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Current ConsultationsDraft District Plan Change 10DRAFT PLAN CHANGE 10 TO THE OPERATIVE CITY OF NAPIER DISTRICT PLAN
Public notice is given that the Napier City Council has prepared the following Draft Plan Change to the Operative City of Napier District Plan and now invites comments on the proposed changes.
Draft Plan Change 10: Incorporating the Ahuriri Subdistrict Plan into the Napier District Plan; Harmonising provisions where practicable between the Napier and Hastings District Plans and; Incorporating recent Council policy changes and decisions into the Napier District Plan
Draft Plan Change 10 is largely a community-driven Plan Change that aims to harmonise District Plan provisions in the Napier District Plan and the Hastings District Plan wherever practicable while retaining a primary focus on ‘place-based’ planning. There are three distinct ‘arms’ to this Plan Change; incorporating the Ahuriri Subdistrict Plan into the Operative City of Napier District Plan; harmonising primarily non-‘place based’ provisions between the Napier and Hastings District Plans; and incorporating recent Council policy changes and decisions into the Napier District Plan.
The primary changes proposed in Draft Plan Change 10 are:
To integrate the Ahuriri Subdistrict provisions into the Operative Napier District Plan so that all planning rules for Napier are held within one planning document.
To harmonise wherever practicable the following district wide activities (and in some instances also ‘place-based’ activities) between the Napier and Hastings District Plans in order to achieve consistency between the two authorities.
District Wide Activities
Place Based Activities
To update planning maps to reflect the harmonised zonings and for consistency in style and colour with the Hastings District Plan.
To update existing Napier District Plan provisions where they are affected by recent Napier City Council policy changes and decisions, including:
Public Inspection
Draft Plan Change 10 is available for viewing from Monday 8 April 2013 at the following locations:
Any queries about, or requests for copies of Draft Plan Change 10 should be made by telephoning a member of the Napier City Council’s Policy Planning team on (06) 835-7579.
Comments
Any person may make comments on Draft Plan Change 10. Comments must be in writing and in the format as shown on the comments form. These forms are available from the Council’s Policy Planning team, downloaded from the council website or comments can be made online at: www.napier.govt.nz keyword: dpchanges.
The closing date for comments is 5:00pm Friday 31 May 2013
Public Participation Process
After the period for comments has closed, the Council will consider all comments received before formally publicly notifying the Proposed Plan Change and the commencement of the statutory process.
All written comments should be addressed to the Senior Policy Planner and:
Posted to: Napier City Council, Private Bag 6010, NAPIER; or
Delivered to: Planning Department Reception (2nd Floor Library Building), Station Street, NAPIER; or
Faxed to: (06) 835 7574 (if you fax your submission, please post or deliver a copy to one of the above addresses).
Alastair Thompson
PLANNING MANAGER
