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How can I access the SLUR?
Contact us
You can find further information about SLUR on
Selected Land
On GWRC’s website we have a GIS mapping tool which
shows sites in our region that have been included on the
our website www.gw.govt.nz/selected-land-
register. These sites are identified with a pink polygon and
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Use Register
are labelled with a unique site number (SN).
Property owners are entitled to any information
To search the SLUR go to www.gw.govt.nz/selected-land-
GWRC holds on SLUR about their property, and
use-register-slur-register-search
we will gladly provide this information free of
charge.
What you need
To make an enquiry please:
1. Check www.gw.govt.nz/contaminated-
to know
site-enquiry-2 to find out the process and
what details you should provide
2. Email us at [email address]
Or you can call our Customer Contact Centre on
0800 496 734 and ask to speak to our SLUR
administrator.
To report an environmental issue
or pollution incident please call our
environment hotline on 0800 496 734
GWRC’s Masterton Office at 34 Chapel Street is included on the SLUR
because it has previously had fuel storage tanks located on the site.
Important!
For more information, contact the
We are continually updating the SLUR with new
Greater Wellington Regional Council
information. Even if a site is not on the register, it
does not guarantee that it hasn’t been used for a HAIL
Wellington Office
Masterton Office
activity in the past.
PO Box 11646
34 Chapel Street
Manners Street
PO Box 41
Wellington 6142
Masterton 5840
T 04 384 5708
T 06 378 2484
[Wellington Regional Council request email]
www.gw.govt.nz
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What is the Selected Land Use Register
Information about these sites is compiled and sent to an
My property is on SLUR – what should I
(SLUR)?
independent consultant to review and approve prior to
do now?
being included on the register.
The Selected Land Use Register (SLUR) is a database
If your property is classified
Category III – Contamination
administered by the Greater Wellington Regional Council
Confirmed there are rules in the proposed Natural
(GWRC) on behalf of the eight city and district councils in the
How do we classify sites?
Resources Plan that may apply to you. Go to
region.
In some cases sites will be found to be contaminated,
www.gw.govt.nz/proposed-natural-resources-plan for
The register contains information on sites that are known
however many may not. To distinguish between sites, SLUR
further information.
or suspected to have been involved (either historically or
classifies them under six different categories. For a full list
If your property is not classified as
Category III –
currently) in the use, storage or disposal of hazardous
and definition of the SLUR categories go to
Contamination Confirmed and you have no plans to alter
substances.
www.gw.govt.nz/description-of-categories
the site, you are not obliged to do anything further.
However, if you do have plans to subdivide, change the
Why do we need the SLUR?
I think my site category might be wrong
land use, remove or replace a fuel storage system or
The SLUR is necessary to help us manage the risk posed
– can I change it?
disturb the soil, you will need to comply with the NESCS
by hazardous sites to human health and the health of our
If you think your property has been put in the wrong
2011. Your local city or district council is responsible for
environment.
category please contact us. Quote the site number (SN) and
administering this, so for further information on how this
applies to your property please contact your local council.
Section 30 of the Resource Management Act 1991 requires
gather any supporting information, for example, results from
GWRC to collect and manage information regarding
an environmental investigation.
If you are selling your property you should provide any
hazardous or potentially contaminated sites. To do this, we
Any information that confirms your site has not been
SLUR information to prospective buyers or recommend
follow the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) Contaminated
associated with an activity listed on the HAIL, or that other
that they contact GWRC.
Land Management Guidelines.
HAIL activities might have taken place on your site, is
Information held on the SLUR is also available to city and
particularly important. Please let us know so we can keep
district councils who administer the National Environmental
our records up-to-date and accurate.
Important!
Standard for Contaminants in Soil (NESCS 2011).
If you are conducting an environmental investigation at
your site you will need to comply with the rules in the
How do we identify sites to include on
proposed Natural Resources Plan and send us a copy
the SLUR?
of the report. Go to www.gw.govt.nz/proposed-
natural-resources-plan for further information.
We identify sites to be included on the SLUR based on a list
of land uses – called the Hazardous Activities and Industries
List (HAIL) – produced by MfE. The HAIL consists of 53
activities and industries and includes things such as service
Purchasing a new property?
stations, chemical storage facilities, cemeteries, sheep dips
and landfills.
It’s easy to check online (refer to the “How can I access
the SLUR?” section) and see if the property you are
This helps us to identify where hazardous activities or
considering purchasing is included on the SLUR. We also
industries have taken place, that could cause contamination
recommend a Land Information Memorandum (LIM) is
of the environment as a result of manufacturing, using,
obtained from your local council.
storing or disposing of hazardous substances.
If you require more information about a property listed on
Notifications of potential HAIL sites come from a range of
the register please email [email address], quoting the
sources such as district or city councils, GWRC investigations,
site number (SN).
independent consultant reports and local knowledge.
An old sheep dip in Whitireia Park, a remnant of historic farming practices in
the area.
