Meaning of resource consent in English:
resource consent
noun
mass nounNew ZealandOfficial permission to carry out an operation that has an environmental impact.
‘the project failed to gain resource consent and was scrapped’- ‘if the building's owners want to demolish it, they have to apply for a resource consent’
- ‘Of course, we have the Pike River coalfield, which has all its resource consents.’
- ‘We have heard about the limited notification of resource consent applications.’
- ‘He said the firm would apply for a resource consent from Wairoa District Council this month.’
- ‘For 43 days we have had resource consent hearings over their plans to renew consent for the dam.’
- ‘Every one of those options will require resource consent.’
- ‘There will be a simplified list of matters to take into account when making decisions on resource consent applications.’
- ‘He was a member of the resource consents committee deciding marine farm applications.’
- ‘Delays in building and resource consents can be shortened, advance knowledge of tenders can be provided.’
- ‘This applies to any person who has made a submission for resource consent.’
- ‘Their visual impact on the skyline would probably make it impossible to get the necessary resource consents.’
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