The Nelson Resource Management Plan

This is a combined District (land use) and Regional (coastal, land disturbance and freshwater) Plan. The Nelson Air Quality Plan is a separate document.

The Nelson Resource Management Plan became operative, in part, on 1 September, 2004. The Regional Coastal Plan became operative on 7 March 2005 (apart from those provisions relating to ‘Port Noise’). The Port Noise provisions are currently the subject of a Variation to the Plan. The Freshwater Plan became fully operative on 5 June 2007. The entire plan will be made operative once the Port Noise variation is completed. You can download the Plan’s Operative Seal (PDF @ 150KB).

This is not the end of the matter though. The NRMP is constantly evolving to meet changing needs, demands and resources.

NRMP available online

The entire NRMP Volumes 1, 2, 3 and the maps of Volume 4 are now all available for download by chapter/appendix.

31 March 2008 plan amendments

Amendments have been made to the Nelson Resource Management Plan (NRMP) with regard to Private Plan Change 06/01 and Council Plan Change 06/04.

Click here for the instruction letter and plan changes for the 31 March 2008 amendment.

26 January plan amendments

The plan change amendments issued on 26 January can be obtained by contacting the Planning Assistant, Environmental Policy on +64 3 546 0388.

Proposed NRMP Plan changes