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Environment Canterbury under the Air Plan - Chapter 3 - Air Quality section, has introduced rules which prohibit :
- Burning in the outdoors within residential areas
- Burning within 100m of a residential areas or sensitive activity
- Burning of materials other than the following :
- Vegetation
- Crop Residue
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Untreated Wood
To make a complaint about smoke please phone the ECan pollution hotline on (03) 366 4663.
website : www.ecan.govt.nz
phone : (03) 365 3828
Obtaining a Resource Consent to burn in Residential areas
Dispensation to the Environmental Canterbury Air Plan - Chapter 3 - Air Quality Rule AQL29 which bans all outdoor burning in Residential zoned areas or close to sensitive activities can be obtained through the Resource Consent process. To obtain a Resource Consent from Environment Canterbury Phone (03) 371 7155.
Note Selwyn District Residential zoned areas are defined as Living zones in the Selwyn District Plan.