Records showing a summary of a consented activity related to the discharge or contaminants to air as recorded within Environment Canterbury's Resource Management Act Database. This layer contains discharge to air features that are represented as points for actvities such as using a solid fuel burner, discharges of dust, smells associated with eflluent storage and spreading, etc.

Note: Prior to 2013 all actvivties were recorded as area features greater than 10,000 in size or for activities that can be undertaken throughout the Canterbury region. Subsequent to this activities may have been captured as line or area features. This layer should be used in conjuction with the Consented Activities - Discharge to Air Points and Consented Activities - Discharge to Air Area layers to get a full representation of all consented activity features.

Depending on the nature and conditions of the consent, more than location point may be associated with a single consent. The feature type property indicates the nature of the recorded activity.

The layer includes details on: The type of permit (land use consent, discharge permit, etc.), the section of the RMA underwhich the activity was permitted, the current status of the permit (active, expired, replaced, etc.), the name of the applicant, a description of the location where the activity related to the permit is undertaken, and if the permit was successfully issued, the period over which the permiitted activities apply. Activity specific details related to fuel burnt, animal effluent type and numbers, storage and application rates are also included if relavent to the type of discharge.

The layer also contains several sumary fields related to spatially defined regions the location lies with including: which territorial local authority(s); the Land and Water Regional Plan groundwater & surface water allocation zones and nutrient management zone; the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) zone; the Ngai Tahu Runanga area of interest for Resource Consenting purposes; and the clean air zone.