Introduction to The District Plan Rules

The Rules Section contains the detailed means of implementing the Objectives and Policies set out in the Policy Section, where it has been established that rules are the most appropriate method of achieving objectives. Other regulatory and non-regulatory methods are also used to achieve the purpose and responsibilities of the Resource Management Act 1991.

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Introduction to the rules (Size 183K)	Applying the rules
Resource consents and notifications (Size 404K)	Plan changes (Size 260K)
Administrative charges (Size 116K)	Consents required under legislation (Size 117K)
Cross boundary concerns (Size 79K)	Monitoring (Size 94K)
Enforcement (Size 110K)	Schedule ofeffects
Explanations	Back to District Plan Index

The Rules Section of the Plan contains four sets of rules:

For many proposed activities, there will be relevant rules that apply to that activity in each of these four parts. All four parts should therefore be consulted for relevant rules applying to an activity. The Plan generally contains cross-references in each part to other relevant parts.

The Operative Plan has been amended as a consequence of the decisions made by Council, and appeals (references) which had been resolved as at November 2004. In respect of outstanding appeals (references) the Plan has been annotated as follows:

Where a provision is subject to notice (s) of appeal, the text to which the appeal relates will be indicated by the relevant appeal number in brackets as follows:

retail goods are confined to goods produced on the site; and (A63)
where a notice of appeal seeks the addition of a provision not currently contained in the rules, the following annotation has been used to indicate the section where that provision would most logically be located (see also A91).