Regional Water and Land Plan

The purpose of the Regional Water and Land Plan is to promote the sustainable and integrated management of land and water resources within the Bay of Plenty Region. To achieve this, the Regional Water and Land Plan has policies and methods (which include rules) to address issues of use, development and protection of land resources, geothermal resources and freshwater resources, including the beds and margins of water bodies. This Plan has replaced the Regional Land Management Plan and Transitional Regional Plan.

The resources covered by the Regional Water and Land Plan are:

• Soil (land) resources
• Rivers and streams 
• Lakes (Rule 11) 
• Wetlands
• Groundwater 
• Geothermal resources (excluding the area covered by the Rotorua Geothermal Regional Plan)

Plan Changes

Read about Plan Change 5 (Lake Okareka) and Plan Change 6 (Lake Okaro), which were withdrawn by Council on 17 September 2009. 

Read about Plan Change 8 - Groundwater Bores and Flooding Conditions which is now operative and incorporated into the Regional Water and Land Plan.

Implementing the Water and Land Plan

The following information sheets have been produced to track progress made with implementing methods in the plan.  Further information sheets will be produced in relation to other chapters.

• Chapter 2.1 Kaitiakitanga (409KB, pdf)
• Chapter 5.1 Take and Use of Surface Water and Groundwater (408KB, pdf)
  

Download the plan

• Plan Change 8 update and replacement pages  (1,107KB, pdf)

Full plan incorporating Plan Change No.8 and replacement pages:

• Cover and Contents (350KB, pdf)
• Chapter 1 - Introduction (402KB, pdf)
• Chapter 2 - Kaitiakitanga (78KB, pdf)
• Chapter 3 - The Integrated Management of Land and Water (350KB, pdf)
• Chapter 4 - Discharges to Water and Land (174KB, pdf)
• Chapter 5 - Water Quantity and Allocation (231KB, pdf)
• Chapter 6 - Beds of Rivers, Streams, Lakes and Wetlands (82KB, pdf)
• Chapter 7 - Geothermal Resource (299KB, pdf)
• Chapter 8 - Wetlands (67KB, pdf)
• Chapter 9 - Regional Rules (1,359KB, pdf)
• Chapter 10 - Financial Contributions (37KB, pdf)
• Chapter 11 - Information to be Submitted with Resource Consent Applications (28KB, pdf)
• Chapter 12 - Anticipated Environmental Results (53KB, pdf)
• Chapter 13 - Cross Boundary Issues (46KB, pdf)
• Chapter 14 - Plan Review Process (37KB, pdf)
• Schedules (2,456KB, pdf)
• Definition of Terms (654KB, pdf)
• Bibliography (40KB, pdf)
• Index (110KB, pdf)
• Appendix 1 (41KB, pdf)

Download the Water Quality Classification Maps

• Index (1035KB, pdf)
• T14 - Morrinsville (616KB, pdf)
• T/U13 - Paeroa/Waihi Beach (972KB, pdf)
• U14 - Tauranga (2313KB,  pdf)
• U15 - Ngongotaha (2777KB, pdf)
• U16 - Rotorua (1382KB, pdf)
• U-V17 - Murupara (2005KB, pdf)
• U-V18 - Taupo/Whirinaki (1381KB, pdf)
• U-V19 - Kaimanawa/Te Haroto (419KB, pdf)
• V14 - Maketu (459KB, pdf)
• V15 - Edgecumbe (2105KB, pdf)
• V16 - Tarawera (1849KB, pdf)
• V-W18 - Whirinaki/Waikaremoana (1136KB, pdf)
• W15 - Whakatane (1460KB, pdf)
• W16 - Waimana (2845KB, pdf)
• W17 - Urewera (3427KB, pdf)
• X14 - Te Kaha (484KB, pdf)
• X15 - Omaio (1756KB, pdf)
• X16 - Motu (1802KB, pdf)
• X17 - Matawai (408KB, pdf)
• Y14 - Cape Runaway (585KB, pdf)
• Y15 - Hikurangi (1177KB, pdf)
• Y16 - Tauwhareparae (374KB, pdf)

Erosion Hazard Zone maps

The following maps form part of the Erosion Hazard Zone, referred to in Section 9.2 of the rules and in the Erosion Hazard Zone definition of the plan.

• Index (1MB, pdf)
• U/V18 (1.8MB, pdf)
• U/V19 (1.6MB, pdf)

Order a copy of the Regional Water and Land Plan

Order the plan by phone 0800 ENV BOP (368 267) or email us at info@envbop.govt.nz. The costs are as follows (all prices include GST):

• Regional Water and Land Plan - $55
• CD containing the Regional Water and Land Plan and all Maps - $15
• 1:50,000 scale Water Classification Map - $15
• Plan Change 8 update and replacement pages - n/c 

The Regional Water and Land Plan is available to view at Environment Bay of Plenty offices, all public libraries throughout the Bay of Plenty and service centres of Bay of Plenty’s city and district councils