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Natural Environment Bill

Combined plan and other matters - National environment plans - Core requirements for plan making

94: Schedule 3 of Planning Act 2025 applies

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"Following the Planning Act 2025 rules to create or change natural environment plans"

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If you are a regional council, you must prepare or change the natural environment plan for your region according to Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025. You can do this by following the rules set out in the Planning Act. Anyone else can ask for a change to the plan under clause 49 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025. You need to know when the rules in a new natural environment plan start to apply, which is explained in Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025. There are also rules about independent hearings panels, which are set out in Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2025. These panels help with hearings and make recommendations when a natural environment plan is being prepared or changed. The Planning Act 2025 has rules that apply to natural environment plans, and you can find these rules in the different schedules of the Act. You can look at the Planning Act 2025 to find out more about how natural environment plans are prepared and changed. The Act explains how the plans are made and what rules apply to them.

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Part 3Combined plan and other matters
National environment plans: Core requirements for plan making

94Schedule 3 of Planning Act 2025 applies

  1. A regional council must prepare or change the natural environment plan for its region in accordance with Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025.

  2. Any person (other than a regional council) may request a change to a natural environment plan in accordance with clause 49 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025.

  3. Part 3 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025 sets out when rules in a proposed natural environment plan have legal effect.

  4. Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2025 sets out provisions relating to the appointment and funding of independent hearings panels, which have functions to hold any hearing and make recommendations when a natural environment plan is being prepared or change.