PLANNING

The purpose of the Planning Committee is to provide advice to members and the AQA Board on policy and planning issues relating to the establishment, consenting and operation of quarries and the production of aggregates, lime and other materials.

Planning Committee
Chair	Wayne Scott	AQA	021 944 336
Committee	Kevin Bligh	Golder
	Don Chittock	Fulton Hogan
	Jeremy Harding	Straterra
	Dudley Clemens	J Swap
	Tyler Sharratt	Winstone Aggregates
	Stacy Goldsworthy	Civil Contractors

 

AQA currently submit on all regional and district plans and encourage all of our members to submit on those plans that affect them. To assist you we have made a document – Key points relating to quarries for use in submissions on resource management policy and district plans.

The Guideline document is designed to assist members in preparing submissions on regional or district plans, and preparing development applications or similar Resource Management applications. It contains key points designed for members to be able to cut and paste into submissions on resource management policy, district plans etc. Please use these key points, as relevant, in your submissions.

If you require any assistance with submissions, development applications or general resource consent advice please contact [email protected].

Mining or Exploration Permit Application
In conjunction with New Zealand Minerals Council we have prepared a simple guide to assist those required to apply for a mining or exploration permit. This will be required when your quarry is on crown land or contains crown owned minerals. Determining mineral ownership in any particular title or land holding is often not an easy task. It will, in many cases, be necessary to search back to the first alienation of the land from the Crown to establish whether or not the minerals continue to be held with the fee simple title, or had been reserved by the Crown, or had been excluded as a result of any subsequent transaction (such as a transfer or a Public Works Act acquisition). Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has a list of Accredited Crown Property Suppliers that can undertake title searches to determine mineral ownership.