District Plan Change A - Growth Rezonings
Council has obtained Ministerial Approval to proceed with Plan Change A - Growth Rezonings.
Plan Change A focuses on residential and industrial rezonings to support growth for Tararua across our four main towns. The proposed zonings are those that were included in the Draft District Plan documents that we spoke about last year and through the Growth Strategy process.
This work is effectively a pivot from our Draft District Plan Review that was stopped under the Governments Plan Change announcement last year. The plan change’s scope is isolating the rezonings from the wider district plan review (which has been stopped) and putting them forward in a specific plan change process to increase land supply in the district for future development.
The proposed changes to the commercial management area under the review are not part of this process and therefore the exemption does not include changes from the commercial to mixed use zone. This work is out of scope and any rezoning in these areas does not align with the Governments direction to support housing growth and development.
Draft Plan Change A Rezoning Maps
- You can view each towns proposed rezoning by scrolling the map to the specific location;
- You can also view the existing ‘Operative District Plan’ layer by ticking this option in the ‘Map Layers’ function.
Timing and process
The indicative timeline for Plan Change A is as follows.
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May-June 2026
Prepare draft Plan Change A. -
July 2026
Review final and Council considers for adoption. -
Late July / early August 2026
Seek approval to notify. -
Late 2026
Public notification and hearing process.
Questions
Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.