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The Nelson Air Quality PlanCouncil resolved to make the Proposed Nelson Air Quality Plan operative at its meeting on 2 October 2008, and set the operative date at 3 November 2008.
The Nelson Air Quality Plan
Council resolved to make the Proposed Nelson Air Quality Plan operative at its meeting on 2 October 2008, and set the operative date at 3 November 2008.
The operative version of the Nelson Air Quality Plan is available for download below. It can also be viewed at the Nelson City Council’s Customer Service Centre, and all Nelson Public Libraries. A hard copy can be purchased ($50 incl GST) by contacting the Policy and Planning Administrator on +64 3 265 6930.
Nelson Air Quality Plan Downloads
The Plan has been broken up into sections as per the Table of Contents. Click on the links below to access and download a PDF of that section.
- Council’s operative seal
- Operative Plan Changes (14KB PDF)
- Proposed Changes to the Nelson Air Quality Plan (14KB PDF)
- Table of contents (24KB PDF)
- Chapter 1 About this document (140KB PDF)
- Chapter 2 Meaning of words (125KB PDF)
- Chapter 2 Meaning of words Figure 2 Urban Area Map * (1.4MB PDF)
- Nelson Airshed maps (Figures A2.A - A2.C) * (1.8MB PDF)
- Chapter 3 Administration (32KB PDF)
- Chapter 4 Air quality issues (30KB PDF)
- Chapter 5 Objectives and policies (84KB PDF)
- Chapter 6 Air quality rules (523KB PDF)
- Chapter 7 Applying for resource consent (29KB PDF)
Appendices
- AQ1 Information to be provided with resource consent applications (38KB PDF)
- AQ2 Emission requirements: small-scale solid fuel burning appliances (69KB PDF)
- AQ2A Emission requirements: small-scale pellet burning appliances (19KB PDF)
- AQ2B Emission requirements: small-scale ultra-low emission burning appliances (19KB PDF)
- AQ3 Stack requirements: small-scale solid fuel burning appliances (25KB PDF)
- AQ4 Stack requirements: small-scale fuel-burning appliances (gas oil and other liquid fuels) (14KB PDF)
- AQ5 Stack requirements: large-scale fuel burning appliances (18KB PDF)
- AQ6 Stack requirements: stationary internal combustion appliances (19KB PDF)
- AQ7 Discharge of agrichemicals to land, water, or air for permitted activities (20KB PDF)
- AQ8 Guide to outdoor burning (14KB PDF)
- AQ9 Criteria for assessing offensive or objectionable dispersal or deposition of smoke particles (16KB PDF)
- AQ10 Criteria for assessing offensive or objectionable odour (27KB PDF)
- AQ11 Criteria for assessing offensive or objectionable dust (20KB PDF)
- AQ12 Extent of the Urban Area at notification (833KB PDF)
* See also ePlan version of urban area and airshed maps.