On Thursday 21 September, Napier City Council publicly notified the Napier Proposed District Plan. The Proposed District Plan aims to guide land use, development and resource management decisions in the district.
You could call it Napier’s rule book. The current Napier City Operative District Plan lays out the rules for Napier’s long-term development. At the same time, it considers impacts on the environment – with the aim of protecting and safeguarding it for our future generations. The District Plan gives guidance to property developers to make sure land and the surrounding environment is managed sustainably.
A Proposed District Plan is a draft planning document that has legal status once notified. As required under the RMA, the Proposed District Plan is another step in the District Plan Review process. The purpose of the Proposed District Plan is to provide a comprehensive framework for guiding land use, development, and resource management decisions within the district. It sets out the rules and policies to achieve sustainable management of natural and physical resources, protect the environment, and address the social and economic needs of our community.
Hastings District Council, Napier City Council and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and iwi and hapū partners, are jointly developing the Hastings and Napier Future Development Strategy (FDS). The FDS will guide development across existing urban areas and areas close by across the two districts over the next 30 years.
The FDS is a requirement of the Government’s National Policy Statement – Urban Development.
The strategy will ensure development areas are available to meet projected residential and business needs, while protecting the region’s highly productive soils, freshwater and natural environments, and sites and areas of significance to Māori. It will also address the challenges and affects posed by climate change and have regard to the effect of development on the climate.
The partnership must also develop an implementation plan that will be updated annually to ensure we are delivering on our strategy.
You can have your say on the Proposed District Plan by making a submission.
The Proposed District Plan is fully electronic and searchable with various components. The Plan is made up of chapters and maps. The chapters set rules for specific topics and areas. The maps identify zones and additional layers across Napier where these rules apply.
For more information on each of these components, and guidance on how to determine which rules apply to your property, we have created a How To use the plan guide.
When making a submission, you must provide feedback on which specific aspects you support, support in part or oppose. You can also state if you think any objectives, policies or rules should be changed, specify why and in what way.
You can make a submission by:
The District Plan is a technical document and there is a lot of supporting material to help you understand why we have proposed certain changes or kept things the same. To help you understand what changes and additions we’re proposing, view our helpful topic summaries or supporting documents.
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