Managing Fire Risk to New Rural Dwellings

The Council is intending to change the rules relating to the management of fire risk to new rural dwellings in areas where there is no water reticulation. 

The new requirement is for either storage (45,000 litres) or reliable supply (25 litres/second for 30 minutes) of water within 90 metres of the house, or installation of a home sprinkler system. 

Comments Closed: 31 January 2012

Update: February 2012

Council has received comments on the draft proposal and the Environment and Planning Committee will consider them at its 29 February meeting.A decision on final proposed changes will be made at that time.

Public notification and a formal submission process will follow the decision. Further information will be available on this site and in Newsline .

Contact Mary-Anne Baker - Policy Planner, Tasman District Council for further information

Draft Plan Change Document

The proposed change is contained in a document containing the policy options and draft proposed Plan change:

Draft C34 - Managing Fire Risk to New Rural Dwellings