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Submit a forestry notice

The Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry) Regulations (NES-CF) require those undertaking a permitted activity in a forestry block greater than one hectare to give notice to Council. These activities include afforestation, forestry quarrying, river crossings, earthworks, harvesting and replanting.  

Please complete this form to submit a notification in advance of any permitted forestry activity.

If your activity is not permitted by the NES-CF, please don’t use this form.  You will need to apply for resource consent. 

WorkSafe requirements

Tree felling is hazardous work that, if undertaken for commercial gain, requires notification to WorkSafe by the employer/person controlling the workplace at least 24 hours before the work begins.  Go to WorkSafe’s website (worksafe.govt.nz) to submit your notification:  Report particular hazardous work

Note: Fields marked * must be filled in.

Please note that we share the site addresses of forestry notifications to us with WorkSafe under section 197 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

If the notice is being made on behalf of a trust, the Trustees must be named.
Agent - A person or entity legally authorized to act on behalf of another, such as a landowner, forest owner, or forest manager.
Land owner
Forest manager
Tauranga District
Whakatāne District
Rotorua District
Western Bay of Plenty District
Kawerau District
Ōpōtiki District
Taupō District

We will auto-forward this notification to the Territorial Authority selected above. This does not remove any responsibility you may have to notify a Territorial Authority under the NES-CF.

Yes
No

Latitude/ Longitude of activity being notified

e.g. 38°05’50.6”S
e.g. 177°20’45.4”E

Upload any supporting documentation

Bay of Plenty Regional Council requires all Management Plans required by the NES-CF to be submitted with this notification.

Please attach only 1 file. e.g. site plan, management plan.
Please attach only 1 file.
Please attach only 1 file.
Please attach only 1 file.
Please attach only 1 file.
Afforestation
Forestry quarrying
River crossings - Single and double culverts
River crossings - Battery culvert
River crossings - Drift deck
River crossings - Ford
River crossings - Single-span bridge
River crossings - Temporary River Crossings
River crossings - Temporary Single-span Bridges
River crossings - Removable In-stream Structures
Earthworks
Harvesting
Replanting

Time and duration of works

Only required for Afforestation and Forestry Quarrying i.e. streams, wetlands, coastal environment and how setback from these features were calculated.

Privacy Statement

We collect the information provided by you on this form to process the notification and assist in managing the region’s natural and physical resources including compliance monitoring, and enforcement.

The NES-CF requires notification to us in advance of certain permitted activities, and failure to notify us of these may result in enforcement action. This form may also be used to voluntarily notify us of other permitted activities that the NES-CF does not expressly require be notified to us.

We manage this information as required by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the Privacy Act 2020, and other legislation. It may be released to the public including in response to an information request. If you have supplied information on this form that you would like to remain confidential, please contact a council Compliance Officer to discuss.

We auto-share the information you provide on this form with the territorial authority you select as being the one in whose district you are carrying out the work. We share the site addresses of forestry notifications to us with WorkSafe under section 197 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

For further information about how we collect, use, protect and share your personal information, and your rights to request access to or correction of it, please refer to our privacy statement at www.boprc.govt.nz/privacy-statement

Confirmation

I confirm that I have authority to sign on behalf of the parties undertaking the permitted activity.

*

I confirm that I have read, and understand, all of the information contained on this notice form, including the requirement to pay additional costs of compliance if incurred.

*

I confirm that all the information provided is true and correct and understand that any inaccurate information provided could result in non-compliance with a permitted regulation.

*