Discretionary pastoral activity decision - Cultivation - A6869886

For this decision summary:

• LINZ received the application before 17 November 2022
• accordingly, the decision was made under the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 excluding the amendments taking effect on 17 November 2022.
  
   

Cultivation

10 years

For the part of the consent that was granted

The Commissioner of Crown Lands has determined that allowing the lessee to cultivate and crop areas to improve pasture species and subsequent stock management and performance, will make it easier to use the land concerned for farming purposes, and the conditions recommended will promote good management practice and mitigate effects on inherent values.

For the part of the consent that was declined

The Commissioner of Crown Lands has determined that the declined areas contain inherent values related to indigenous vegetation, rock outcrops and rubble areas that are desirable to protect and that would be adversely affected by granting consent to cultivate.
 

Consent is granted in part for cultivation and cropping, subject to the following conditions:

1. Cultivation and cropping is not permitted within the area shown outlined in pink on the plans attached.
2. Cultivation and cropping is not permitted within 5m of any wetlands.
3. If possible, some of the extracted rock piles are to be left to the side of the area to be cultivated, to provide lizard habitat.
4. Intensively grazed cattle are to be excluded from Cow Creek.
5. Good management practises are to be undertaken to minimise the risk of soil erosion, including the use of minimum tillage and direct drilling techniques where possible, leaving soil bare for as short a period as possible, and avoiding cultivation of dry soil.
6. The area may be cultivated for the purposes of growing feed or forage for livestock on the property.
7. The area may be under the cultivation regime for no more than two consecutive years at any one time before being established to permanent pasture or Lucerne.  During the cropping cycle raphanobrassica, rape, kale, turnips, ryecorn, greenfeed oats, brassicas and annual grasses may be sown.
8. Permanent pasture may include ryegrass, cocksfoot, timothy, chicory, plantain, red/white/subterranean/arrowleaf/strawberry clovers, Lucerne and pasture herbs.
9. The area may be re-cultivated not more frequently than 10-year intervals.  During such re-cultivations, the conditions of this consent and any other local and regional authority rules are to be adhered to.
10. Adequate fertiliser is to be applied to maintain a healthy sward without soil depletion.  Soil testing is to be undertaken to inform fertiliser requirements and to avoid over-application of nutrients, particularly Phosphorus and Nitrogen.
11. Only seed certified as being free of weed seeds and impurities is to be sown.

The Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 provides that permission to undertake the activity may still be needed under other enactments.