EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR THE FORESTRY ‘PERMITTED ACTIVITY’ NOTIFICATION FORM
Please read these notes which are here to help you complete the online Forestry Permitted Activity Notification form. The information requested will make more sense if you read these notes BEFORE you start completing the form.
This form has been created for Foresters to notify the Regional Council of NES-CF Permitted Activities (PA).
- If you see the
icon, hover over it for further information.
- An asterisk: * indicates a field that must be filled in.
- Where applicable, you will need to upload supporting documentation.
- The information you supply with this form is official information, used to help us process and assess the impact of your activity on the environment and other people.
- Your information is held and administered by Hawke's Bay Regional Council under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the Privacy Act 1993.
Your information may be disclosed to other people who request it, as per the terms of these Acts.
- A new notice is required for every new forest location, but multiple activities at that location can be included in each notification.
- To avoid the need for a resource consent, please keep to the minimum working day notification periods.
- If the actual Activity site address cannot be found using the generator, manually enter the forest name with a related road, such as Big Forest, Ford Road, etc.
- Give a brief description for the reason/s for this notice.
- Select from the activity list and enter the site address in NZTM format. If required, click to view the Regional Council local map, locate the site and use the zoom-to-point function to find the site coordinates.
- Please give a precise site address, such as river crossings, main access point/s where possible, or a central forest point is sufficient. Please attach zipped shape files if available.
- Enter the proposed start and completion dates.
- Upload complete documents as any requirements not met will result in assessment delays.
- Add another activity, if required.
- Enter the result of the fish spawning index, if applicable.
- An automated response acknowledging your notification will be sent to the preferred email address and will include a PDF copy of the completed Forestry 'Permitted Activity' Advice form for your records.
- A RealME account is NOT required to submit Permitted Activity notifications.
- It is preferable that a Forestry PA Notification form is completed for all changes.
If you have any questions relating to completion of this form, please contact the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's Compliance Team on telephone
06 835 9200 or email
nescfnotice@hbrc.govt.nz.