Botanic Gardens

Built Environment

• Approved Materials
• Authorised Drainlayers
• Building - charges, consents and information.
• Central City Revitalisation
• City Plan
• Construction Standard Specifications
• Designing for Parent and Child
• Drainage Cost Share
• Earthworks Guide
• Grafitti Hotline
• Harbour Structures
• Land Information Memorandum (LIM)
• Outdoor Advertising Guide [PDF 776KB free Adobe reader]
• Project Information Memorandum (PIM)
• Planning
• Special Amenity Area Guides (SAMs)
• Stormwater Tanks
• Subdivisions
• Think Fencing

Bylaws

Christchurch City

• Central City Revitalisation
• Christchurch City Update - demographic, environmental and economic trends and issues.
• Christchurch Street Maps
• City Plan
• City Trends
• Keep Christchurch Beautiful
• Towards Completing the Square
• State Of The Environment Monitoring

Coast Care

• Bexley Wetland - a unique wetland environment.

Conservation Covenants

Consultation - Have Your Say

CREAS - Christchurch River Environment Assessment System

Design Guidelines

Includes buying a section, building a garage, sustainable building guide, design opportunities, new housing in living 3 & 4 zones, large buildings in lower density living zones.

Education

• Arbor Day
• Ecological Heritage Sites
• Effective Waste Management
• Flax - Harakeke
• Learning Through Action
• Port Hills
• Travis Wetland
• Waste Education Opportunities

Environment Canterbury

Energy Efficiency

• Sustainable Energy Strategy
• Christchurch Clean Air and Energy Efficiency Programme
• Christchurch Energy Efficiency Show Home
• Christchurch Warmer Homes Incentive Programme
• Target Sustainability - sustaining business and the environment

Environmental Awards

• Environmental Awards
• Native Gardens Awards

Environmental Health

• Animals & Pets - dog registration, health, behavioural problems and dog owner responsibilities.
• Cellphone sites on Council land
• Fire Restrictions
• Food & Health - food safety, hygiene and health licensing information.
• Food Poisoning
• Infectious Diseases
• Liquor Licensing
• Pests - Darwin's Ants
• Tattooing Information

Environmental Safety

• Hazardous Substances
• Fireworks
• Fire Restrictions
• Hazardous Substances And New Organisms Act 1996
• Swimming Pools - see also Thinking Fencing, Why Fence Pools

R&DS Regulatory Units

The Council's principal regulatory units are responsible for administering a wide range of environmental and developmental legislation.

Guides

• Biodiversity Strategy
• Design Guides
• Canterbury Weed Guide
• Egeria guide
• Health Promotion and Sustainability Through Environmental Design: A Guide for Planning
• Purple Loosestrife Guide
• Streamside Planting Guide
• Waste Minimisation Guide
• Waterways, Wetlands and Drainage Guide

Healthy Environment Strategies

Heritage

• Heritage Conservation Policy

Newsletters

• Bexley Wetland News
• Parks Botanist Newsletter
• Coastcare Newsletter
• Heads Up Newsletters
• Our City O-Tautahi
• Our Environment
• Subdivisions Bulletins
• Travis Wetland Newsletter

Our City O-Tautahi

Parks & Reserves

• Parks A-Z
• Parks Management Plans
• Parks and Waterways Survey
• Parks & Waterways Access Policy
• Protocol for Surface Water Management
• Volunteer for planting days

Policy

• Environmental Policy & Planning
• Environmental Policies and Programmes

Reports

• Impacts of Climate Change on Christchurch
• Vacant Residential Land
• Liquefaction Study
• Case Study CP Monitoring
• Central City Pedestrian Activity Survey
• Christchurch Central City Background Information
• Christchurch Central City Pedestrian Counts Survey
• Case Study City Plan Monitoring
• Central City Pedestrian Activity Survey
• Study of the Effects of Sea Level Rise for Christchurch
• Townhouse Survey Report
• Vacant Industrial Land June 2000
• Vacant Residential Land June 2000

Rubbish, Waste, Recycling

• Ocean Outfall
• Kerbside Recycling
• Rubbish Collection Days by Street
• Sustainable Christchurch
• Target Sustainability
• Trade Waste

Transport

• Metro Strategy for 2006-2012
• Bus Priority
• Christchurch Central City Pedestrian Counts
• Christchurch City Cycling
• Cycle Strategy
• Draft Guide to Pedestrian Facilites
• Pedestrian Strategy for Christchurch City
• Register Of Speed Limits
• Road Safety Strategy
• Safe Routes to Schools

Urban Design

• Urban Design
• Urban Renewal Programme

Water Supply

• Central Plains Water
• Protocol for Surface Water Management
• Save Our Water!
• Water conservation