District Plan Review consultation now closed.
Initial public consultation on key draft changes to the current Selwyn District Plan closed on Monday 8 October 2018. Thank you to everyone who let us know what they thought of the review so far.
What’s next?
Following this initial public consultation on the District Plan Review, the Council will consider all feedback and start developing detailed provisions for the Proposed District Plan. Please note that a summary report on the initial public consultation will be made available on Your Say Selwyn website at www.selwyn.govt.nz/districtplanreview.
It’s expected the Proposed District Plan will beContinue reading
District Plan Review consultation now closed.
Initial public consultation on key draft changes to the current Selwyn District Plan closed on Monday 8 October 2018. Thank you to everyone who let us know what they thought of the review so far.
What’s next?
Following this initial public consultation on the District Plan Review, the Council will consider all feedback and start developing detailed provisions for the Proposed District Plan. Please note that a summary report on the initial public consultation will be made available on Your Say Selwyn website at www.selwyn.govt.nz/districtplanreview.
It’s expected the Proposed District Plan will be notified in early 2020 for formal public consultation. The longer timeframe is due to the local government elections at the end of 2019 and ensuring the newly elected Council endorses the Proposed District Plan before it gets notified.
We want to know what you think about the draft changes to earthworks related rules and policies in the current District Plan. These draft changes have been endorsed by the Selwyn District Council for further development as part of its District Plan Review.
How can I have a say?
To give us your feedback on the draft changes , you can:
There will be many consultation opportunities for feedback at different stages of the District Plan Review and this is the first such opportunity. It’s expected that the new District Plan will be notified in early 2020 and be fully in place, subject to any Environment Court appeals, in March 2022.
Background
Earthworks in the current District Plan
All earthworks and stockpiles are permitted in the district, provided a series of conditions can be met which avoid, remedy or mitigate any adverse effects as a result of earthworks. The conditions or performance standards are, for example, capping the maximum amount of material per project as a result of earthworks (which can vary between different zones across the district) and how land needs to be remediated after the earthworks are finished. If these standards cannot be met, earthworks becomes a
discretionary activity, which means resource consent is required.
Currently the permitted threshold for earthworks is capped at a volume of 5,000m3 per project in the Rural Zone and 2,000m3 per project in non-rural zones.
A series of activities are excluded from the earthworks rules, including the digging of post holes, burying pets, maintaining flood protection works and digging for building foundations.
Considering that subdivision activities and utility-related works remain subject to the earthworks provisions, it means that residential subdivisions typically also need a separate land use consent to deal specifically with earthworks.
