Applying For a Plan Change

Where you are unhappy about the provisions of a regional or district plan you can apply for a plan change. If you consider that a regional plan should be prepared to deal with specific issues you can apply for a plan to be prepared. Where you wish to apply for a plan change to establish an aquaculture management area in a regional coastal plan, you can only do so if the regional council has issued a public notice inviting such a plan change request (section 165Z). This is often referred to as the invited private plan change procedure. 

Who can apply for a plan change?

For information about who can apply for a plan change click here

How do you apply for a plan change?

For information about how to apply for a plan change click here

Costs involved

For information about the costs of a plan change application click here

How is the application processed?

For information about how plan change applications are processed click here

When can an application be rejected?

For information about when plan change applications can be rejected click here

Relevant legal provisions

For legal provisions relating to plan changes click here

Further information

• The Private Plan Change Process, Ministry for the Environment, 2000.

• Your Guide to the Resource Management Act, Ministry for the Environment, 2004 (Page 52).