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- ECan releases draft Land and Water Regional Plan
- Apr 2012The draft Land and Water Regional Plan (LWRP) is out for informal comment until Monday 7 May 2012. It is not Council policy at this stage, but has been released as a staff working draft for public consultation purposes.
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- Southland Dairy Conversions Require Consent
- Apr 2012Environment Southland is adopting a new approach to the management of water quality which will have immediate implications for new dairy conversions.
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- Christchurch Central Development Unit Established
- Apr 2012A new Christchurch Central Development Unit (CCDU) has been established to lead the rebuild of central Christchurch. The CCDU has been given as its first task, 100 days to prepare a "Blueprint for Action".
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- Water Quality in New Zealand - PCE Report
- Mar 2012On 20 March the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) Dr Jan Wright released a report on water quality titled: Water Quality in New Zealand: Understanding the Science ("the Report"). Although the findings and recommendations made in the PCE reports are not binding on Parliament, the reports are politically influential. Therefore, even though the Report does not make specific recommendations, there is a possibility that the Members of Parliament will seek to implement measures to address the water quality issues discussed in the Report. These measures may be implemented through amendments to governance, legislation, policy or regulation. In this article Maree Baker looks at the Report in more detail.
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- Better Local Government - the 2012 Reforms
- Mar 2012The Government has announced an eight point plan to reform the legislative framework for New Zealand's 78 councils. In this article Local Government legal expert Michael Garbett analyses the changes and what these mean for you.
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- Land Information Memorandum
- Mar 2012A Supreme Court decision released by the Court in Wellington this week has significant implications for all local authorities providing land information memorandum (LIM) under section 44A of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA).
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- Resource Consent granted for Parkins Bay Development
- Mar 2012Anderson Lloyd's Resource Management team, have won resource consent approval for the development at Parkins Bay to proceed.
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- Water Rights and Partial Asset Sales
- Feb 2012The debate over the incorporation of section 9 of the State Owned Enterprises Act into new legislation, allowing the partial sale of four state owned enterprise power companies has led to the New Zealand Māori Council lodging a claim in the Waitangi Tribunal, including one relating to rights to the water used by the companies.
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- Anderson Lloyd Proud to be Associated with new temporary stadium in Christchurch
- Dec 2011Anderson Lloyd is delighted to have been chosen as legal advisors to the Trust charged with the task of developing a temporary stadium in Christchurch.
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- Christchurch Central City Plan Update
- Dec 2011On Thursday 15 December the Christchurch City Council will adopt the final draft of the Central City Plan. Once adopted the Plan will be sent to the Minister for Earthquake Recovery for approval. For a summary of the final draft Plan, as revised following submissions, please follow the link below.
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- Chapter 12A Canterbury Regional Policy Statement
- Oct 2011In the attached publication, we analyse the revocation of Change 1 to the Regional Policy Statement and the inclusion of the new Chapter 12A in more detail.
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- Existing Use Rights and the Draft Christchurch Central City Plan
- Oct 2011The draft Central Ciy Plan contains proposals for significant re-zonings throughout the CBD, which will affect a large number of property and business owners and their ability to re-establish businesses and rebuild buildings on their existing site. We have prepared an overview of existing use rights as provided by Section 10 of the Resource Management Act.
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- Red Zone Contracts Released: Important Information For Property Owners
- Aug 2011We have now had the opportunity to review the contracts for the Crown's acquisition of residential red zone properties in the Christchurch and Kaiapoi areas.
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- New Christchurch Central City Plan Available
- Aug 2011The CBD Plan is the first of a series of plans which will shape Christchurch City. It covers the area within the Four Avenues and provides a number of actions and policy decisions which will affect how and where development occurs.
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