Tauranga City Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council have developed a guide and template to help commercial and industrial sites assess pollution risks from their business and develop a pollution prevention plan to address these risks.
Pollution Prevention Audits 2025/2026
Between December 2025 and February 2026, Council staff will be in the following areas undertaking audit on businesses that are considered High Risk to the Stormwater Network: Tauriko, Greerton, Roxanne Place and Sulphur Point.
More information about the audits programme and what is involved can be found here. If you have questions please contact: James Piddock, Pollution Prevention Officer (027 671 6505 or james.piddock@tauranga.govt.nz) or Naomi Laslett, Summer Intern - Pollution Prevention (0273352745 or naomi.Laslett@tauranga.govt.nz).
Pollution Prevention Plans are requirement under the Stormwater (Pollution Prevention) Bylaw 2015 for high risk work areas/types.
Stormwater (Pollution Prevention Bylaw 2015 (247kb pdf)
The guide will help you write your plan and goes through each part, step by step. The guide has checklists to help assess your site for actual and potential stormwater pollution issues. You will also find posters, forms and other documents you can use as part of your plan.
If you have questions about how to use the guide, please contact a Pollution Prevention Officer on 07 577 7000.
Pollution Prevention Plan (15mb pdf)
Pollution prevention plan template
Pollution Prevention Plan Template (435kb pdf)
Spills poster
Spills poster (396kb pdf)
Pollution Prevention Plan forms and applications
Inventory List (675kb pdf)
Incident report (281kb pdf)
Spill procedure checklist (257kb pdf)
Attachments checklist (175kb pdf)