Plan Change 38

This Plan Change was approved by Council with amendments as a result of decisions on submissions. These decisions were notified on 23 October 2008. See links to decisions and Plan Change as amended by decisions on submissions below.

Plan Change was notified as operative on the 30th November 2009.

• Public Notice - Plan Change 38 operative (PDF 10kB)

Plan Change outline

Proposed changes to the District Plan

This Plan Change is subject to Clause 5 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991 and proposes changes to the following sections of the Operative Hastings District Plan.

1. Section 15.1 Subdivision and Land Development
2. Section 18.0 Definitions
3. District Plan Maps

This plan change amends the District Plan’s definition of the Coastal Environment so that it is consistent with the Coastal Environment as defined in the Proposed Regional Coastal Environment Plan.

Plan Change 38 also adds provisions to the District Plan which make all subdivisions occurring within the Coastal Environment where located in the Rural Zone, Discretionary Activities.

Background to Plan Change 38

The growing demand for coastal property and continued development pressure within the District has led to increased concern with respect to how the District Plan currently deals with the subdivision of rural zoned land within the District’s Coastal Environment.

Plan Change 38 arises from such concerns and also as a result of recent applications being made to Council seeking to subdivide multiple 20 hectare rural zoned sites for lifestyle purposes along the District’s Coast.

Community concerns coupled with the above mentioned applications have highlighted deficiencies in the existing plan provisions. This is particularly with respect to the ‘preservation of the natural character of the coastal environment’ and protecting it from ‘inappropriate subdivision and development’, as Council is required to do by the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement and Resource Management Act respectively.

Plan Change 38 seeks to provide District Plan provisions that ensure that subdivision, use and development does not detract from or compromise those natural and physical features which afford the District’s rural zoned coastal environment its natural character value.

Plan Change 38 forms part of the District Plan rolling review which is required by the Act. The plan change also seeks to address some of the identified deficiencies in the District Plan which contribute to the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the District Plan and the ability of the Plan to achieve the desired community environmental outcomes.

Decision

• Notice of council decision on submissions (PDF 53kB)
• Council decision on submissions (PDF 158kB)
• Changes to the District Plan and Maps
  • Section 15.1 Subdivision and Land Development (PDF 1.8MB)
  • Section 18 Definitions (PDF 171kB)
  • Maps
    • Legend (PDF 256kB)
    • 8a (PDF 1MB)
    • 9a (PDF 167kB)
    • 12a (PDF 734kB)
    • 15a (PDF 1.6MB)
    • 18a (PDF 2MB)
    • 19a (PDF 122kB)
    • 21a (PDF 380kB)
    • 36a (PDF 171kB)
    • 43a (PDF 271kB)
    • 50a (PDF 187kB)
    • 59a (PDF 198kB)
    • 83a (PDF 154kB)
    • 84a (PDF 137kB)
    • 85a (PDF 229kB)
    • 86a (PDF 273kB)
    • 87a (PDF 152kB)

Read Plan Change 38

• Report to Council – request to notify (PDF 42 KB)
• Plan Change Outline Document (PDF 67 KB)
• Section 32 Report (PDF 220 KB)

Submissions

Submissions closed 19th of December 2006.

• Summary of submissions (PDF 42kB)
• Full submissions (PDF 1MB)

Further submissions

The closing date for further submissions was 4.30pm Friday 18th July 2008.

Appeal

An appeal against this decision was received on 9 December 2008.

• Notice of Appeal (PDF 204kB)

This appeal was withdrawn and the Plan Change declared operative on November 30 2009.

For more information

Please contact Shane Lambert on (06) 871 5000 or email shanel@hdc.govt.nz  if you have any questions about this Plan Change.