Areas of Banks Peninsula listed in Schedule 5.13 of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan 2005 and Areas of Significant Natural Value that should be maintained in their present natural states; free of additional structures, including marine farms; unless it can be established for those areas that the structures and their use will have no more than minor adverse effects on:
(a) the natural character of the area including its overall landscape and seascape; and
(b) the marine, foreshore and seabed ecology; and
(c) the water quality; and
(d) the use or enjoyment of the area by recreational, tourist or other users of the marine environment who do not require authorisations for exclusive occupancy; and
(e) the habitat of Hectors Dolphins.
This layer shows those areas as depicted in Series 6 maps of the Canterbury Regional Coastal Environment Plan 2005.
