The Waikato Regional Policy Statement (RPS) integrates the management of natural and physical resources across the Waikato Region.
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Waikato Regional Policy Statement
The Waikato Regional Policy Statement provides an overview of resource management issues in the Waikato Region. It provides policies and a range of methods to achieve integrated management of natural and physical resources across resources, jurisdictional boundaries and agency functions, and guides the development of sub-ordinate plans (Regional as well as District) and the consideration of resource consents.
This Regional Policy Statement provides a framework for resource use, which enables the Regional community to achieve its social and economic aspirations within the capacity of the environment. Where resource quality is high, it is the intention of objectives and policies to retain high resource quality. Where resource quality has been degraded through inappropriate use, the quality of such resources is intended to be improved over time.
The Waikato Regional Policy Statement guides the development of the Waikato Regional Plan and Regional Coastal Plan.
The Regional Policy Statement is available for download in PDF format below.
Regional Policy Statement
(759 kb, 108 seconds to download, 56k modem)
What area does the Policy cover?
The Policy Statement applies to all uses of natural resources across the entire Waikato Region, from the top of mountain ridges to 12 nautical miles (approximately 20 kilometres) out to sea.
Policy status
The Policy Statement is Operative.
Change No. 1 Geothermal
Environment Waikato proposed Change No. 1 to the Geothermal Section of the Waikato Regional Policy Statement. The change became operative on 21 December 2007.
Change No. 2 Future Proof
The purpose of the Proposed Change No.2 FutureProof is to provide policies and methods to implement the Future Proof Growth Strategy. FutureProof was developed by Environment Waikato, Hamilton City Council, Waikato and Waipa District Councils and tangata whenua, in association with the New Zealand Transport Agency, to manage growth in the Future Proof sub-region. The sub-region is made up of Hamilton City, Waipa District and Waikato District. Future Proof provides a long term settlement pattern, allocations for residential and industrial land, and principles to guide development decisions.
You can download the Proposed Change and the supporting Section 32 Report here:
Proposed Change No. 2 Future Proof
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Proposed Change No. 2 Future Proof - Section 32
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Submissions
You can make a submission on the Proposed Change on the form at the end of the document
Proposed Change No. 2 Future Proof.
Submissions are to be received by Environment Waikato by 5.00pm on Friday, 11 December 2009.
Find out more about changes, variations and amendments affecting our other plans.
Ordering the Waikato Regional Policy Statement
Each section of the Waikato Regional Policy Statement can be viewed on this website.
Printed copies of the Waikato Regional Policy Statement can also be purchased for $80 (NZ). An invoice will be mailed to you with the documents.
Please note: prices for the Waikato Regional Policy Statement may be subject to change.
We welcome your feedback
Help us improve our Regional Policy Statement. As a user of our Policy and Plans we welcome your feedback.