Business To Govt - Get On With RMA Reform
July 10th, 2009
A new report showing only four of the country’s 84 councils are fully complying with the law by processing resource consents on time proves the case for reforming the system, and the need to get on with it.
The NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development says failings revealed in the latest two yearly report on how local authorities administer the Resource Management Act shows why proposed RMA changes, to compensate applicants for delays caused by Councils, are essential.
It says this latest review of Council performance proves the case for proposed RMA law changes, which will make local authorities set up a complaints process and discount consent processing fees and charges when failure to lawfully process on time is the Council’s fault. All councils will need to develop this policy within 12 months of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Bill being passed. Hamilton City has had the policy for several years.
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