Update on the Replacement Christchurch District Plan

The Independent Hearings Panel is continuing to make progress towards the proposed Replacement Christchurch District Plan ("Replacement Plan") becoming operative. With plenty going on at the end of 2015, and much having happened in the first few weeks of 2016, now is an opportune time to provide an update on how matters are progressing.

Hearings in progress

• The hearing on Coastal Environment and Residential Baches (Chapter 19) is currently underway. Issues for consideration in that hearing include whether the Coastal Environment has been appropriately identified, whether the Proposal sufficiently recognises and provides for working farming areas and whether provisions relating to baches at Taylor's Mistake are appropriate.