Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Local authority policy statements and plans - District plans

75: Contents of district plans

You could also call this:

“What's in a district plan to help manage our environment and community”

A district plan is a document that outlines how a district will be managed. You will find the objectives for the district in the plan, which are the goals that the district wants to achieve. The plan also includes policies to help achieve these objectives and rules to implement these policies.

The district plan may also include information about the significant resource management issues in the district, and the methods that will be used to address these issues. You can find the principal reasons for adopting the policies and methods in the plan, as well as the expected environmental results. The plan outlines how the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies and methods will be monitored.

A district plan must follow any national policy statement, New Zealand coastal policy statement, national planning standard, and regional policy statement. It must not be inconsistent with a water conservation order or a regional plan for certain matters specified in section 30(1). The plan may include other information required for the territorial authority’s functions, powers, and duties under the Resource Management Act 1991, and it may incorporate material by reference under Part 3 of Schedule 1.

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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
Local authority policy statements and plans: District plans

75Contents of district plans

  1. A district plan must state—

  2. the objectives for the district; and
    1. the policies to implement the objectives; and
      1. the rules (if any) to implement the policies.
        1. A district plan may state—

        2. the significant resource management issues for the district; and
          1. the methods, other than rules, for implementing the policies for the district; and
            1. the principal reasons for adopting the policies and methods; and
              1. the environmental results expected from the policies and methods; and
                1. the procedures for monitoring the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies and methods; and
                  1. the processes for dealing with issues that cross territorial authority boundaries; and
                    1. the information to be included with an application for a resource consent; and
                      1. any other information required for the purpose of the territorial authority's functions, powers, and duties under this Act.
                        1. A district plan must give effect to—

                        2. any national policy statement; and
                          1. any New Zealand coastal policy statement; and
                            1. a national planning standard; and
                              1. any regional policy statement.
                                1. A district plan must not be inconsistent with—

                                2. a water conservation order; or
                                  1. a regional plan for any matter specified in section 30(1).
                                    1. A district plan may incorporate material by reference under Part 3 of Schedule 1.

                                    Notes
                                    • Section 75: replaced, on , by section 46 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
                                    • Section 75(3)(ba): inserted, on , by section 60 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).