Operative plan

The Operative Far North District Plan 2009 is a planning document that manages land use and subdivision in the district. This document determines whether a resource consent is required for your development.

Removal of minimum carparking requirements

On 19 December 2025, the Far North District Council amended the Operative District Plan to remove minimum carparking requirements. Details are provided in the below documents.

Public Notice: Removal of minimum carparking requirements
Minimum carparking removal memorandum 
Minimum carparking removal fact sheet

Transitional consenting changes

Changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 regarding transitional resource consenting arrangements in preparation for the new planning system took effect from 30 October 2026. This affects the matters Council can consider when assessing certain district land use resource consent applications. As a result, some provisions of the Operative District Plan may be affected by section 104(1A), either wholly or in part.

Council is progressively reviewing the Operative District Plan to identify affected provisions. Within affected chapters, provisions or parts of provisions identified as affected are highlighted in grey, with grey highlighted italicised notes providing further guidance where required.

As this review is ongoing, the absence of grey highlighting or an explanatory note should not be taken to mean that a provision is unaffected.

For more information about the changes, how they affect the Operative District Plan, and how the annotations should be interpreted, see the Transitional Consenting Guidance.