Amendments to District Plan for National Planning Standards
Published on 21 December 2022
We advise that the following chapters of the Whangārei District Plan have been reformatted to give effect to mandatory directions in the National Planning Standards (2019).
Where two chapters are listed in one cell in the Operative Chapter column this signals that the two chapters have been combined to create one new mandatory chapter.
Operative District Plan
Chapter 1 – Introduction and general provisions
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New chapter name (mandatory) |
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Statutory Acknowledgements
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Statutory Context
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How the Plan Works
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General Approach
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Local Authority Cross Boundary Issues
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Cross Boundary Matters
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Relationship between Spatial Layers
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Relationship between Spatial Layers
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Financial Contributions
Financial Contributions Policies
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Financial Contributions
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Referenced Documents
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Referenced Documents
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Part 2 – District-wide matters
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New chapter name (mandatory) |
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Critical Electricity Lines and Substations
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Critical Electricity Lines
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Network Utility Operations
Network Utilities
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Network Utilities
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Natural Hazards
Natural Hazard Resource Area Rules
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Natural Hazards
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Hazardous Substances
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Hazardous Substances (including Appendices)
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Sites of Significance to Māori Resource Area Rules
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Sites of Significance to Māori (including Appendix)
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Tangata Whenua
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Tangata Whenua Policies
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Indigenous Vegetation and Habitat
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Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity
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Riparian and Coastal Margins
Esplanade Area Rules
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Riparian and Coastal Margins (including Appendix)
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Landscapes and Features
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Natural Features and Landscapes
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Minerals (includes QRA – Quarrying Resource Areas)
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Minerals (includes QRA – Quarrying Resource Areas)
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Coastal Area
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Coastal Environment
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Noise and Vibration
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Noise and Vibration
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Part 3 – Area-specific matters
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New chapter name (mandatory) |
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Ruakaka Equine Zone
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Ruakaka Equine Zone
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Part 4 – Appendices and maps
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New chapter name (mandatory) |
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Appendix 4 – Sites of Significance to Maori
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Moved to - Sites of Significance to Māori (including Appendix)
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Appendix 5 – Esplanade Priority Area
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Moved to - Riparian and Coastal Margins (including Appendix)
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Appendix 8a – Use, Storage and On- Site Movement of Hazardous Substances
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Moved to - Hazardous Substances (including Appendices)
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Appendix 8b – Use, Storage and On- Site Movement of Hazardous Substances Procedures
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Moved to - Hazardous Substances (including Appendices)
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Appendix 8c – Base Quantities for Use and Storage of Hazardous Substances
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Moved to - Hazardous Substances (including Appendices)
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Appendix 8d – Rating Criteria for Storages of Hazardous Substances
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Moved to - Hazardous Substances (including Appendices)
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New chapters
The following chapters are new and are being introduced into the District Plan. The content of these chapters is prescriptive in format and they are mandatory under the NP Standards.
Part 1 – Introduction and General Provisions
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Contents – Contents page
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Purpose – High level statement of the statutory purpose of the plan
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Abbreviations – List of standard abbreviations used in the district plan
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National Policy Statements – List of national policy statements relevant to the district plan
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National Environmental Standards – List of national environmental standards relevant to the district plan
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Regulations – List of resource management regulations relevant to the district plan
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This notice is given pursuant to Section 58I of the Resource Management Act 1991.