Toxic Algae Warning
The Contaminated Land chapter supports the protection of human health from the potential impacts of using and developing contaminated land. The National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health is a complete framework of rules that manage activities on sites with contaminated or potentially contaminated land.
The chapter contains an objective and policies to give guidance for resource consent applications required under the National Environmental Standard.
Read the Contaminated Land s32 Evaluation Report (PDF 1.7 MB)
Hazardous substances are controlled through a range of legislation and regulations, the primary piece of legislation being the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
The purpose of the Hazardous Substances chapter is to protect people, communities and the environment from the residual risk of hazardous substances, after statutory rules and controls outside the District Plan have been complied with.
Read the s32 Hazardous substance Evaluation Report (PDF 1.4 MB)
Lower Hutt is susceptible to a wide range of natural hazards. These hazards can result in harm to people and damage to property and buildings. It is therefore important to identify areas susceptible to natural hazards and to avoid or manage subdivision, use and development, relative to the natural hazard risk posed.
The Natural Hazards chapter focuses on the following natural hazards:
- Flooding
- Fault rupture
- Liquefaction
- Slope Instability
- Coastal inundation, including from sea level rise
- Tsunami
The chapter includes objectives, policies and rules that manage new land use and built development within areas that have been identified as being susceptible to natural hazards. Objectives, policies and rules for coastal hazards (specifically, coastal inundation and tsunami) are located in the Coastal Environment chapter.
Read the Natural Hazards s32 Evaluation Report (PDF 1.8 MB)