Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 19 December 2007 Marae and marae-based activities will also be considered as Permitted Activities on specifically identified sites in the Urban Residential Zone. All activities within residential areas will be subject to similar performance standards designed to maintain and enhance local residential character. Rules - Sounds Plan rules permit residential activities subject to Residential performance standards. Zone In particular performance standards will address matters such as effluent disposal, land stability, water supply and landscape impact. A limited range of other activities will be allowed for, generally as a Discretionary Activity. Co-ordination Implementation of Council’s Land Transport Strategy in conjunction with the land transport requirements of this Plan will address compatibility of the residential area with the transport network. Information Promote and encourage the safe and sustainable use of agrichemicals. Plan rules are considered to be necessary to ensure that the effects of activities undertaken within urban residential areas are compatible with the character and amenities of those areas. Rules allow residential activities as Permitted Activities subject to performance conditions to protect amenity. Non-residential activities will be considered on their merits and in terms of the objectives, policies and standards relating to residential amenity and character. The Plan acknowledges that it is appropriate for community facilities to be located within residential areas. However, rather than prescribe a set of performance conditions anticipating all effects of community facilities, these will be assessed as applications for resource consents on their individual merits and in terms of their effects within the residential environment. 10.2.3 Issue Protecting residential character and amenities. Urban Residential Areas The residential character that has developed within the residential areas of Picton, Waikawa, Havelock, and Rai Valley is predominantly one of low density with single dwellings on individual sites; low building height; attractive buildings; open garden landscape; and wide streetscape. Consultation with the communities confirms that this overall character, density, and the overall quality of the local environment are important to residents. 10 - 10