FAQs about managing geotech risk

Since most of the current District Plan became operative more than 10 years ago, our district has experienced a number of natural disasters. We’ve learnt a lot about natural hazards in our district and the importance of having up to date and robust rules and policies in our future District Plan. With the draft changes we need to ensure that areas of significant geotechnical risk within the district are clearly identified and appropriately mitigated.

We still need to work through the detail of what effects such an identification would mean for an affected landowner. For example, we need to consider what provisions would apply to them should they want to develop their land.

We would like to hear from you about the sorts of things that you think would be required to ensure safe development on properties identified as having a geotechnical risk.

For more information about the Council’s preferred option for draft changes to how geotechnical risk is managed and all the work done to date as part of the review visit Council website where all the reports developed for the District Plan Review are kept.