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District Plan

The Council's District Plan became operative on 16 June 1999 (Minute No. 99/224). This approval was given pursuant to c17, First Schedule, Resource Management Act 1991.

All inquiries for planning advice should be directed to our Customer Service Centre or telephone 09 295 1300.

An update service is available to registered holders of the District Plan. This service provides holders with copies of Plan Changes as they are notified, decisions on these Plan Changes, and any changes to the Operative District Plan. This service is provided for an annual fee of $50 (GST inclusive). An order form is available from Customer Services.

Plan Changes

If the Council modifies or amends requirements to areas of the plan which are operative, this is called a Plan Change. Plan Changes can be initiated by the Council, or by private individuals.

The Plan Change process involves:

  • Preparation and notification of Proposed Plan Change
  • Submissions and further submission lodged on Proposed Plan Change
  • Hearing of submissions
  • Submissions and further submissions lodged on Proposed Plan Change
  • Hearing of submissions
  • Council decision on submissions
  • Possible appeal of Council decision
  • Proposed Plan Change made Operative
Plan Change Status
Drury South Structure Plan - private plan change Lodged 3 May 2011
Subject to initial evaluation under Schedule 1 of the Act

Plan Change 10

LGAAA

Decision released: 1/8/07

Decision Version (PDF 289k)

Decision Version incorporating Consent Order amendments (PDF 260k)

Plan Change 12

Takanini Structure Plan Area 1A

Decision released: 23/12/2008

August 2011 - Plan Change incorporating Environment Court and Consent Order Amendments and annotated showing outstanding appeals (PDF 541k)

Plan Change 13

Rural

Decision released: 5/8/2009

July 2005 Decision Version annotated with appeals (PDF 10.5m)

Maps - Decision Version annotated with appeals (PDF 5.46m)

Plan Change 15

Takanini Structure Plan Area a 6A & 6B

Notified: 9/12/2009

Hearing commenced: 6 Sept 2011

Hearing Adjourned

Public Notice (PDF 128k)

Plan Change (PDF 2.50m)

Map - the proposed changes at a glance (PDF 468k)

AEE (PDF 1.09m)

Summary of Submissions (PDF 360k)

Plan Change 16

Additions to the schedule of trees and areas of landscape to be protected

Notified 9 December 2011

Public notice (PDF 43kb)

Plan change (PDF 247kb)

Maps (PDF 3.3mb)

Section 32 (PDF 441kb)

 

District Plan Documents

The Papakura District Plan is made up of three parts. In order to establish the context of the District Plan, a number of district-wide resource management matters are discussed in Section One of the document. Section Two, Rural Papakura, covers the rural parts of the District and Section Three, Urban Papakura, covers the urban parts of the District.

For ease of reference and to enable faster downloading, each Section is available for download, as are the individual parts of each section.

Note The Council's District Plan is available here in PDF Acrobat Reader. Please note, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these documents. If you do not have a copy installed, you can download it here.

District Plan - Section One: General

Addresses the resource management issues of the District as a whole. Users of the District Plan are advised to refer to Section One before undertaking development of any land in the District.

Individual Parts - Section One

District Plan - Section Two: Rural Papakura

Sets out the resource management provisions for the rural parts of the District. The localities covered include Takanini, Ardmore, the Hunua foothills, Drury, Karaka and Hingaia.

Individual Parts - Section Two

District Plan - Section Three: Urban Papakura

The specific provisions of Section Three are directed solely at Urban Papakura and the localities covered include Central Papakura, Takanini, Conifer Grove, Drury and two areas of settlement at Bottletop Bay and Hingaia Bridge. Further, the two areas of quarrying activity and Ardmore Aerodrome fall within the scope of Section Three of the District Plan.

Individual Parts - Section Three