Reference & Background Documents
The Proposed District Plan is supported by a significant number of documents. Some are incorporated in the Plan by reference and others to provide background to legislative requirements, national and regional direction and guidance. Where a document is publicly available, we have added PA. However, they are not linked unless incorporated by reference.
Documents incorporated by reference
Documents in the following list are incorporated by reference. This means they form part of the Plan. Some of the documents incorporated by reference are freely available for viewing online via the links we have provided.
Where copyright restrictions apply, the link will take you to the appropriate website to purchase the document. You can view these documents at no cost at our main office - 29 Bowler Avenue, Gore.
Here are lists of all the documents referred to in the Proposed District Plan. These documents include legislation, national, regional and local direction and guidance that have informed the Plan.
Local Documents
- Mataura River Mātaitai Reserve – Fisheries Act 1996 – PA
- Subdivision and Land Development Bylaw 2019
- Gore District Trading in Public Places Bylaw 2018
- Gore District Roading Bylaw 2011
- Gore District Trails Feasibility Study 2017
- Ready for Tomorrow – Gore District Spatial Plan
Regional Documents
- Mataura River Water Conservation Order 1997 – PA
- Environment Southland Navigation Safety Bylaws 2009 – PA
- Southland Regional Policy Statement 2017 - PA
- Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource & Environmental Iwi Management Plan - Te Tangi a Tauira - The Cry of the People - PA
- Southland / Murihiku Regional Landscape Study - Boffa Miskell 2019
Resource Management Act
| Resource Management Act 1991 – PA | New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 – PA |
| National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation 2011 – PA | National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 – PA |
| National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2014 – PA | National Policy Statement on Electricity Transmission 2008 |
| National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity 2023 – PA | National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land 2022 – PA |
| NES for Electricity Transmission Activities Regulations 2009 | NES for Storing Tyres Outdoors Regulations 2021 |
| NES for Marine Aquaculture Regulations 2020 | NES for Freshwater Regulations 2020 |
| NES on Plantation Forestry Regulations 2017 | NES for Telecommunication Facilities 2016 |
| NES for Assessing & Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health Regulations 2011 | NES for Air Quality Regulations 2004 (amended 2011) |
| NES for Sources of Drinking Water Regulations 2007 |
Other Acts and Regulations
| Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 PA Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 – PA Forests Act 1949 PA Unit Titles Act 1972 - PA Unit Titles Act 2010 - PA Conservation Act 1987 - PA Protected Objects Act 1975 - PA Land Transfer Act 2017 – PA Camping Ground Regulations 1985 - PA Reserves Act 1977– PA Building Act 2004 - PA Telecommunications Act 2001 - PA Radiocommunications Act 1989 – PA Airport Authorities Act 1966 – PA Civil Aviation Act 1990 – PA Port Companies Act 1988 – PA Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 – PA Health and Safety at Work (Major Hazard Facilities) Regulations 2016 - PA Health and Safety at Work (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2016 | Health Act 1956 – PA Public Works Act 1981 – PA Electricity Act 1992 – PA Local Government Act 1974 – PA Government Roading Powers Act 1989 – PA Defence Act 1990 – PA Historic Places Act 1993 – PA Ngāi Tahu (Pounamu Vesting) Act 1997 – PA Thirty Year Infrastructure Pan (NZIP 2015) – PA Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 – PA Fire and Emergency NZ Act 2017 – PA Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997 - PA Land and Transport Act 1998 – PA Electricity (Hazards from Trees) Regulations 2003 - PA Food Act 2014 – PA Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 – PA Reserves Land Act 1977 – PA Biosecurity Act 1993 – PA |
National Standards and Guides
- National Planning Standards - PA
- Building Code Handbook - PA
- New Zealand Transport Agency Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management – PA
- National Code of Practice for Utility Operators Access to Transport Corridors – PA
- NZTA M30 Specification and Guidelines for Road Lighting Design – PA
- NZ Fire Service Firefighting Water Supplies Code of Practice – PA
- AS/NZ 1158 Lighting for Roads and Public Spaces (purchasable)
- AS/NZ Control of Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Lighting (purchasable)
- Fire and Emergency’s ‘Designer’s guide’ to firefighting operations emergency vehicle access 2021 – PA
- Traffic Control Devices Manual – PA
- NZTA Pedestrian Planning and Design Guide – PA
- Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) Principle – PA
- Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga Accidental Discovery Protocol – PA
- Ngai Tahu Ki Murihiku Accidental Discovery Protocol – PA
- Standard tree evaluation method (STEM) – Council hard copy (Parks and Reserves)
- ICOMOS New Zealand Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value (ICOMOS New Zealand Charter 2010) – PA
- NZECP 34:2001 NZ Electrical Code of Practice for Electrical Safe Distances - PA
- World Health Organization (WHO) Environmental Health Criteria (No. 238, 2007) - PA
- ICNIRP Guidelines for Limiting Exposure to Time‐Varying Electric And Magnetic Fields (1hz – 100 Khz) - (Health physics, 2010, 99(6);818-836) - PA
- NZS 2772.1:1999 Radiofrequency fields - Maximum exposure levels - 3 kHz to 300 GHz (purchasable)
- AS/NZS 4282:2019 Control of Obtrusive Effects of Outdoor Lighting (purchasable)
- NZS 6803:1999 Acoustic Construction Noise (purchasable)
- NZS 6807:1994 Noise Management and Land Use Planning for Helicopter Landing Areas (purchasable)
