Downs and Dunes
- Author
- Salisbury, E.
- Year
- 1952
- Summary
- As required by the Resource Management Amendment Act 2003, the Regional Coastal Plan for the West Coast must be reviewed five years from when it became operative to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of the provisions. Each main chapter of the Coastal Plan was assessed separately for efficiency and effectiveness. For the purposes of this review efficiency and effectiveness have been assessed in terms of what has been achieved, and best output or outcome for least cost. The issues were considered in terms of whether they are still significant. The review also suggests several Possible Actions for the next five years, in preparation for the full review. Given the low level of development in the Coastal Marine Area (CMA), very little compliance monitoring or State of the Environment monitoring has been necessary. Information used for the review was therefore mainly from Council's Consents and Incidents files and databases, to indicate what activities are occurring and how their effects are being managed. Overall, the objectives, policies, rules and other methods that are relevant and are being applied are generally working well to minimise adverse effects and sustainably manage the West Coast's CMA. The Plan relies on consent processes, and this is appropriate given the large coastline and low level of development. Except for the matter of unblocking certain creek and river mouths, most of the changes suggested are relatively minor, are not immediately or seriously problematic, and are not resulting in significant adverse effects. They can be considered at the time of the full review. Some of the Other Methods have limited effectiveness in the context of the large West Coast coastline. When full Plan review occurs it would be more efficient to have a general methods chapter for the whole Plan, with a few specific and relevant methods retained in the 'activity' chapters. The assessment of each chapter found the following main points:
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