Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Local Government Act 2002

Planning, decision-making, and accountability - Planning and decision-making - Planning

93B: Purpose of consultation document for long-term plan

You could also call this:

“The consultation document helps you understand and talk about your council's future plans”

The consultation document for a long-term plan is important for you to take part in your local council’s decision-making. It helps you understand what the council wants to do in the future.

The document should give you a fair idea of what the council plans to include in their long-term plan. It should explain the main goals of the proposals and how they might change your rates, the council’s debt, and the services you receive. The information should be easy for you and others to understand.

The document should also point out the big issues and important choices that your local area and council are facing. It should explain what might happen if different choices are made.

Finally, the consultation document is meant to help start conversations between your local council and your community. You can talk about the plans, the important issues, and the choices that need to be made.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM6236839.

Topics:
Government and voting > Local councils
Rights and equality > Anti-discrimination
Previous

93A: Use of special consultative procedure in relation to long-term plan, or

“Special steps for getting public input on long-term plans”

Next

93C: Content of consultation document for adoption of long-term plan, or

“What your local council needs to tell you about their big future plans”

Part 6 Planning, decision-making, and accountability
Planning and decision-making: Planning

93BPurpose of consultation document for long-term plan

  1. The purpose of the consultation document is to provide an effective basis for public participation in local authority decision-making processes relating to the content of a long-term plan by—

  2. providing a fair representation of the matters that are proposed for inclusion in the long-term plan, and presenting these in a way that—
    1. explains the overall objectives of the proposals, and how rates, debt, and levels of service might be affected; and
      1. can be readily understood by interested or affected people; and
      2. identifying and explaining to the people of the district or region, significant and other important issues and choices facing the local authority and district or region, and the consequences of those choices; and
        1. informing discussions between the local authority and its communities about the matters in paragraphs (a) and (b).

          Notes
          • Section 93B: inserted, on , by section 31 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).