Objectives and Visions

• To manage all activities in a manner that maintains and enhances the District’s good quality soils and to ensure that the productive capability of rural land is not compromised.
• To limit fragmentation of titles and the establishment of houses on high quality soils so as to conserve the land for the use of future generations.

Overview

Maintenance of Productive Capability

The area of highly productive soils available for farming and horticulture is decreasing, however much of the development is occurring on land that has been identified for development. There are 116,278 ha of class I, II and III soils in the district for productive uses.

Limitation of Rural Land Fragmentation

There is subdivision occurring in the rural area. Lots are being created for residential purposes.