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Resource Management Act forms
These forms are prescribed by the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003 and came into effect on 1 August 2003. Copies of all forms are linked below. You may:
- Use these forms - they are provided in Rich Text Format (RTF) so that you will be able to fill them in electronically using an editor such as Word
- Draft your own - as long as it has only minor differences and has the same effect it is not invalid
- Contact your council to see if it has a form you should use.
Please note: Please note: Changes to regulations made under the Resource Management Act
Forms for national policy statements and plans
- Form 1: Public notice of proposal or inquiry concerning national policy statement or review, change, or revocation of national policy statement (RTF document 32 KB)
- Form 2: Public notice of proposal for New Zealand coastal policy statement and inquiry (RTF document 32 KB)
- Form 3: Submission on proposal for national policy statement or New Zealand coastal policy statement (RTF document 37 KB)
Forms for regional and district policy statements and plans
- Form 4: Public notice of proposed policy statement or plan (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 5: Submission on publicly notified proposal for policy statement or plan (RTF document 37 KB)
- Form 6: Further submission in support of, or in opposition to, submission on publicly notified proposed policy statement or plan (RTF document 42 KB)
- Form 7: Notice of appeal to Environment Court against decision on proposed policy statement or plan (RTF document 42 KB)
- Form 8: Notice of appeal to Environment Court against decision of requiring authority or heritage protection authority on proposed policy statement or plan (RTF document 42 KB)
Forms for resource consents
- Form 9: Application for resource consent (RTF document 41 KB)
- Form 10: Application for change or cancellation of resource consent condition (RTF document 35 KB)
- Form 11: Application for transfer of water permit (RTF document 38 KB)
- Form 12: Public notice of application concerning resource consent, water permit, or esplanade strip (RTF document 30 KB)
- Form 13: Submission on publicly notified application or notice of which served under section 94(1) concerning resource consent, water permit, or esplanade strip (RTF document 44 KB)
- Form 14: Public notice of review of resource consent conditions by consent authority (RTF document 34 KB)
- Form 15: Submission on publicly notified review of resource consent conditions by consent authority (RTF document 38 KB)
- Form 16: Notice to Environment Court of appeal or inquiry on decision or recommendation on application concerning restricted coastal activity, resource consent, water permit, certificate of compliance, matter of national significance or esplanade strip (RTF document 48 KB)
Forms for designations and heritage orders
- Form 17: Application to become requiring authority (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 18: Notice of requirement by Minister, local authority, or requiring authority for designation or alteration of designation (RTF document 37 KB)
- Form 19: Public notice of requirement by Minister, local authority, or requiring authority for designation or alteration of designation (RTF document 32 KB)
- Form 20: Public notice of territorial authority's requirement for designation or alteration of designation (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 21: Submission on publicly notified requirement for designation or heritage order or alteration of designation or heritage order (RTF document 39 KB)
- Form 22: Notice of appeal to Environment Court against decision concerning requirement for designation or heritage order (RTF document 43 KB)
- Form 23: Notice of removal of designation or heritage order or part of designation or heritage order (RTF document 34 KB)
- Form 24: Application to Environment Court for order obliging requiring authority or heritage protection authority to take land (RTF document 42 KB)
- Form 25: Application to become heritage protection authority (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 26: Notice of requirement by heritage protection authority for heritage order or alteration of heritage order (RTF document 37 KB)
- Form 27: Public notice of requirement by heritage protection authority for heritage order or alteration of heritage order (RTF document 32 KB)
- Form 28: Public notice of territorial authority's requirement for heritage order or alteration of heritage order (RTF document 37 KB)
Forms for water conservation orders
- Form 29: Public notice of application for water conservation order or for revocation or amendment of water conservation order (RTF document 35 KB)
- Form 30: Submission on publicly notified application for water conservation order or for revocation or amendment of water conservation order (RTF document 39 KB)
- Form 31: Instrument creating esplanade strip (RTF document 41 KB)
- Form 32: Easement for access strip (RTF document 40 KB)
Forms for Environment Court
- Form 33: Notice of person's wish to be party to proceedings (RTF document 40 KB)
- Form 34: Notice of appeal to Environment Court (general) (RTF document 38 KB)
- Form 35: Reply to appeal or request for inquiry (RTF document 37 KB)
- Form 36: Notice of motion (general) (RTF document 35 KB)
- Form 37: Notice of person's wish to be heard on notice of motion (RTF document 34 KB)
- Form 38: Application for waiver or directions (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 39: Witness summons to local authority hearing, consent authority hearing, or other hearing (RTF document 33 KB)
- Form 40: Witness summons to Environment Court hearing (RTF document 33 KB)
Forms for declarations
- Form 41: Application for declaration (RTF document 39 KB)
- Form 42: Notice of application for declaration (RTF document 38 KB)
Forms for enforcement orders
- Form 43: Application for enforcement order or interim enforcement order (RTF document 38 KB)
- Form 44: Notice of application for enforcement order or interim enforcement order (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 45: Advice to accompany interim enforcement order (RTF document 26 KB)
- Form 46: Application to change or cancel enforcement order or interim enforcement order (RTF document 44 KB)
- Form 47: Notice of application to change or cancel enforcement order or interim enforcement order (RTF document 36 KB)
Forms for abatement notices
- Form 48: Abatement notice (RTF document 36 KB)
- Form 49: Notice of appeal to Environment Court against abatement notice (RTF document 41 KB)
- Form 50: Application for a stay of abatement notice (RTF document 36 KB)
If you are unable to access these RTF documents please refer to Schedule 1 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003 (available on the NZ Legislation website) - this provides the required content of the forms in HTML format.
Last updated: 17 April 2009
