Volume Three Appendix 4 Appendix 4 Criteria for Determining Significant Adverse Effects The criteria below assists in determining whether a subdivision, use or development proposal will have significant adverse effects. The criteria shall be applied by the decision maker on resource consents or plan changes. 1. Character and degree of modification, damage, loss or destruction; 2. Duration and frequency of effect (for example long-term or recurring effects); 3. Magnitude or scale of effect (for example number of sites affected, spatial distribution, landscape context); 4. Irreversibility of effect (for example loss of unique or rare features, limited opportunity for remediation, the costs and technical feasibility of remediation or mitigation); 5. Resilience of heritage value or place to change (for example ability of feature to assimilate change, vulnerability of feature to external effects). App 4 - 1