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Planning

Advice before you start

Find information about your property zone, subdivisions, minor dwellings and other property questions.

Find out how to apply for a resource consent or other planning approval, and what you can expect once you have a resource consent.

Learn about the different types of natural hazards and find out if natural hazards apply to your property, and how this affects what you can do.

View the Whangārei District Plan Operative in Part, which sets the rules for how the District’s land can be used, developed and subdivided.

Find out about the plan change process and view proposed and operative plan changes.

Read our urban design guidelines for individuals and developers looking to invest in urban projects.

Find out how to set up papakāinga in our District, the Te Tai Tokerau Papakāinga toolkit, and apply for acceptance of a Papakāinga Development Plan.

Find out if a development contribution is required to be paid for your development project.

View a list of notified applications which are open for submission and search for previous applications.

We monitor work to make sure it complies with the District Plan and the Resource Management Act.