Canterbury draft guidelines for aircraft access
Consultation closes: Ongoing - we welcome your comments as soon as possible.
From guidelines to statute
Canterbury Conservancy's draft guidelines for aircraft access is a proposal to zone public conservation land for different levels of aircraft access.
These draft guidelines have been made available to you for your comment. They will also be formally notified as a part of the Canterbury Conservation Management Strategy (CMS).
The CMS process is intended to change the nature of this document from "guidelines" to a statutory requirement.
Zoning for aircraft access
These draft guidelines introduce the idea
of zoning areas of natural quiet - free of
aircraft noise
These guidelines introduce the concept of zoning the public conservation land within Canterbury to provide for areas with "high natural quiet" and areas where aircraft use is more frequent and the natural quiet values are less. This zoning exercise reflects the statutory requirements of existing management plans and the application of recreational planning principles.
The 'Restricted' zone provides for high levels of natural quiet with aircraft use only permitted for management purposes, the effective removal of large number of wild animals and in some very limited situations commercial use.
The 'Frequent' zone provides for open aircraft access and proposes no limits on the type of activity, the number of aircraft or the number of landings.
Two other zones have been designed to provide for an intermediate category. The 'Seasonally Frequent' zone is intended to cater for winter based intensive aircraft use activities; heli skiing and helihunting. The 'Limited' zone is intended to provide for a modest level of aircraft use while protecting most of the values of natural quiet.
We want your view
You are invited to send us your views on any matter that are of interest to you in this draft. In particular we want to hear your views on the proposed zoning framework, and answers to these questions:
- Are all the zones needed?
- If not, which zones could be amalgamated or changed?
- Do the limits proposed for those zones make sense?
- Does the way the zones have been applied across the landscape of public conservation land reflect your interests and concerns?
Your comments will be considered and may be incorporated into the document that is published for the purpose of CMS consultation.
How to submit
Download the PDF version of the document and appendices here. Note: these are large documents and may take some time to download:
Preconsultative draft of the Guidelines for Aircraft Access for Canterbury Conservancy (PDF, 1460K)
Appendices (PDF, 8870K)
A disc containing more detailed GIS information on the zones is available from Canterbury Conservancy on request.
Send all comments and requests to:
canterbury.cms@doc.govt.nz
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Canterbury Conservancy Office
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+64 3 371 3700
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+64 3 365 1388
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canterburyco@doc.govt.nz
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Address:
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Administration Building
International Antarctic Centre
38 Orchard Road
Christchurch 8053
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Postal Address:
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Private Bag 4715
Christchurch Mail Centre
Christchurch 8140
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