The Regional Resource Management Plan (RRMP) is the most significant resource planning document for all resource users in Hawke’s Bay and was made operative in August 2006.
It sets out a policy framework for managing resource use activities in an integrated manner across the whole of the Hawke's Bay region. It was prepared under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and has effect over the whole of the Hawke’s Bay region.
Note: The Regional Policy Statement section of this document recognises the regional significance of the coastal marine area of Hawke’s Bay. However rules covering the Coastal Marine Area are covered in the Regional Coastal Plan (except for the discharge of contaminants into air), and the Proposed Regional Coastal Environment Plan.
It replaces the Regional Policy Statement (1995), and the following regional plans prepared earlier under the RMA - the Regional River Bed Gravel Extraction Plan (1994); the Regional Waste and Hazardous Substances Plan (1995); the Regional Air Plan (1998); and the Regional Water Resources Plan (2000).
For Resource Management Plan Schedules and Maps click here.
After a plan is approved and becomes operative, modifications are called 'plan changes.' There is currently one proposed plan change.
Air Quality Proposed Rules