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Planning Bill

Combined plan - Requirement for regional spatial plans - Purpose of regional spatial plans

69: Process agreement for preparation of regional spatial plan

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"Agreeing on a Regional Spatial Plan: How Local Authorities Work Together"

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If a new regional spatial plan is being prepared, you need to know that local authorities in each region must agree on some key things. They must agree on what areas and issues the plan will focus on, and what role each local authority will play in the process. They must also agree on how they will work together and with other groups, including central government and iwi authorities. You will work with local authorities to agree on how they will work with infrastructure providers and communities. They must make sure they follow the rules in this Part, Schedule 2, and any national standards or regulations when making these agreements. The local authorities must write down what they have agreed on and make it available to the public. The local authorities must agree with the local authorities in nearby regions on how they will work together. They must set out all the things they have agreed on in a document and make it public. This is part of the process for creating a new regional spatial plan.

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Part 3Combined plan
Requirement for regional spatial plans: Purpose of regional spatial plans

69Process agreement for preparation of regional spatial plan

  1. The local authorities of each region must agree upon the following matters in relation to the preparation of a regional spatial plan:

  2. the key geographical areas, issues, and opportunities that the draft regional spatial plan will focus on:
    1. the roles of each local authority in the process, including how the local authorities will work together:
      1. how the local authorities will work with central government, including relevant agencies and Crown entities:
        1. how the local authorities will work with other local authorities in adjacent regions:
          1. how each local authority will ensure that its obligations or agreements under iwi participation legislation or agreements under that legislation, existing joint management agreements, or existing or initiated Mana Whakahono ā Rohe are upheld during the process:
            1. how the spatial plan committee will consult iwi authorities in the region:
              1. how the local authorities will work with infrastructure providers, development and sector groups, others with a strong interest in spatial planning, and communities.

                1. The local authorities must agree upon the matters set out in subsection (1) in a manner consistent with relevant requirements in this Part, Schedule 2, and any relevant national standards or regulations.

                2. The local authorities must—

                3. agree the matter set out in subsection (1)(d) with the relevant local authorities of the adjacent regions; and
                  1. set out the matters agreed to under subsection (1) in a document; and
                    1. make that document available to the public.