Plan changes and variations

Anyone can make a submission on a plan change.  Your submission must be made before the closing time and date on the plan change or variation. Each plan change has its own submission form.  For information about how to make a submission

Plan change 48 | Private plan change 2 | Plan change 38 | Plan change 42 | Plan change 46

• Plan Change 48 - F9 urban flood hazard overlay

  Council is proposing to change the status of structures in the F9 urban flood hazard overlay of the combined regional land and district plan. The proposed changes would allow resource consent applications for the development of structures in the F9 to be considered by Council. New buildings in the F9 would remain prohibited.

  Submissions close 5pm on Friday 10 February 2012.

  Relevant documents:
  Submission Form (206kb 1 page)
  Sumary of Plan Change 48 (63kb 1 page)
  Full Report - Plan Change 48 (1.2mb 17 pages)

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• Private Plan Change 2 - Citrus Grove, Makaraka

  This is a private request relating to approximately 96 hectares of land extending from Makaraka in the north to Gisborne Airport and Aerodrome Road in the south. A range of changes are proposed to the planning provisions for this area.

  The hearing was held in November 2011 before a panel of Hearings Commissioners. 
  This is the Hearings Panel Recommended Decision
  These recommendations will be considered at the Council meeting on 26 January

  The application documents
  Citrus Grove private plan change report (1.30MB 77pages)
  Summary of application (1.39MB 4 pages)

  App 1 Site extents and current zoning
  (835kb 4 pages)

  App 2 Suggested changes to plan(3MB 38 pages)

  Appendix 3 Landscape and visual assessment (10MB 97 pages) available on request

  App 4 Airport overlay plans(1MB 7 pages)

  App 5 Flood hazard overlay diagrams
  (1.67MB 6 pages)
  App 6 Flood hazard and stormwater analysis
  (4.95MB 73 pages)

  App 7 Airport noise assessment
  (390kb 13 pages)

  App 8 Land productivity reports
  (2.33MB 38 pages)
  App 9 Traffic impact assessment
  (2.09MB 26 pages)
  App 10 Liquefaction assessment methodology
  (35kb 3 pages)

  Planning report for Citrus Grove (276kb 47pgs)
  Appendices are available on request

  Additional information and changes to the application
  (4.7MB 105pages)

  Submissions closed 5pm Monday 17 January 2011
  Summary of submissions (329kb 47 pages)

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• Plan Change 38 - Review of financial contributions and funding principles

  Plan change 38 is to update and improve financial contribution and funding principles in the district plan.

  Council has released a first and second set of decisions relating to the plan change.  A final hearing on the remainder of the plan change will be held on 1 February 2012.

  Decisions report 1 (1.06MB 49 pages)
  Decisions report 2 (789kb 78 pages)

  Background documents:
  Plan change 38 - full report (834kb 112 pages)
  Summary of plan change (1.06MB 8 pages)
  Summary of submissions (185kb 11 pages)

  Further submissions closed 13 December 2010 - 3 further submissions were received.
  Submissions closed 1 November 2010 - 6 submissions were received.

  Financial contributions are conditions on resource consents requiring the payment of money or land to address environmental effects. The plan change amend the financial contribution provisions for infrastructure so that they complement, rather than duplicate, the alternative development contribution policy established in 2008 under the Local government Act 2002.

  Plan change 38 also updates policies about responsibilities for funding infrastructure.

  A range of other issues are considered including improving the clarity of esplanade reserve requirements for subdivision, updating the financial contribution provisions to reflect law changes and the potential to use financial contributions protection of cultural heritage and natural heritage.

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• Plan Change 42 - Review of infrastructure standards

  Plan change 42 aims to improve how council and developers design infrastructure. There are 3 key parts to the proposed changes:

  1. Reviewing the infrastructure requirements for subdivision and land development (including water supply, wastewater, stormwater, roading, reserves, street planting, telecommunications, electricity and gas);
  2. Reviewing requirements for structure planning and network utilities (excluding the airport);
  3. Making the layout of the infrastructure provisions easier to use.

  Council proposes a new chapter on infrastructure that combines requirements from chapter 8 utilities; chapter 14 financial contributions, works and services; and chapter 15 roads, access ways and parking.

  Council has adopted its first set of decisions on plan change 42. 
  A hearing on the remainder of the plan change will be scheduled later in the year.
  Council decision stage 1 (143kb 2 pages)

  Additional changes to the wording and new cross-references throughout the plan support the proposed layout. The aim is to have a structure that is user-friendly, integrated and more likely to result in good environmental and urban design outcomes.

  The work also includes reviewing council's engineering code of practice. The changes to the district plan are the first stage of the project; and work on the code of practice will begin soon.

  Relevant documents:

  Officer Report - Decisions Report 1 (2MB 178 pages)
  Summary of submissions (408kb 31 pages)
  Plan Change 42 - full report (1.4MB 200 pages)
  Summary of plan change (1.06MB 8 pages)

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• Plan Change 46 - Night-time traffic rural industrial B zone

  Plan change 46 removes night time movement restrictions on heavy vehicles accessing or leaving sites within the rural industrial B zone between the hours of 2100 and 0600.

  Council adopted decision on proposed plan change 46 on 3 December 2011. The decision can be appealed to the environment court by 5pm Wednesday 8 February 2012.

  Relevant document:
  Plan change 46 - decision (459kb 32 pages)

  The plan change also acknowledges that it will not always be possible to maintain existing amenity values associated with non-industrial land users, and that it should be recognised and accepted that the character of the environment within the rural industrial B zone will change over time as more industry is developed in the area.

  Other relevant documents:
  Summary of submissions (183kb 10 pages)
  Plan change 46 - full report (590kb 26 pages)

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