Plan Changes 43 and 44 reviewed the sections of the District Plan relating to Transport and Works and Network Utilities (sections 8 and 9).

These sections include provisions on the issues of vehicle entranceways, car parking, noise effects of railways and state highways, transmission lines and telecommunication towers, and where renewable energy generation can occur.

The plan changes also include some updates to the standards in the Development Manual. 

Status

Operative

Notified Plan Change

• Public notice (pdf, 76kb)
• Plan Change 43 – Transportation and Plan Change 44 – Works and Network Utilities (pdf, 3.7mb)
• Appendix 1 – Proposed Plan Change Provisions – District Plan (pdf, 2.4 mb)
• Appendix 1 - Proposed Plan Change Provisions - District Plan - Maps
  
  • Airport map 1
  • Airport map 2
  • Planning map 2 Koputai
  • Planning map 3 Mangaiti
  • Planning map 4 Hangawera Hills
  • Planning map 5 Mangateparu - Springdale
  • Planning map 6 Te Aroha Environs
  • Planning map 7 Morrinsville Environs
  • Planning map 8 Ngarua
  • Planning map 10 Manawaru - Shaftesbury
  • Planning map 11 Kereone - Walton
  • Planning map 14 Matamata Environs
  • Planning map 16 Piarere
  • Planning map 17 Hinuera - Te Poi
  • Planning map 23 Waihou
  • Planning map 24 Waitoa
  • Planning map 25 Tatuanui
  • Planning map 27 Morrinsville
  • Planning map 28 Morrinsville
  • Planning map 29 Morrinsville
  • Planning map 30 Morrinsville
  • Planning map 31 Waharoa
  • Planning map 32 Matamata
  • Planning map 33 Matamata
  • Planning map 34 Matamata
  • Planning map 35 Matamata
  • Planning map 37, 38, 39, 40 Tahuna, Manawaru, Walton, Tower Road
  • Planning map 41, 42 Te Poi, Hinuera
• Appendix 2 – Proposed Plan Change Provisions – Development Manual
  • Part 1 (pdf, 2mb)
    
  • Part 2 (pdf, 3mb)
• Appendix 3 – Traffic Engineer’s Report

Submissions

Original submissions closed at 5pm on Wednesday, 27 November 2013, further submissions closed at 5pm on Wednesday 26 February 2014.

• View the public notice (pdf, 737kb)
• View the summary of submissions (pdf, 324kb)
• View the original submissions:
  • Submissions 1-5 (pdf, 2.11mb)
  • Submissions 6-10 (pdf, 2.23mb)
  • Submissions 11-14 (pdf, 1.69mb)
  • Submissions 15 & 16 (pdf, 1.01mb)
  • Submission 17 (pdf, 2.34mb)
  • Submission 18 (pdf, 2.42mb)
  • Submission 19 (pdf, 1.12mb)
  • Submissions 20-28 (pdf, 1.71mb)
  • Summary of Further Submissions (pdf, 380kb)
  • Copies of Further Submissions (pdf, 5.26mb)

Hearing documents

• Volume 1 - Hearing Report (pdf, 1.75mb)
• Volume 2 - Appendices 1, 2, & 3 (cover and contents - pdf, 96kb)
  • Appendix 1 - Submissions (pdf, 13mb)
  • Appendix 2 - Further Submissions (pdf, 2.15mb)
  • Appendix 3 - Pre-Hearing Minutes (pdf, 272kb)
• Volume 3 - Appendices 4 & 5 (cover and contents pdf, 100kb)
  
  • Appendix 4 - Recommendations on specific submission points (pdf, 1.6mb)
  • Appendix 5 - Revised set of plan changes:
    • Appendix 5 - District Plan (pdf, 2.6mb)
    • Appendix 5 - Planning Maps (pdf, 9.8mb)
    • Appendix 5 - Development Manual (pdf, 5.3mb)

Decision documents

• Public notice (pdf, 60kb)
• Decision Report (pdf, 180kb)
• Proposed District Plan (pdf, 3.16mb)
• Proposed Development Manual (pdf, 8.71mb)
• Proposed District Plan Maps (pdf, 9.7mb)
• Proposed Development Concept Plan - Swaps (pdf, 54kb)
• Proposed Development Concept Plan - Diprose (pdf, 72kb)

Notice of Appeal

• Notice of Appeal (pdf, 2.5mb). Received 28 October 2014

Outcome of appeal: This appeal was resolved through informal mediation.

Operative date

This plan change became operative on 21 October 2015. 
Public notice (pdf, 104kb)