Compliance work update
Councillors were pleased to hear about the progress to date with the transformation of our compliance service.
They heard about the work underway that looks at better integration of planning, consenting and compliance, and we told them that we’re identifying how best to identify risk areas and activities that require monitoring, while also making sure that we help resource users better understand how they can demonstrate their compliance.
New compliance risk matrix to support reporting on the new service measure
Kaimahi presented councillors with a new compliance risk matrix which has been developed as part of the compliance improvement project.
The matrix will help us build a better understanding of the compliance status of resource use across Canterbury/Waitaha by assessing both the inherent risk of the use and the management of that risk.
The new matrix aims to serve several purposes, including helping with reporting on the new service measure 5 in the Long-Term Plan.
The matrix will also help with prioritising our monitoring programme either by where on the ground we need to focus more, or what resource users need more information to be enabled to better demonstrate their compliance.
When considering the use of the risk matrix, it can be done in different ways, from looking at risk by consent in a place, e.g. Rakaia catchment; risk by consent type, e.g. water or risk by activity, dairy farm.
The next report to the Regional Delivery Committee on current compliance and incident response work and the progress of the compliance improvement project will be in early 2025.