Chapter 1 - Introduction • Drawings (plans and elevations) of all structures associated with the activity, at appropriate detail and scale to the proposal; • Description of how the activity will be undertaken, including construction, operation and maintenance schedules; • Description of materials to be used by the activity; • Other consents required by the Plan or any other plan prepared under the Act; and a • Description of any effects on the environment, including those on known cultural or archaeological sites; and any effects on public open space, including reserves, road reserve land and the coastal marine area. It is important for applicants for resource consent to understand that application processing will be delayed until the information supplied under section 88 of the Act is sufficient to allow the Council an understanding of the nature of the activity or its effects. Assessment Criteria The Council has refrained from including comprehensive guidelines for “specific” resource consent applications in this information section of Volume One, as this would introduce unnecessary repetition. It has however, chosen to supplement this general information section by providing a comprehensive range of “assessment criteria” for activities in Volume Two of the Plan. The provision of these assessment criteria for certain ranges of activity enables an applicant for resource consent to understand how any particular activity will be assessed. This method of guidance has been chosen as it enables a prospective applicant to more easily determine the appropriate range of information to be included in an application. The assessment criteria are included within the General Rules section, the section on Subdivision and also within each of the Zone sections of Volume Two. The Volume Two section on Standard Requirements for Subdivision and Development provides comprehensive details on the information required in an application for subdivision consent. It also provides thorough guidance to an applicant for land use activities (“developments”) which include site development, physical access requirements and an involvement with the servicing infrastructure and roading. Further Information May Be Required Because of the exhaustive range of activities that can be applied for under the Council’s combined Plan, and the variable nature of locations within the district, it can be difficult to determine all of the specific information that is necessary to be included for any particular activity or group of activities. Accordingly, as an application is progressed, the Council may require an applicant to provide further information under section 92 of the Act. This request can only be made prior to a formal hearing and only where it is necessary to enable the Council to: • Better understand the nature of the proposed activity; • Understand the effect the activity will have on the environment; and • Understand how adverse effects may be mitigated. 1 7