North Canterbury News: September 30, 2021
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LET’STALKABOUT<br />
PLANNING FORTHE<br />
DISTRICT’S FUTURE.<br />
WaimakaririDistrict<br />
Councilisplanning for<br />
thefuture with thenew<br />
Proposed District Plan.<br />
We’reupdatingthe District Plan to ensure it enables<br />
economic and residential growth, while protecting<br />
thethingsthatmakeWaimakaririspecial.<br />
TheDistrict Plan setsrules for sustainably managing how people use, subdivide<br />
and develop land, what and wheretheycan buildand what kind of activitiesthey<br />
can undertake.<br />
The Plan also controls any adverse effects an activity could have on the<br />
neighbourhood and protects the uniqueness of our district by looking after our<br />
heritage, cultural values, outstanding landscapes and coastal environment.<br />
Waimakaririisone of thefastest growing areasinNew Zealand and up to 15,000<br />
houses may be needed to accommodate population change over the next <strong>30</strong><br />
years, together with business, infrastructure and public facilities.<br />
We need to ensure this growth is well planned, integrated and sustainable. One<br />
of the critical ways to make this happen is through the District Plan.<br />
The Proposed District Plan is open for your feedback until 5pm on Friday<br />
26 November.<br />
We encourage youtolookupyour property andany changesthat mayaffect you<br />
on the Proposed District Plan.<br />
Find out more and have your say<br />
waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />
Key changes<br />
Greater recognition and protection ofthe District’s<br />
natural resources and cultural heritage.<br />
Greater recognition of the effects onfresh water<br />
and encouraging sustainable development.<br />
Increased management ofdevelopment that could<br />
be affected bynatural hazards.<br />
New zone overlays, changes to existing zones, and<br />
new names and definitions for zones –toalign with<br />
the National Planning Standards.<br />
New Development Areas for future population<br />
growth.<br />
Changes torural subdivision. Greater protection of<br />
rural character and primary production.<br />
Clearly identified activities for Commercial and<br />
Industrial Zones.<br />
New Special Purpose Zones, including Kāinga<br />
Nohoanga,Hospital,Regeneration AreasatKaiapoi,<br />
and Pegasus Resort.<br />
Updated infrastructure and transport provisions.<br />
Significant NaturalAreas (SNAs) nowshown on the<br />
ePlanmap andidentified throughhabitatthresholds.<br />
Some existing designations have been carried over<br />
from theOperativePlanintothe Proposed Plan,with<br />
or withoutmodification, andthere arealsosome new<br />
designations.
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