LGOIMA Request Details: LG1837
Date received: 08/04/2019
Requested information: Survey of cat controls in resource consents
Status: Complete
Date responded: 08/04/2019
Response:
Thank you for your request under the Local Government official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (attached).
On behalf of the Manawatu District Council, I respond to your questions:
1. Manawatu District Council has not issued any resource consents for subdivision which has had conditions imposed relating to the keeping of domestic cats. The Manawatu District Council has on record, 1 land use consent for the establishment of a cattery, 1 land use consent to relocate a building to a site to be used as a cattery, and a permitted boundary consent for a cattery building which does not comply with yard setback requirements. None of these consents have conditions pertaining to domestic cat control. The Manawatu District Council has not declined any resource consent application on the grounds of the impacts of domestic cats on wildlife.
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.
The Manawatu District Council has responded to localised community issues relating to cats, through an Animal Bylaw which is currently being reviewed. The Animal Bylaw did not seek to control domestic cats in relation to wildlife, rather respond to the issue of the number of feral cats in urban areas which may be a health hazard. This bylaw is currently being reviewed. There are no provisions with the Manawatu District Plan currently addressing domestic cat keeping – and Council is undertaking a sectional District Plan Review, to date no issues relating to domestic cat keeping have been raised.
On behalf of the Manawatu District Council, I respond to your questions:
1. Manawatu District Council has not issued any resource consents for subdivision which has had conditions imposed relating to the keeping of domestic cats. The Manawatu District Council has on record, 1 land use consent for the establishment of a cattery, 1 land use consent to relocate a building to a site to be used as a cattery, and a permitted boundary consent for a cattery building which does not comply with yard setback requirements. None of these consents have conditions pertaining to domestic cat control. The Manawatu District Council has not declined any resource consent application on the grounds of the impacts of domestic cats on wildlife.
2. Not applicable.
3. Not applicable.
The Manawatu District Council has responded to localised community issues relating to cats, through an Animal Bylaw which is currently being reviewed. The Animal Bylaw did not seek to control domestic cats in relation to wildlife, rather respond to the issue of the number of feral cats in urban areas which may be a health hazard. This bylaw is currently being reviewed. There are no provisions with the Manawatu District Plan currently addressing domestic cat keeping – and Council is undertaking a sectional District Plan Review, to date no issues relating to domestic cat keeping have been raised.