Quarry Rehabilitation Plan Guidance

© Christchurch City Council, 2018

This guidance document has been prepared by the Christchurch City Council (CCC) to assist quarry operators when preparing a quarry site rehabilitation plan (QSRP) and for Council administrators when assessing a QSRP for certification.

Its aim is to outline: (i) The Christchurch District Plan’s requirements for quarry site rehabilitation; (ii) The Council’s expectations for the content of a QSRP; (iii) The Council’s process for certifying QSRPs. The guidance relates only to quarries located within the Rural Quarry Zone. It sets out the minimum requirements for basic quarry site rehabilitation for areas of quarrying where rehabilitation plans have not historically been required (even though rehabilitation itself has been a requirement since the 1970s). The focus on basic quarry site rehabilitation recognises the more limited range of rehabilitation options available for historical quarry sites compared with the broader opportunities available to new quarries seeking to locate outside of the quarry zones.