Resource Management
District Plans are the documents prepared under the Resource
Management Act that control what land-use activities are permitted
or will require consent in the district the plan relates to, and
why.
This makes them fundamentally important if you are intending a
development be it large or small.
Ideally District Plans regulate how "the community"
envisages land within the district will be used during the life of
the plan (10 years) and can even go so far as to make particular
land-uses impossible in particular areas.
These features make the process of plan reviews (including
variations and changes, which are amendments to specific parts of
District Plans) extremely important in terms of providing for the
ongoing protection of existing neighbourhoods and uses
or the framework for further development, its
nature and their extent.
