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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027 - Prohibition on notifying proposed planning instruments

80P: Notification stopped until 31 December 2027

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"No new planning rules can be shared until 31 December 2027."

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You cannot notify a draft planning instrument until 31 December 2027. This rule applies to local authorities and it starts from the commencement of this subpart. You can find exceptions to this rule in sections like section 80U or if the Minister grants an exemption under section 80V.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027: Prohibition on notifying proposed planning instruments

80PNotification stopped until 31 December 2027

  1. Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, on and after the commencement of this subpart, and until 31 December 2027, a local authority must not notify a draft planning instrument.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply if—

  3. an exemption applies under section 80U; or
    1. the Minister grants an exemption under section 80V.

      Notes
      • Section 80P: inserted, on , by section 26 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).