QP Research

QP research is a repository for reports that may be of interest to RMA practitioners involved in preparing district and regional plans.

The reports in this section were commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment and will be used to help inform the content of future guidance material centred on the development of Second Generation plans.

• Consent duplication for works in and around streams (May 2009)

• Analysis of timeframes for the development of policy statements and plans under the Resource Management Act 1991 ( December 2008)

• Review of Financial Contributions & Development Contributions (August 2008)

• Report on Business Excellence Schemes (September 2008)

• Natural hazard management - research report (August 2006)

• A review of industrial and commercial bulk, location and amenity provisions in district plans (July 2006)