B-1 - Area 1, Coromandel Forest Park – Assessment of Environmental Effects 126 OGNZL continues to work with tangata whenua regarding cultural effects and how the project can best accommodate and provide for their relationship with identified taonga. This is considered further in Section 5 of the Overarching AEE. 152 Vegetation clearance and the associated soil disturbance at the four ventilation shaft locations will not be contrary to these provisions. 7.6.1.10 Overall Conclusion Based on the analysis in the sub-sections above, it is considered that the various ‘regional’ activities associated with Area 1 will be managed such that the project is not contrary to the relevant objectives and policies of the WRP. 7.6.2 Hauraki District Plan Sections 5, 6 and 7 of the HDP contain objectives and policies. The objectives and policies most relevant to the Area 1 sub-unit are contained in: Section 5 – which contains objectives and policies for the land use zones for Area 1; Section 6 – which contains objectives and policies relating to the management of indigenous biodiversity and landscapes; and Section 7 – which contains objectives and policies for activities in riparian margins and esplanade reserves, the management and use of hazardous substances and contaminated land and earthworks. Each is addressed below. The effects of the wider WNP on the transportation network are addressed at a project wide scale within the Overarching AEE. 7.6.2.1 Conservation (Indigenous Forest) Zone Area 1 is located within the Conservation (Indigenous Forest) Zone, albeit with very minimal surface expression. The relevant objectives in Section 5.2 of the HDP seek the following outcomes: That the biological diversity and outstanding landscape character values of the zone are protected and enhanced;153 That the soil and water protection function of the zone is protected and enhanced;154 152 Objective 5.1.2(e) and (f) of the Waikato Regional Plan. 153 Objective 1, Section 5.2 of the Hauraki District Plan. 154 Objective 2, Section 5.2 of the Hauraki District Plan.
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