One Plan as Amended by Plan Amendment 5 and Plan Change 3: Urban Development (2025)

Plan Change 3: With effect from 16 May 2025, Plan Change 3 (Urban Development) to the One Plan is fully operative.  Plan Change 3 includes objectives and policies to give effect to the national direction provided in the National Policy Statement on Urban Development, 2020. It includes provisions associated with providing sufficient development capacity to meet the expected demand for housing and business land, and for the planning of well-functioning urban developments. Plan Change 3 also seeks to improve the responsiveness and competitiveness of land and development markets, improve resilience to climate change, and ensure planning decisions relating to urban environments take into account Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 
 
Plan Change 3 was made partially operative on 16 December 2024, while the appeals to UFD-I3, UFD-O3 and UFD-P4 were worked through with the Environment Court. Following successful mediation, parties reached agreement on changes and confirmed these amendments to the appealed provisions resolved their appeal points. Parties filed a joint memorandum to the Environment Court, requesting consent orders be issued directing that the provisions of Plan Change 3 be amended as agreed in mediation and that the appeals are otherwise dismissed. The Environment Court issued their consent order as requested on 20 March 2025. The Horizons Strategy and Policy Committee resolved on 8 April 2025, to recommend that Council approve the amendments to Plan Change 3 and direct officers to publicly notify the remaining parts of Plan Change 3 that will become operative. Council adopted the Committees recommendations at their meeting on 29 April 2025. The resolution of appeals and approval by Council means Plan Change 3 is now fully operative from 16 May 2025.
 
To view the public notice of Plan Change 3, please click here.
 
More information about Plan Change 3, including the appeals is available here.
 
Plan Amendment 5: The One Plan was amended on 2 May 2025 to implement requirements from the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 and the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020. The correction of minor errors under Clause 20A of Schedule 1 to the RMA has also been undertaken as part of this Plan Amendment process.
 
To view the public notice of Plan Amendment 5, please click here.

PART I − INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
 

PART II − REGIONAL POLICY STATEMENT
 

PART III − REGIONAL PLAN 
 

PART IV − EVALUATION AND MONITORING
 

PART V − APPENDICES
 

STATUTORY AKNOWLEDGEMENTS