APPENDIX I: Information Requirements

1. A description of the natural character of the area.
2. The extent to which community values (including historical, cultural, amenity and spiritual) have been identified and significant values protected.
3. Demonstration that the activity cannot be otherwise satisfied by any existing or proposed public facility or by shared use of any existing or proposed private facility.
4. An outline of the natural values including biota, landscapes, seascapes and landforms, and the community values including scenic, amenity, recreational and historical, in the vicinity of the proposed activity.
5. Scientific proof that there will be no adverse effects on existing habitat and indigenous flora and fauna from the introduction of exotic species.
6. Scientific proof that the exotic species introduced is not invasive and the extent to which it is anticipated that it would spread.
7. The type of vegetation to be removed, the method of removal and anticipated effects on water quality.
8. The extent to which open space qualities will be protected.
9. The effect the proposal may have on open space qualities.
10. The extent that the proposed activity will affect and be affected by the coastal processes, including in particular, sediment drift, current flows, sea level rise, displacement of fauna and habitat.

NB: For information on geological sites and landforms within the CMA refer to the Inventory and Maps of Important Geological Sites and Landforms in the Waikato Region (1996), published by the Geological Society of NZ.