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Planning Bill

Combined plan - Land use plans - Evaluation reports and justification reports

87: Requirements for evaluation reports

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If a new plan is proposed, you need to write a report that explains how the plan follows certain rules. You must say how the plan implements the spatial plan and any national policy directions that apply. You also need to explain how the plan meets any relevant goals, as allowed by section 12(4). The report must summarise why you chose certain parts of the plan from a national standard, if you had a choice. You must also say if the plan was influenced by talking to people before it was officially announced, as described in clause 5 of Schedule 3, or by engaging with local communities in other ways. The report should have enough information to show what the main parts of the plan are. However, you do not need to talk about every single detail of the plan in the report.

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Part 3Combined plan
Land use plans: Evaluation reports and justification reports

87Requirements for evaluation reports

  1. An evaluation report required under clause 10 of Schedule 3 for a draft of a proposed plan must set out how the draft proposed plan implements—

  2. the relevant spatial plan; and
    1. any applicable national policy direction; and
      1. any applicable goal to the extent permitted by section 12(4).

        1. The evaluation report must—

        2. summarise the territorial authority’s reasons for selecting any standardised plan provision from a national standard, if a national standard authorises or requires the territorial authority to choose between any 2 or more alternative standardised plan provisions; and
          1. state how, if at all, the draft has been influenced by—
            1. pre-notification consultation (see clause 5 of Schedule 3); and
              1. any other engagement with local communities.

              2. The evaluation report—

              3. must contain sufficient detail to identify the key content in a draft proposed plan; but
                1. is not required to individually address every objective, policy, rule, or method in the draft.