Agriculture intensification: implementation guidance on Essential Freshwater policies and regulations
Guidance for councils, farmers and farm advisors on agricultural intensification.
Guidance for councils, farmers and farm advisors on agricultural intensification.
From 2020 resource consents are required for:
You can do some small-scale intensification as long as the amount of land use from conversion or expansion doesn’t increase by more than 10 hectares.
Agricultural intensification can result in higher levels of nutrients, sediment and microbial contamination of our rivers, lakes, wetlands and groundwater.
If you are looking to intensify your farming operation, read the Agricultural intensification factsheet to find out the full detail on what you can do under the regulations.
For more on environmental matters that affect farming communities see the Rural hub
The following policies and regulations have provisions which apply to agricultural agricultural intensification.