Marlborough Sounds Resource Management Plan 11 September 2014 35.4.2 Definition of Specifications and Information Requirements and Assessment Criteria 35.4.2.1 Reclamation 35.4.2.1.1 Any activity reclaiming foreshore and/or seabed is a Discretionary Activity. 35.4.2.1.2 Assessment Criteria a) The effect on marine ecology; b) The effect on the foreshore dynamics; c) The effect on recreational values; d) The effect on landscape values; e) The effect on utilities including subaqueous cable; f) An assessment of the stability and structural integrity of the proposed work in the event of earthquake and with respect to the action of waves and current; and g) An assessment of any actual or potential effects the activity may have on people and communities including navigational safety. 35.4.2.2 Structures Which Impound or Effectively Contain the Coastal Marine Area 35.4.2.2.1 Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures which: • Will impound or effectively contain less than 8 hectares of the coastal marine area; or • Is a floating or open pile which can be demonstrated to not adversely impede water flows is a Discretionary Activity. 35.4.2.2.3 Assessment Criteria a) The effect on marine ecology; b) The effect on the foreshore dynamics; c) The effect on recreational values; d) The effect on landscape values; e) The effect on utilities including subaqueous cable; f) An assessment of the stability and structural integrity of the proposal in the event of earthquake and with respect to the effects of waves and currents; and g) An assessment of any actual or potential effects the activity may have on people and communities including navigational safety. 35.4.2.3 Structures in the Coastal Marine Area More or Less Parallel to Mean High Water Springs 35.4.2.3.1 Any activity involving the erection of a structure or structures which is: • Solid (or presents a significant barrier to water or sediment movement), and when established on the foreshore and/or seabed extends not more than 1000 metres in length more or less parallel to the line of mean high water springs; or • Is a submarine or sub-aqueous cable; or • Is a floating or open pile structure; is a Discretionary Activity. 35 - 20