District Town Plans - every 10 years

Thu 7 May 2009: District Town Plans - every 10 years

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The review of “District Town Plans” comes around every 10 years and it is very important for shaping the districts environment. District, city and regional plans are one of the main ways you can get involved in the Resource Management Act. Councils use regional and district/city plans to set out how they will manage the local environment.
Councils must consult with their communities when they prepare plans, review plans and consider a change to an existing plan or variation to a proposed plan. In addition, members of the community can take a part in the process and have their say on how the local environment should be managed.
For further information on how you could get involved in making submissions, go to the “Minisrty for the Environment” website link below:
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/rma/public/plans/index.html

Horowhenua District Council, Palmerston North City Council, and the Kāpiti Coast District Councils are already underway with their proposed changes. The public submissions process have now reached most council deadlines and “Further Submission” are now being requested.

For further information regarding the District Plan and proposed changes for the Horowhenua District Council, go to the HDC website links below:

http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Services/Planning/DistrictPlan/
and;
http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Consultation/Information+on+Submissions+and+the+Plan+Change+Process.htm

For information on the Kāpiti Coast District Council District Plan and proposed changes go to the KCDC website links below:

http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/DistrictDevelopment/DistrictPlan/
and;
http://www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/Home/Consultation.htm

For information on the Palmerston North District Plan and proposed changes, go to the PNCC website link below:

http://pncc.govt.nz/?YourCouncil/CouncilActivities/PublicDocuments/Detail.aspx?id=48031

Other readings related to rural Horowhenua that will be of interest to many Hapū particularly with the onslaught of subdivision development. NB: all readings do not acknowledge “tāngata whenua”, nor the impacts that subdivisions and other developments have on Hapū, traditional food sources, natural resources, and wāhi tapu.

A copy of the “Horowhenua Development Plan” can be found on the following link:
http://www.horowhenua.govt.nz/Council/PlansAndStrategies/Horowhenua+Development+Plan/

Other readings of interest

From the Regional Councils are: