Aggregate Extraction Policy Area

To protect access to and extraction of mineral resources from specific sites, which were operating as: an existing extraction industry under a current resource consent; resource consent and mining licence or mining licence and existing use rights at the time of the 2004 District Plan Review. New development on adjacent sites are subject to extended building setbacks from Area Extraction Policy Areas (AEPAs) to reduce reverse sensitivity. Relates to the implementation of the District Plan under the Resource Management Act (1991), and may be subject to various limitations and conditions. These features are a spatial representation of the policies and objectives of the Waikato District Plan and indicate where policies, overlays and District Plan rules apply.