Combined Regional Land and District  Plan Variations and Plan Changes

• Proposed Plan Change 28 - Rural Residential Rezone - Glenelg Corner
• Submissions and the process
• Proposed Plan Change 37 - Wainui/Okitu Special Character Area
• Proposed Plan Change 24 Industrial Land Rezoning
• Sustainable Hill Country (SHC) Project (Variation 176 & Plan Change 36 (Maps))

Proposed Plan Change 28 -
Rural Residential Rezone - Glenelg Corner

Proposed Plan Change 28 provides opportunities for allowing smaller section sizes in a peri-urban area near Glenelg Road, currently zoned Rural Residential. This area could allow densities down to 1 dwelling per half hectare (5,000 square metres), provided that physical constraints are addressed.

Proposed Plan Change 28 includes the following changes to the Combined Regional Land and District Plan:

• Change the “Glenelg Corner” from Rural Residential zone to Rural Lifestyle zone.
• Amendments to distinguish the two peri-urban zones, Rural Lifestyle and Rural Residential.
• Amendments to address management of stormwater and wastewater in the Rural R and Rural L zones.  It inserts rules relating to impervious surfaces and the cumulative effect of wastewater disposal.  
• Amendments to address concerns between peri-urban development and productive farming by proposing a rule requiring dwellings in the Rural L zone (Glenelg Corner) to be set back 30 metres from the boundary of the Rural Productive zone. 
• Amendments to the District Plan maps u81 & r91

The Proposed text changes for Plan Change 28 (pdf 213kb) lists the full set of amendments.

The Section 32 Report - Assessment of Proposal PC28 and background information (pdf 380kb) is a full report on council's evaluation of the proposals.

Waru & Haisman Streams Catchment Management and Stormwater Plan - (2.33MB PDF)

Relevant maps are:

• Proposed new zone - Glenelg Corner (pdf 3833kb)
• Glenelg map (pdf 1963kb)
• Glenelg R91 planning map (pdf 2342kb)
• Glenelg U81 planning map (pdf 1480kb)
• Glenelg Site Caution 2 (pdf 944 kb)

The next step in the plan change process :-

• publicly notify the proposed change on Saturday 28 June in the Gisborne Herald
  • And go through a formal legislative process to request submissions from affected parties.
• From there, submissions are analysed, summarised, and further submissions requested.
  • They will be reviewed by the Hearings Committee, who make a decision to approve or decline the proposed changes.
  • Submitters are notified, have an opportunity to appeal, or then the plan change takes effect.

Submissions Close: 4pm Monday 28 July 2008
Contact: Janelle Finucane (06) 867 2049 extn 8521
Email: janelle@gdc.govt.nz

Submissions and the process

Persons affected by a variation or plan change to the Part-Operative Combined Regional Land and District Plan can make a submission. 

• Submission Form (Form 5) (123 kb)
• Further Submission Form (Form 6) (103 kb)

Submissions on variations and proposed plan changes should be sent to Gisborne District Council, P O Box 747, Gisborne, or delivered direct to the Council Office at Fitzherbert Street.

The process for public participation in the consideration of variations and proposed plan changes under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) is as follows:

• After the closing date for submissions, the Council will prepare a summary of the submissions and this summary must be publicly notified; and
• There will be an opportunity to make a further submission in support of, or in opposition to, the submissions already made; and
• If a person making a submission asks to be heard in support of his or her submission, a hearing must be held; and
• The Council will give its decision on the variations and proposed plan changes (including reasons for accepting or rejecting submissions); and
• Any person who has made a submission has the right to appeal the decision on the proposed plan changes to the Environment Court.