Notifications
Changes to District Plan
Ashburton District Plan: Plan Change 6
This privately initiated plan change was notified on Thursday 19 September 2024. Further details below.
- Initial request lodged 11 April 2023
- Updated Request lodged 23 July 2024
- Request accepted under Clause 25(2)(b) RMA on 23 July 2024
- Notified for submissions on Thursday 19 September 2024
- Submissions closed on Friday 18 October 2024
- Notified Summary of Submissions and Further Submissions Thursday 7 November 2024
- Further submissions closed Thursday 21 November 2024
- Hearing date (if required) Friday 14 February 2025
Hearing
Submissions
Plan Change request documents
Ashburton District Plan: Plan Change 5
Ashburton District Council has prepared Plan Change 5 – Transportation to its Operative District Plan (2014).
The change covers the following areas:
- Consequential amendments to various sections resulting from the implementation of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development
- Provision of mobility parking and cycle parking standards
- Provision for the assessment of high trip generating activities
- Updates to the Roading Hierarchy tables in the Transportation section.
- Further summary about what the Plan Change covers can be found here.
Operative Date
Ashburton District Council gives notice that Plan Change 5 will become operative on Tuesday 4 June 2024.
Legal Status of Council Initiated Plan Changes
The proposed provisions of a Plan Change take legal effect once decisions are released; however, any proposed provision must be treated as operative (before or after decisions) if it is beyond challenge e.g. if the time for making submissions or appeals has closed and there are no submissions in opposition to it or appeals lodged against it, or if any appeals lodged against it have been resolved.
- Legal effect means any proposed provision must be considered, and if any proposed provision requires resource consent, this consent must be sought.
- Treated as operative means the provision is in full effect but is yet to be made formally operative (this requires public notification).”
Decision
- Public Notice of Decision
- Commissioners Recommentation Report
- PC5 Appendix 2A - Section 10 Transport
- PC5 Appendix 2B - Section 4 Residential Zones
- PC5 Appendix 2C - Section 5 Business Zones
- PC5 Appendix 2D - Section 7 Aquatic Park Zone
- PC5 Appendix 2E - Section 8 Scheduled Activities
- PC5 Appendix 2F - Section 17 Definitions
- Council Agenda 20 March 2024
Hearing
Further Submissions
Submissions
Proposed Plan Change 5 Documents
Resource Consents granted
View the list of Resource Consents granted under delegated authority for November 2024
State of the Environment Reporting
Read about State of the Environment Reporting undertaken in 2017 and 2018.