District Plan Changes
The Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) allows the Council to amend the provisions of the District Plan. The RMA also allows anyone to seek a change to a district plan. This is called a "private plan change" as distinct from a Council-initiated plan change.
Resource Management Act 1991 | New Zealand Legislation
If you would like to make a private plan change, begin by speaking with the Planner at Council's Service Centre in Dannevirke, or telephone and ask to speak to the Duty Planner or email us.
Plan Change No.1
Review No. 1 of the District Plan became operative on 1 September 2012. Since the Plan became operative, a number of 'higher order' planning instruments such as national policy statements, standards and regulations and regional policy statements (e.g. the One Plan) have been introduced or become operative. For more background on this, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
Operative
Pursuant to clause 20 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), Plan Change No. 1 was approved by Council on 31 July 2019 and is operative as of 19 August 2019. The approved provisions of Plan Change No. 1 have been incorporated into the District Plan.
Decision
Pursuant to Clause 10(4)(b) of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, the Tararua District Council gives notice of its decisions on submissions received to Proposed Plan Change No.1 (PPC1)
Review No. 1 of the District Plan became operative on 1 September 2012. Since the Plan became operative, a number of 'higher order' planning instruments such as national policy statements, standards and regulations and regional policy statements (e.g. the One Plan) have been introduced or become operative. For more background on this, please see below.
You can request to view the submissions by emailing: info@tararuadc.govt.nz
Review No. 1 of the District Plan became operative on 1 September, 2012. Since the Plan became operative, a number of 'higher order' planning instruments such as national policy statements, standards and regulations and regional policy statements (e.g. the One Plan) have been introduced or become operative.
The District Plan is required to be changed in accordance with any relevant regulations and to give effect to the policies and directions of these 'higher order' instruments. The Proposed Plan Change also seeks to 'tidy up' the Plan by updating background information and correcting minor errors or ambiguities.
The primary matters proposed for change include providing for small scale electricity generation from renewable energy sources, removal of most of the rules applying to the management of hazardous substances, removal of the rules applying to the protection of indigenous vegetation and significant habitats of indigenous fauna, providing for deck structures as part of outdoor living courts and new rules designed to provide a more effective means of managing identified community 'eyesores' (e.g. derelict properties and vehicles).