13. Use of the Coastal Environment Volume One [C] Policy 13.8.3 – Moorings located in a Moorings Management Area (as identified on the Marlborough Environment Plan maps) will be encouraged by: (a) enabling them as a permitted activity, where a Moorings Management Bylaw is in place; or (b) where no Moorings Management Bylaw is in place, providing for moorings within a Moorings Management Area as a restricted discretionary activity. The matters the Marlborough District Council will restrict its discretion to in determining such an application will be: (i) location within a Moorings Management Area; (ii) the type and specification of mooring sought, including the swing arc; and (iii) the availability of space within the Moorings Management Area. Once a Moorings Management Area has been established to more efficiently manage coastal space, moorings located within these areas can be controlled through a bylaw promulgated under the Local Government Act 2002 or through the resource consent process. This policy states that where a bylaw is in place, then moorings within the Moorings Management Area are a permitted activity. The bylaw will set up a licensing system for moorings in the identified areas. Where no bylaw is in place, a restricted discretionary activity consent will be required and the matters that the Council will limit its discretion to are identified in Policy 3.8.3(b). Moorings outside Moorings Management Areas [C] Objective 13.9 – Outside of the Moorings Management Areas, other moorings are sited in appropriate locations. Moorings Management Areas are only to be established where there is competing demand for coastal space. However, in many areas of Marlborough’s coastal marine area there is space for competing demands to easily coexist. It is therefore recognised that it is not appropriate or possible for all moorings to be located within a Moorings Management Area and provision must be made within the MEP for moorings to be considered outside of these areas. It is important however that moorings are appropriately located, as they can individually or cumulatively have adverse effects. [C] Policy 13.9.1 –The following matters are to be assessed in determining the appropriateness of the location for a mooring: (a) whether a Moorings Management Area with available space exists in the vicinity of the proposed mooring site; (b) what the proposed mooring is to be used for; (c) the potential for the mooring and any moored boat to adversely affect: (i) the navigation and safety of other boats, including any other moored boat; (ii) existing submarine cables, other utilities or infrastructure; (iii) recreational use of the coastal marine area, including the short-term anchorage of other recreational boats; (iv) amenity values of adjoining residents or land with high recreational value; (v) the open space character of the coastal marine area; 13 – 20