Chapter 3 - Heritage • Waiving resource consent application fees; • Permitting alternative uses of buildings to encourage the retention of heritage features (scheduled heritage resources only), refer to Policy 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 this Plan or by a Heritage Order under the Resource Management Act; • Consider providing development incentives to encourage the community, in particular the owners of heritage properties, to retain heritage resources; Heritage award programme (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. Management The Council will implement appropriate administration procedures to ensure all development and building proposals in the vicinity of recorded archaeological sites are notified to the Historic Places Trust, in order to enable the implementation of archaeological authority provisions of the Historic Places Act 1993. Heritage Orders The use of heritage orders as a means to avoid, remedy or mitigate adverse effects of activities on heritage resources. A heritage order may be imposed by a heritage protection authority, under Sections 189 and 189A of the Act, to intervene in a situation where a valuable heritage resource is in imminent danger of damage, destruction or major modification. A heritage order is independent of the Plan’s rules on heritage protection. They operate in a similar way to the designation process. The Council shall apply the heritage order provisions of the Act, either itself as a heritage protection authority or at the request of another recognised heritage protection authority, in order to ensure that a heritage resource is protected from impending damage. To enable the Council to carry out the regulatory procedures of Section 189 provision or contingency will be made within the Annual Plan. The Council will assist other heritage protection authorities through the provision of information, advice and will consider waiving fees relating to heritage order requirements under Section 36(4) of the Resource Management Act. All places or objects subject to a heritage order will be included in the schedule of heritage resources in this 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 3 - 5