If you are a local authority, you must not notify a draft planning instrument from the start of this subpart until 31 December 2027. This rule applies even if other parts of the Resource Management Act 1991 say something different. However, you do not have to follow this rule if you have an exemption under section 80U or if the Minister grants you an exemption under section 80V.

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 It might be out of date or be missing some parts.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

This page was last updated on 10 September 2025

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=LMS1494533.

Topics:

Environment and resources > Town planningHousing and property > Land use

80O: Interpretation, or

"What special words mean in this part of the law"

80Q: When proposed planning instruments must be withdrawn, or

"When councils must cancel proposed planning rules"

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

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.
Subsection (1) does not apply if—
an exemption applies under section 80U; or
the Minister grants an exemption under section 80V.

Notes

Section 80P: inserted, on 21 August 2025, by section 26 of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 41).