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2. Purpose • Unitary Plan introduction • Natural environment • Freshwater • Significant ecological areas • Tree protection • Coastal • Natural character, landscape, features • Significant ecological areas • Water quality • Sewage discharges from vessels • Mangroves • Marinas, moorings and anchorages • Aquaculture • Coastal hazards

3. Significant ecological areas Overview - areas with high levels of indigenous biodiversity e.g. habitats, vegetation - found on land, along margins of rivers and coastal areas - found on public and private land Management approach - Unitary Plan overlay - Goal: ensure no further loss or degradation, promote restoration - Significance criteria Representativeness Uniqueness Threat status and rarity Stepping stones Diversity

4. SEA Unitary Plan provisions

5. SEA Unitary Plan provisions No consent required for minor or appropriate works: • Minor vegetation pruning and trimming • Emergency works necessary to avoid any actual and imminent threat to the safety of persons etc • Ecological restoration • Maintenance around existing buildings, cleared areas and tracks • e.g., pruning, alteration or removal of vegetation within 3m from edge of a dwelling

6. Tree protection Heritage - Manurewa • Types of tree protection in the Unitary Plan • 1. Notable trees • 2. Urban Tree overlay • 3. Coastal tree overlay • 4. Trees in roads and reserves Historic Heritage Places identified in the Manukau City District Plan have been carried through into the draft Unitary Plan. Unitary Plan identifies the extent of the site affected. Historic Character No historic character areas identified, but a design and development overlay applies to the Hill Road area – this controls subdivision size with a min 750 sqm required. Pre-1944 Demolition Control Overlay Applies to the Jellico Road area. Being ground truthed by the heritage team.

7. Heritage - Manurewa Notable trees Historic Heritage Places identified in the Manukau City District Plan have been carried through into the draft Unitary Plan. Unitary Plan identifies the extent of the site affected. Historic Character No historic character areas identified, but a design and development overlay applies to the Hill Road area – this controls subdivision size with a min 750 sqm required. Pre-1944 Demolition Control Overlay Applies to the Jellico Road area. Being ground truthed by the heritage team. • A list of significant trees or groups of trees in the Auckland region • Inclusion of a tree or group of trees in the schedule means that: • - it has been officially recognised by the Council as being a notable tree • - is protected by provisions in the Unitary Plan to ensure it is not damaged or destroyed • Notable tree criteria have been developed for assessing new trees • Tree specific factors (cumulative) • Special factors (stand alone) • Negative effects • About 5,500 notable trees in the UP • 2,862 sites (many sites have more than one tree) • Trimming is permitted provided it meets criteria

8. Heritage - Manurewa Urban & Coastal tree protection • Urban tree protection • Protects trees in urban areas where the legacy rules have not yet been revoked • Changes to the RMA in 2009 meant many of the general tree rules were revoked • Protect trees >6m natives and >8m exotics • Coastal tree protection • Protects trees in coastal areas where they were protected in legacy plans. • Protects trees >3m natives and >8m exotics Historic Heritage Places identified in the Manukau City District Plan have been carried through into the draft Unitary Plan. Unitary Plan identifies the extent of the site affected. Historic Character No historic character areas identified, but a design and development overlay applies to the Hill Road area – this controls subdivision size with a min 750 sqm required. Pre-1944 Demolition Control Overlay Applies to the Jellico Road area. Being ground truthed by the heritage team.

9. Coastal water quality • stormwater and wastewater discharges – best practicable option approach • avoid significant effects on sensitive areas • have regard to sediment quality effects • avoid sewage discharges and reduce litter • provide for unavoidable intermittent discharges • enable public network infrastructure • Controls on discharge of harmful aquatic organisms from biofouling of vessels • Controls on vessel maintenance near conservation islands in the Hauraki Gulf

10. Coastal water quality rules

11. Sewage discharge from vessels • distance offshore that discharge of untreated sewage from vessels is permitted increased from 500m to 2km • fills gaps/anomaly areas better than Marine Pollution Regulations • shows that discharge of sewage in nearshore areas is not acceptable or appropriate