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• Bylaws
• Environment reports
• Forms
• Management plans
• Policies and practices
• Publications
• Regional and district plans
• Reserve management plans
• Strategies & plans
• Surveys

Bylaws

• Local Bylaws and Regulations 

Environment reports

• Regional Pest Management Strategy (312 KB PDF) 
• State of the Environment Report
• Waste Management Report 2006 (771 kb PDF) 
• Waste Management Plan 2005 - PDF 
  • (Part 1-337Kb)
  • (Part 2-566Kb)

Forms

• Building
• Community
• Council
• Elections
• Liquor licensing
• Resource Management Act
  • Resource consents
  • Plan changes
    • Submissions Form (18 kb)
    • Further Submissions Form (12 kb)  
• Roading
• Valuation
• Waste
  • Application for tradewaste discharge (60 kb PDF)
  • Application for temporary discharge of waste (58kb PDF)

Building

Not sure which consent application form you need for building work? If so, view our Building Consent pages first.

• Amendments to Building Consent Application Form (106kb PDF)
• Application for Acceptance or Renewal as an Independent Qualified Person
• Application for Certificate of Acceptance (221kb PDF) 
• Application for Certificate of Public Use (56kb PDF)
• Building Consent and/or PIM Application Form (1864kb PDF)
• Code Compliance Certificate Application Form (873kb PDF)
• LIM Application Form (86 kb PDF)
• List of Registered Independent Qualified Persons
• Minor Building Work Application Form (47 kb PDF)
• Solid Fuel Heater Consent Application Form (111 kb PDF)
• Street Address Application Form (33 kb PDF)
• Water Application Form (56kb PDF)

Community

• Total Mobility Application Form (28 kb PDF) 
• Total Mobility Renewal Form (15 kb PDF)  
• Council Housing Application Form (18kb PDF) 

Council

• Job Application Form (PDF format) (114 kb)
• Job Application Form (Word format) (125 kb) 

Elections

• Ratepayer Elector Application/Nomination Form (46kb PDF) 

Liquor licensing

Unsure which form you need, or require more detailed information? Click here to view our liquor licensing pages.

• Club Licence (44 kb PDF) 
• Managers Certificate Application Form (28 kb PDF)
• Managers Certificate Renewal Form (26 kb PDF) 
• On Licence (Conveyance) Application Form (43 kb PDF)
• On Licence (Premises) Application Form (42 kb PDF)
• Off License (premises) Application Form (46 kb PDF)  
• Special Licence (Premises) Application Form (44 kb PDF)
• Special Licence (Conveyance) Application Form (32 kb PDF) 
• Temporary Authority Application Form (24 kb PDF)  

Resource consents

We recommend you talk your proposal through with Council Staff before you fill in the forms.  Please contact us if you need assistance in completing the forms or you are unsure what form to use.

• Application for Transfer of Water Permit (28 kb PDF)
• Bore Permit (28 kb PDF)
• Coastal Permit - General (28 kb PDF)
• Coastal Permit - Removal of Sand & Shingle (28 kb PDF)
• Coastal Permit - Discharge to Water (28 kb PDF)
• Discharge Permit - Land (28 kb PDF)
• Discharge Permit - Water (28 kb PDF)
• Resource Consent Application Form (134 kb PDF)
• Shingle Permit (28 kb PDF)
• Water Permit - Dam (28 kb PDF)
• Water Permit - Diversion (27 kb PDF)
• Water Permit - Ground Water Take (30 kb PDF)
• Water Permit - Surface Water Take (29 kb PDF)
• Waterways Approval (27 kb PDF)

Roading

Not sure how to fill out the Road Safety Funding Application form?  Click here  to view the guide and much more.

• Community Project Funding Application Form (18kb PDF)
• Street Address Application Form (33 kb PDF) 

Valuation

• Rating Valuation Objection Form (60kb PDF) 

Management Plans

• Governance Statement (April) 2008   

Policies and practices

• GDC's Engineering Code of Practice
  • Introduction (29 kb PDF)
  • Geotechnical Engineering (36 kb PDF)
  • Stormwater (194 kb PDF)
  • Sanitary Sewerage (93 kb PDF)
  • Water Supply (91 kb PDF)
  • Road and Traffic Engineering (217 kb PDF)
  • Contracts, QA, Inspection, As Built, Record & Reporting (43 kb PDF)
• GDC’s Dog Control
  • Dog Control Fees and Charges 2006/07 (175kb PDF) 

Publications

• Business Grow Newsletter
• Conservation Quorum
• Town & Country Matters

Regional and district plans

• District Plan - Combined Regional Land and District Plan (CRLDP)
• Regional Air Quality Management Plan
• Regional Discharges Plan
• Regional Policy Statement

Reserve management plans

• Index 
  • Adventure Playground June 1999 (2000 kb pdf)
  • Anzac Park May 2007 (1252 kb pdf) 
  • Harry Barker Reserve March 1996 (3585 kb pdf)
  • Hatea-A-Rangi Memorial Park 2000 (2347 kb pdf)
  • Langford Fallon Reserve September 2001 (Whataupoko Reserve) (1506 kb pdf)
  • Midway Beach Reserve (1565 kb pdf)
  • Oval Reserve April 1996 (590 kb pdf)
  • Titirangi Reserve December 2006 (3568 kb pdf)
  • W D Lysnar and Wainui Beach Reserves Management Plan May 2007 (6016 kb pdf)
  • Waikanae Beach Reserve November 1999 (1537 kb pdf)
  • Waikirikiri Reserve February 2000 (1121 kb pdf)
  • Waiteata Park 1999 (1492 kb pdf)

Strategies and plans

• Disability Strategy (pdf 180kb)
• 2007-2008 Annual Plan 
• 2006-2016 Community Plan (10 year Plan)
• 2006-2016 Roading Land Transport Strategy (1086kb PDF)
• Open Space Strategy (2002 - 2022) 
• Te Araroa Township Development Plan (April 2007) (336 kb)
• Tokomaru Bay Township Development Plan (April 2007) (417 kb)
• Tolaga Bay Township Development Plan (April 2007) (451 kb)
• Urban Coastal Strategy [Sept 2005] - (PDF .9Mb) 
• Walking and Cycling Strategy (281 kb PDF) 

Surveys

• 2007 Communitrak Survey (211kb PDF)