing of any material on the foreshore and seabed that is controlled by sections 15A or 15B of the Resource Management Act 1991 is not a restricted coastal activity.

S1.8 Exotic plants in the coastal marine area

Any activity involving the introduction of any exotic plant species to the coastal marine area is a restricted coastal activity, except where that plant is already present in an area and an operative or proposed regional coastal plan specifies that the planting of it is a discretionary activity.

S1.9 Occupation of the coastal marine area

1. (a) Any activity involving occupation of the coastal marine area that: 

   1. would exclude or effectively exclude public access from areas of the coastal marine area over 10 hectares; or

   2. would exclude or effectively exclude the public from more than 316 metres along the length of the foreshore; or

   3. would restrict public access to or through 50 hectares or more of the coastal marine area;

is a restricted coastal activity.

2. Any activity involving the occupation of the coastal marine area for aquaculture activities is not a restricted coastal activity.

S1.10 Discharges to the coastal marine area

1. Any discharge of human sewage to the coastal marine area is a restricted coastal activity.

2. Any discharge to the coastal marine area in respect of which the applicant may desire to rely on section 107(2)(a) is a restricted coastal activity.

3. Any discharge to the coastal marine area that is controlled by section 15B of the Resource Management Act 1991 is not a restricted coastal activity.

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