Variation to Proposed Far North District Plan
Proposed Plan Variation 1 - Minor Corrections and Other Matters
On 14 October 2024 Council notified Proposed Plan Variation 1 to the Far North Proposed District Plan.
Current status: Open for further submissions on the Summary of Decisions Requested until 10 December 2024
Far North District Council gives notice of the availability of the Summary of Decisions (SDR) Requested for Plan Variation 1 and calls for further submissions on the submission points contained in the Summary of Decisions Requested only.
A copy of the public notice is available here.
A copy of the Summary of Decisions Requested for Plan Variation 1 is available here.
Council has also become aware of an error in the Summary of Decisions Requested (notified on 7 August 2023) for points S284.010 and S288.010 on the Proposed District Plan. These submissions seek to rezone land at 1-45 Kokopu Street and 6-25 Karawaka Street, Ahipara from Rural Residential to General Residential. The Summary of Decisions Requested (dated 26 November 2024) now includes the correct summary of decisions requested for these submission points and the public can make further submissions on these corrected submission summaries. The Addendum is available here.
About Further Submissions
The following persons may make a further submission, in the prescribed form:
- Any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; and
- Any person that has an interest in the proposal greater than the interest that the general public has;
- The local authority itself (Far North District Council)
A further submission may only express support or opposition to a matter raised in an original submission. It must not raise new points of submission.
Making a Further submission
Submissions may be made using one of the following options:
- Make an online submission via the online submission tool. Click here for instructions on how to make an online submission.
- Download a PDF of the submission form (available here) or pick up a hard copy submission form from the following council offices:
- Kaikohe, Head Office, 5 Memorial Drive
- Kaitaia, Te Ahu, corner Matthews Avenue and South Road
- Kerikeri John Butler Centre, 60 Kerikeri Road
- Email a copy of your submission form to pdp@fndc.govt.nz
- Post your submission form to:
Alicia-Kate Taihia, Proposed District Plan
Planning and Policy
Far North District Council
Private Bag 752
Kaikohe 0440 - Deliver your hard copy submission form to any Far North District Council office or Library, from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday
Submissions are open until 10 December 2024
Note, a copy of any further submission is also required to be served on the original submitter not later than 5 working days after lodgement with the Council (Clause 8A, Schedule 1). The contact details for each submitter can be found in Table one here.
If you have further questions, email pdp@fndc.govt.nz or call 0800 920 029 and ask for the District Plan Team.
About Proposed Plan Variation 1
The Far North District Council has prepared Proposed Plan Variation 1 (Minor Corrections and Other Matters) to the Proposed District Plan. Proposed Plan Variation 1 makes minor amendments to; correct minor errors, amend provisions that are having unintended consequences, remove ambiguity and improve clarity and workability of provisions. This includes amendments to the zoning of some properties, and the Coastal flood hazard areas. Proposed Plan Variation 1 is subject to the RMA Schedule 1 process for making submissions, further submissions and the ability to appeal decisions. The proposed variation is limited in scope to the proposed changes identified in the public notice and displayed in the Proposed District Plan here.
The provisions that are proposed to be changed as part of Proposed Plan Variation 1 are identified in the Proposed District Plan by a blue dashed border and yellow shading as shown below.
You can also view the proposed changes on the pdf version of the plan provisions (provided under Supporting Material below).
The proposed map changes are shown as a separate layer on the Proposed District Plan maps which you can access by ticking the Proposed Plan Variation 1 layer on the right hand panel of the planning maps.
The Original submissions process does not re-open any previous submissions on the Proposed District Plan beyond the scope of the changes proposed in Proposed Plan Variation 1. Any submission must be related to the changes proposed as part of Proposed Plan Variation 1. Submission points not related to variation are unable to be considered.
Supporting documents and material
- Section 32 Report
- Plan Variation 1 Amendments to Provisions - PDF Copy (note: proposed changes are shown in red underline and red strikethrough on these pdf documents)
- Plan Variation 1 - FAQs