Wairau/ Awatere Resource Management Plan This landscape is outstanding and consequently highly sensitive to change. However access is very restricted and well sited development within the coastal environment may avoid adverse effects. The environment is unlikely to be under substantial pressure for development due to its relative isolation and difficulty of access. 5.4 Objectives and Policies Objective 1 Management of the visual quality of the Wairau/Awatere plan area and protection of outstanding natural features and landscapes from inappropriate subdivision, use and development. Policy 1.1 Recognise and provide for the following natural features and landscapes as outstanding in the regional context: • Lake Chalice; • Molesworth; • Tapuae-o-Uenuku and associated peaks of the Inland Kaikouras; • Boulder Bank and Wairau Lagoons; • Isolated Hill Scenic Reserve and associated Waima River reaches; and • Richmond Range. Policy 1.2 Recognise the following natural features and landscapes as outstanding in a more localised context: • Red Hills Ridge; • Onamalutu Scenic Reserve; • Para Swamp; • Wairau River; • Spring Creek; • The coast from Cape Campbell south to Waima including Chancet Rocks, Ward Beach and Needles Point; • The Rainbow and Upper Wairau Valleys including the Wairau Gorge; • White Bluffs; • Cliffs and gorge of the Awatere River; and • Lake Alexander. Policy 1.3 Ensure that structures built on land do not compromise outstanding landscape values. Policy 1.4 Ensure that structures associated with activities in the coastal marine area do not compromise the outstanding landscape values of the Plan area. Policy 1.5 Ensure that any significant long-term effects on the landscape of land disturbance, earthworks and cultivation are avoided, remedied or mitigated. 5 - 6