Environment Canterbury has received several hundred submissions on its proposed Plan Change 7 to the Land and Water Regional Plan. Planning manager Andrew Parrish says the exact number of submissions will be known in a few weeks, but it is ''safe to say, however, that we have never received anywhere near as many for any previous plan change, even to the original Land and Water Regional Plan''. The plan change aims to improve fresh-water quality and outcomes, increase minimum flows of rivers and streams, and further reduce nitrate losses from farms. Proposed Plan Change 7 to the Land and Water Regional Plan, the last to be notified with the Environment Canterbury Act still in place, is in three parts. Plan Change 7 is not affected by the Government's proposals in the Action Plan for Healthy Waterways at this stage.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 05, 2019 16:07 UTC