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Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027 - Exemptions

80Y: Duty on local authorities to give public notice

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"Councils must tell the public what's happening with new planning rules within 90 working days."

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When a new part of the Resource Management Act starts, a local authority must tell the public about the status of any proposed planning instrument within 90 working days. You will know what is happening with these instruments because the local authority must give public notice. The notice must include information such as which proposed planning instruments have been withdrawn, which will continue under an automatic exemption, and the result of any exemption applications made under section 80V.

The local authority must also include in the notice any directions given by the Minister under section 80T. You can find out if the Minister has granted an exemption under section 80V and if the process for a proposed planning instrument will continue. The notice will tell you what is happening with each proposed planning instrument.

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Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Planning processes stopped until 31 December 2027: Exemptions

80YDuty on local authorities to give public notice

  1. A local authority must, not later than 90 working days after the commencement of this subpart, give public notice of the status of any proposed planning instrument.

  2. The notice must specify the following matters:

  3. the whole or the part of a proposed planning instrument that has been withdrawn and the date of its withdrawal:
    1. any proposed planning instrument that, wholly or in part, will continue under an automatic exemption:
      1. any proposed planning instrument for which an exemption has been applied under section 80V, and the result of the application, if known:
        1. any direction given by the Minister under section 80T:
          1. any proposed planning instrument for which the process will continue as a result of the Minister granting an exemption under section 80V.

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