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Planning Bill

Combined plan - Land use plans - Review of land use plans

99: Review of provisions in land use plan at least every 10 years

You could also call this:

"Land use plans are checked and updated every 10 years to ensure they are working well"

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You will have a say in how land is used in your area. A territorial authority must review land use plans every 10 years. They must check if the plans need to be changed. If a territorial authority thinks a plan needs to be changed, they will create a new plan and ask for your feedback, following the rules in Schedule 3. They will do the same if they think the plan is fine as it is. Just because a plan is being reviewed, it does not mean it stops being used. A territorial authority can choose to review all their land use plans at once, even if some parts were changed recently. They can then create a new plan and ask for your feedback, following the rules in Schedule 3.

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Part 3Combined plan
Land use plans: Review of land use plans

99Review of provisions in land use plan at least every 10 years

  1. A territorial authority must commence a review of a provision in a land use plan if that provision has not been subject to any of the following in the previous 10 years:

  2. a proposed plan or private plan change:
    1. a review under this section.

      1. If, after reviewing the provision, the territorial authority considers that the provision should be amended, the territorial authority must prepare and notify for submissions (in accordance with Schedule 3) a proposed plan to amend or replace the provision.

      2. If, after reviewing the provision, the territorial authority considers that the provision does not need to be amended, the territorial authority must prepare and notify for submissions (in accordance with Schedule 3) proposed plan that includes the provision unchanged.

      3. A provision in a land use plan does not cease to be operative because the provision is due for review, or is being reviewed, under this section.

      4. To avoid doubt, a territorial authority may choose to comply with this section by carrying out a full review of all provisions in its land use plan (regardless of when those provisions became operative or were last reviewed) and proceeding to prepare, and notify for submissions, a proposed plan.