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District Plan Review timeline

Our timeline

There are three phases to the District Plan Review.

1. The Spatial Plan.
2. The Draft District Plan.
3. The final stage is the Proposed District Plan and its consultation.

What's happened so far

Draft District Plan engagement

In November 2021, we went to the public with the Draft District Plan to get feedback. We had 1,034 submissions with a wide range of views on a variety of topics.

The submission responses were analysed and key themes identified. We then created a detailed report and a summary report.

Proposed District Plan submissions

Submissions

Submissions were accepted between 18 July 2022 and 12 September 2022. Our team has read and summarised all submissions.

Further submissions 

Submissions were accepted between 21 November 2022 and 2 December 2022. Our team has read and summarised all further submissions.

Proposed District Plan Hearings

Hearings on the Proposed District Plan took place in two tranches. The first tranche, covering hearing streams 1–5, ran from January 2023 to September 2023. The second tranche, covering hearing streams 6–11, took place from February to November 2024. These hearings gave submitters an opportunity to voice their submission to an Independent Hearings Panel (IHP) of resource management commissioners.

Find out more about the hearings

Independent Hearings Panel Reports and Councillor briefings

Following each tranche of hearings, the Independent Hearings Panel’s reports were presented to Council in a series of briefings held ahead of decisions.

See the Panel’s reports and presentations from these briefings:

• Independent Hearings Panel Reports and Councillor briefings for hearing streams 1 to 5
• Independent Hearings Panel Reports and Councillor briefings for hearing streams 6 to 11

Decision making

The Council voted on the 2024 District Plan on two separate occasions. On 14 March 2024, they made decisions on matters heard as part of hearing streams 1–5. Then, on 12 June 2025, it voted on matters from hearing streams 6–11.

Decision making and status of provisions

What's next

The appeal process will continue.

Details on appeals received and status of appeals