Western Bay of Plenty District Council. Change to the District Plan – First Review Plan Change 74: Coastal Hazards. Section 32 Report
- Author
- Tony Clow
- Summary
- This Plan Change updates the District Plan Maps in response to a review of the ‘Coastal Protection Areas’ at Waihi Beach and Pukehina. This review has identified land susceptible to coastal erosion and/or coastal inundation (flooding) within these areas over the next 100 years. This Plan Change also reviews the rules within ‘Section 8 – Natural Hazards’ of the District Plan to ensure the risks that coastal hazards pose to people and buildings can be avoided or mitigated. This review of the rules also affects the Coastal Protection Areas along the rural open coastline (rural zoned land within 100m of MHWS) including Matakana Island and the land east of Pukehina. For clarity, it is not the purpose of this Plan Change to prevent coastal erosion or coastal inundation from occurring. Any preventative measures such as dune planting, dune re-nourishment or the construction of rock revetments cannot be implemented by the District Plan. Council can however implement or consider implementing these measures in other ways. It is also important to note that both dune re-nourishment and the construction of new rock revetments in the coastal marine area require resource consent from the Bay of Plenty Regional Council.