Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan d) Any rare or important species; and e) A stand of trees conforming to the above. Rules The inclusion of rules to protect scheduled heritage resources from damage or destruction. Different levels of protection will be attached to the various types of heritage resources and the differing classifications based on the heritage value or importance of the resource. The maintenance and minor alteration of heritage resources will be allowed for in order to ensure that heritage features are sustained and continue to provide a useful resource to the community. Incentives The provision of incentives to promote the protection of scheduled and any other heritage resources. Any other heritage resources means any non-scheduled item which can be shown to meet some or all of the criteria for identifying heritage resources. Incentives will be investigated further and may include: • Waiving resource consent application fees; • Permitting alternative uses of buildings to encourage the retention of heritage features (scheduled heritage resources only), refer to Policy 6.2.2.1.4; • Consider waiving development contributions where property development incorporates the protection of a scheduled heritage resource (scheduled heritage resources only); • Through the annual planning process, consider granting reductions in rating for properties where heritage resources are protected through either rules in the Plan or by a Heritage Order under the Act. • Consider providing development incentives to encourage the community, in particular the owners of heritage properties, to retain heritage resources; and • Heritage award programmes (through the annual planning process). Education Promote and encourage public awareness of heritage resources and the importance of retaining them for the future, through the provision of information. All places or objects subject to a heritage order will be included in the schedule of heritage resources in the Plan and are shown on the planning maps. Thus these items will be subjected to the rules which relate to scheduled items so long as they are consistent with the heritage order. In addition, they may also be the subject of any further controls by the heritage order, due to the requirements of sections 193 and 193A of the Act. That being the written consent of the relevant heritage protection authority prior to undertaking any activity which might affect the heritage order or the resource which is subject to the order. 6 8