Notification of forestry activities

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Why do forestry activities need to be notified?

Image - forestry activity Under the National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry (NES-CF), permitted forestry activities still require notification to the regional council. 

To determine the specific requirements of notification and management plans, please view the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Commercial Forestry) Amendment Regulations 2023.

If your activity is not permitted under the NES regulations, please don't use this form.  You will need to apply for resource consent.

Learn more about the NES for forestry

Notify Waikato Regional Council of a proposed activity

Step 1: Complete the form

Download and complete the editable PDF, below. 

IMPORTANT: To edit a PDF you'll also need to have Acrobat Reader. Make sure you save this document out to your desktop before you start editing! If you start editing in the original version, your answers and changes won't save.

Step 2 - Collate your management plans and location information

Waikato Regional Council requests that all relevant management plans are submitted with your notification as best practice.

Where possible, please also include a map or aerial image that clearly shows the location of the activities at an appropriate scale. 

Please ensure you have copies of these documents saved and ready to attach when completing your notification form.

Step 3 - Send it all in

Email your completed form and attached information back to us, at RM.Requests@waikatoregion.govt.nz

Notify other relevant authorities

District council

District and regional councils hold dual but complementary responsibilities under the NESCF.

Please forward your notification documentation to the relevant district council.

Worksafe

Monitoring charges under the NES-CF

Waikato Regional Council (WRC) will monitor permitted activities under the NES‑CF, in accordance with Part 3, Regulation 106, and will charge for this monitoring on an actual and reasonable cost basis.

Monitoring costs will be calculated using the following formula:
Charge = (staff time × charge rate) + direct costs (including disbursements).

Costs incurred will be charged on an ongoing basis as they occur, unless otherwise agreed by Waikato Regional Council.

Waikato Regional Council may, at its discretion, set a fixed charge for monitoring activities under the NES-CF and require payment in advance of monitoring being undertaken.

Waikato Regional Council may fix specific amounts to be charged for monitoring activities undertaken under the NES-CF and require forestry operators to pay the full charge towards monitoring the activity prior to monitoring of the activity to be undertaken.