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Northland Regional Council - 21 October 2009 Page 147 Item 24Four decision making drivers have been identified:1) User-friendliness;2) Integrated resource management;3) Cost; and4) Timeliness.These drivers are considered to be the matters that any resource managementplanning document should ideally achieve. The evaluations were based on thesefour drivers.In reviewing how the other regional councils in New Zealand have structured, or areproposing to structure, their planning documents, it is clear that many differentapproaches have been taken. However, it can be concluded that no onecombination appears to have been consistently selected by all regional councils.This would suggest that there is no ‘clear winner’, because if there was onecombination or option that ‘ticked all the boxes’ then it would be expected that mostof the councils would have followed that combination or option.Overall, developing a new ‘one plan’ (combined Regional Policy Statement, regionalplan, and district plan) for Northland, together with a suite of user-friendly ‘smart’technologies, would best ‘tick all the boxes’ and as such would be the best optionfrom a pure planning perspective. However, for this option to be considered, andbefore such a process is embarked upon, it is critical that all four councils have ‘buyin’to the journey, particularly at a political level. Continued political support for sucha project is paramount to its success and any political discontent between any of thefour councils during the process could be disastrous and could render much of theprevious work worthless.COUNCIL WORKSHOPCouncil staff held a workshop with Councillors on 24 August 2009 which was chairedby Councillor Walker and attended by Crs Jensen, Rossiter, Bain, and Carr. Mr KenPaterson (CEO) was also in attendance. Council staff gave a presentation on themethodology used in assessing the various options and the recommendations of thereport were presented. Robust discussions on the various combined planningoptions took place and the general view of those Councillors present was that theCouncil should prepare a separate Regional Policy Statement followed closely by acombined (single) Regional Plan. Those present were particularly interested in theCouncil exploring technological options to create a ‘virtual one plan’ (e.g. IT solutionsvia a front-end system which could allow the public to find out relevant regional anddistrict rules that apply for a particular proposal).FINAL RECOMMENDATIONOn the basis of the workshop and the current political climate, it is recommendedthat the three district councils maintain their respective district plans and that theNorthland Regional Council prepares a new (separate) Regional Policy Statementand then commence work on preparing a single regional plan (to replace the threeexisting regional plans).
Northland Regional Council - 21 October 2009 Page 148 Item 24Recommendation1. That the report, Resource Management Planning Documents in Northland –An Analysis of Possible Future Options, dated 6 October 2009 be received.2. That Council staff be authorised to prepare a separate Regional PolicyStatement followed closely by a combined (single) Regional Plan.3. That Council staff be authorised to undertake a detailed investigation into a“virtual” One Plan and produce a business case for presentation to Council byMarch 2010.COMPLIANCE WITH DECISION MAKING PROCESSThe activities detailed in this report are part of the Council’s day to day operationsand as such are provided for in the Council’s 2006-2016 Long Term CouncilCommunity Plan, and are in accordance with the Council’s decision making processand sections 76-82 of the Local Government Act 2002.E:\COUNCIL\COUNCIL AGENDAS\2009 COUNCIL AGENDAS\OCTOBER 2009\ONEPLAN.DOC
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