There are a number of plans required or encouraged under various Acts which can affect activities and it can often be difficult to understand how they fit together and what they each do.

 

Under the Resource Management Act there are District Plans, Regional Plans, Regional Policy Statements and National Policy Statements (including a National Coastal Policy Statement). There are also Long Term Plans and Annual Plans of local and regional councils that can affect activities. The Council has adopted the Matamata-Piako District Council Development Manual 2010 for engineering design purposes and the Matamata-Piako District Council Infrastructure Code of Practice for engineering specification and quality control purposes.

 

1. Essentially, Long Term Plans are strategic plans with a long time frame (twenty years or more). They may plan for virtually any matter of public interest and are not effects based. District and Regional Plans have a medium time frame (five to ten years), and may only include matters involving the management of natural and physical resources. Annual Plans are just that, plans for a year. Like Long Term Plans, they may cover virtually any matter of public interest.
2. Regional Policy Statements are to provide an overview of the resource management issues of the region and policies and methods to achieve the integrated management of natural and physical resources of the whole region. The Regional Land Transport Strategy and Regional Pest Management Strategy also provide policy and methods to achieve the integrated management of regional resources.
3. District plans are used to control the effects of land use in a District, generally via zoning and performance standards of each type of activity.
4. The Council has adopted the Matamata-Piako District Council Development Manual 2010 for engineering design purposes and thThe District Plan includes as Appendix 3 the MPDC Development Manual 2010 which is the design guide and sets out the processes and standards that are expected to be met when development occurs within the District.  The Development Manual 2010 is considered the preferred means of compliance with the engineering provisions within the District Plan, however it also allows for alternative approaches to be considered to meet the District Plan performance outcomes.*
5. The Matamata-Piako District Council Infrastructure Code of Practice sets out the processes, technical specifications and quality systems for developments and subdivisions within the District.
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* For subdivision in Precinct F Matamata (refer Planning Maps and Appendix 9.2), Comprehensive Residential Developments, Neighbourhood Nodes, and retirement villages, the requirements of the Development Manual may need to be tailored to the design outcomes sought from integrated and comprehensive development.

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