Full Proposed District Plan

How to use the Proposed District Plan

Here you will find all the chapters of our Proposed District Plan. To find out what is allowed to happen on a piece of land, you can locate a specific property and identify the zone it is located in on our digital map site. Here is a link to the site.

As well as the zones, you should also check for any ‘overlays’. An overlay identifies distinctive values, risks (such as a floodplain) or other factors that may require management in a different way to the underlying zone. Each zone and overlay has its own chapter containing the objectives, policies and rules.

Objective: the goal or outcome – what we want to achieve through our District Plan

Policy: sets out and indicates how we will achieve our goal or outcomes

Rule: identifies whether a consent is required and sets the standards that need to be complied with for an activity e.g. the hours you can operate your business or the height you can build your house.

Proposed District Plan Index.

You will find each of these chapters at the right of this page.

Why you should get involved

Our District Plan helps us manage development in our area. It contains rules that may affect you if you’re considering a development or land use proposal. It also helps us manage our District’s resources. These include:

• Growth – where we accommodate it and what it looks like
• Land use activities such as residential, commercial, industrial and farming
• Visitor accommodation
• Subdivision of land and associated earthworks
• Protecting historic heritage, landscapes, natural features and biodiversity
• Managing natural hazards
• Activities on the surface of water in rivers and lakes