Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Intensification planning instruments and intensification streamlined planning process

80DA: Process for Auckland Council and Christchurch City Council to withdraw IPIs

You could also call this:

"How Auckland and Christchurch councils can cancel their IPI plans"

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If you want to know how Auckland Council and Christchurch City Council can withdraw their IPIs, you need to look at Schedule 3C. Part 1 of Schedule 3C explains how Auckland Council can withdraw its IPI. You can find more information about this in Part 1 of Schedule 3C.

Christchurch City Council's process is a bit different. The responsible Minister must approve the withdrawal of Christchurch City Council's IPI, which is explained in Part 2 of Schedule 3C. This is how Christchurch City Council can withdraw its IPI.

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Topics:

Environment and resources > Town planningHousing and property > Land use

80D: What this subpart and Part 6 of Schedule 1 do, or

"This part explains how certain councils can quickly make new rules for housing and building."

80E: Meaning of intensification planning instrument, or

"This explains what a plan to allow more houses in cities means and what it must include."

Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Intensification planning instruments and intensification streamlined planning process

80DAProcess for Auckland Council and Christchurch City Council to withdraw IPIs

Part 1 of Schedule 3C sets out a process by which Auckland Council may withdraw its IPI.
Part 2 of Schedule 3C sets out a process for the responsible Minister to approve the withdrawal of Christchurch City Council’s IPI.

Notes

Section 80DA: inserted, on 21 August 2025, by section 24 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).