Current Operative District Plan

Background

The Operative District Plan 2012 is the culmination of the District Plan First Review (a review of the previous Operative District Plan 2002).

It became operative on 16 June 2012 except for specific provisions relating to Matakana Island which became operative on 19 December 2015 following the resolution of appeals against the District Plan First Review and Plan Change 46/Variation 2 - Matakana Island.

Eplan

The District Plan is now available in an ePlan format with interactive mapping. Please select here for a guide on how to use the new ePlan format.

Plan Changes

The following Plan Changes are operative and have been incorporated into the Operative District Plan 2012:

• Plan Changes 1-9, 11-53 and 56-91

The following Plan Changes have been withdrawn:

• Plan Changes 10, 54 and 55
• Plan Change 76 (part of)

Legal Status of Plan Changes

The proposed provisions of a Plan Change take legal effect once decisions are released, however, any proposed provision must be treated as operative (before or after decisions) if it is beyond challenge e.g. if the time for making submissions or appeals has closed and there are no submissions in opposition to it or appeals lodged against it, or if any appeals lodged against it have been resolved.

• Legal effect means any proposed provision must be considered, and if any proposed provision requires resource consent, this consent must be sought.
• Treated as operative means the provision is in full effect but is yet to be made formally operative (this requires public notification).