Trees Difficult to Streamline
Created: Wednesday, 20 July 2011 01:42
Section 152 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (Act) revokes district plan rules relating to the felling, damaging or removal of trees in an urban environment from 1 January 2012. However, a rule relating to "...a tree, or group of trees...specifically identified" in a district plan is exempt from this revocation pursuant to section 152(3).
The wide definition the Environment Court has given to the phrase "group of trees" in Re Auckland Council means that some Councils will not have to go through the substantial process of changing their district plan provisions relating to the protection of trees in order to comply with the Act.
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