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• BEFORE YOU APPLY

  What are resource consents
  What activities need a resource consent?
  Permitted activities
  Using a consultant
  Costs and charges

• THE CONSENT PROCESS

  Summary flow chart diagram of process
  Evaluation and decision making
  Notified or non-notified
  Hearings
  Making a submission

• APPLYING FOR CONSENT

  Preparing your application
  Consultation
  Lodge your application
  Costs and charges

• HOLDING A CONSENT

  Your responsibilities
  Using (exercising) your consent
  Monitoring your activity
  Water use records
  Costs and charges

• CHANGING A CONSENT

  Change consent conditions
  Transfer to another party
  Cancellation (surrender)
  Expiring and expired consents

• FORMS

  Consent application forms
  Other forms

• RULES AND POLICIES

  Waikato Regional plan
  Regional Coastal Plan
  Regional Policy Statement

• MORE INFO AND TOOLS

  Maps
  Recent consent applications
  Publicly notified applications
  Current Resource Consent applications of community interest
  Dairy shed water takes
  Earthworks - erosion and sediment control
  Urban stormwater management