The Council is reviewing the District Plan and invites you to have your say on what needs to be reviewed. Be involved and help shape Kpiti for future generations.
What is a District Plan Review?
It’s like a Plan Change, many of which have occurred since 1999 to alter certain parts of the District Plan, except it’s much more comprehensive. This means that things can be looked at holistically.
Why do we need to review the District Plan?
Under the RMA, each provision of a District Plan has to be reviewed every 10 years. Much of the current District Plan hasn’t been changed since it was completed in 1999. It is important to respond to new issues, opportunities and community direction. Some of the principles underlying the District Plan may remain the same but we also need to think about new pressures on the environment that have arisen or increased in the past decade, such as climate change and “peak oil”.
It’s also important to respond to the “community vision” as expressed in the Community Plan, Community Outcomes, and Local Outcome Statements from communities such as Greater Ōtaki, Waikanae North, Otaihanga, Paraparaumu Beach, Paraparaumu Town Centre, Raumati Beach, Raumati South and Paekākāriki. Because the review is a comprehensive process and the final result will set the vision for the district for the next 10 years or more, the process of review takes some time.
The goal is to notify a revised District Plan for submissions in late 2011.
