West Coast leaders have called for more detailed information backing an updated coastal hazards rule for the region after submitters overwhelmingly opposed it.
Tourist attractions or industrial sites? The future rules for West Coast ports have come under close scrutiny this week from the Tai o Poutini Plan Committee.
Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal
Mayors, chairs, councillors and iwi are gradually working their way through every section of the Westland, Grey and Buller district plans, to come up with a revised document that rolls them into one.
The committee this week tackled performance standards for ports at Westport and Greymouth - and protecting the rights of port users emerged as their top priority.
Principal planner Lois Easton presented an update on the technical work her team had done to define port zones and draft rules for their operation.