The Resource Management Act 1991 allows for you to make submissions to notified applications for resource consent. You can see what resource consents are being notified by visiting our Public Notices and Tenders page.

• Download Submission Form (pdf, 83kb)
  

When Making Your Submission

The following points will help you when making your submission:

Please use additional pages if you require more space to make your submissions.
You must serve a copy of your submission as soon as reasonably practicable for an applicant whose postal address is given in the notice of application.

In accordance with Section 100 of the Act “Obligation to hold a hearing” for an application for a resource consent, the Council would proceed to hold a hearing if it decides one is necessary or either the applicant or a person who made a submission has requested to be heard and has not subsequently advised that he or she does not wish to be heard.

Should you decide to withdraw your submission, the Council would appreciate receiving your advice before the Council sends out its notice of the date and time of the hearing under Section 101 of the Act.

Privacy Note: The information provided on this form will be used in the consideration of a resource consent application and may be published in a publicly available hearings agenda. Take care when providing personal information.
Section 104 of the Act states that when considering an application for a resource consent. Council shall not take into account the effects of trade competition on trade competitors.