Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 29 May 2014 11.4 Methods of Implementation Rules Plan rules provide for activities which: a) Avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects on the character and amenity values of the rural environment; b) Control subdivision to protect the rural environment; c) Establish performance standards to protect the rural environment from the adverse effects of activities; and d) Set establishment and operational standards for specific activities including factory farms. Guidelines Provision of information indicating how buildings, structures, works and plantings can harmonise with the rural character. Provision of guidelines to encourage wise planning for land development to mitigate adverse effects. Education Assist resource users to understand and implement the results of research into the effects of land use patterns and land management practices on the sustainable management of rural resources. On land adjacent to water courses not identified for regulatory methods of riparian management, Council will work with a riparian management working group comprising of relevant organisations and individuals. The aims of the group will be to review and prioritise waterbodies for non- regulatory methods of riparian management and determine appropriate methods of management. This may for example, include provision of information relating to the adverse effects of stock grazing, especially cattle and deer, in riparian areas and means to avoid, remedy and mitigate those effects. This working group will complete the initial prioritisation of water bodies by the end of the year 2000. Management Water Quality Management Plans will be required as a means Plans of demonstrating on an ongoing basis that any adverse effects on water quality resulting from dairy farming will be avoided, remedied, or sufficiently mitigated. They provide the ability to consider all farm management practices that have the potential to adversely affect surface water and groundwater and manage these risks in an integrated way. This also enables the dairy farmer to progressively plan farm upgrades based on priority or, in the case of new farms, at the time of establishment. Water Quality Management Plans can be used to support applications for land use consent to convert the use of land to dairying. Nutrient Management Plans will be required as a means to demonstrate how nutrient inputs associated with dairy farming are to be managed to ensure any adverse effects on water quality will be avoided, remedied, or mitigated. Nutrient Management Plans should be written documents that 11 - 6