District Plan Hauraki Gulf Islands Section - Operative 1996

This section sets out the standards for discretionary activities.

Those standards which are readily quantified are summarised in Table 2 which must be read in conjunction with the relevant rule.

The standards set out below simply outline the extent to which the standards for permitted activities may be varied by the Council in granting a resource consent to a discretionary activity.

Anyone seeking an explanation of a standard for a discretionary activity should refer to the reasons and explanations for the relevant standard in Part 6B. The standards set are the maximum that may be granted by way of a resource consent for a discretionary activity and are not automatic limits that will be imposed as conditions of any resource consent.

Activities which exceed the standards for discretionary activities, other than prohibited activities, will be assessed as non-complying activities.