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 the current District Plan's rules affecting heritage items and protected trees. 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 to, 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
Selwyn has experienced several waves of settlement by Māori and Europeans over many years. As a result there are sites, buildings and structures which are of cultural or historic value to individuals, families, iwi, Rūnanga and communities in our district.
Historic and cultural values are often associated with historic buildings, structures and sites, trees planted to commemorate special events, buildings that are part of a community’s identity, the plants used in customary practices, land forms, routes, traditional trails and traditional activities.
Heritage Items in the current District Plan
The Selwyn District Plan includes a list of heritage items which have been recognised as having significant heritage value to the people of Selwyn, and are therefore protected to ensure their significance is maintained. Currently listed heritage items (a total of over 150) can be found in the Appendix 3 of both Rural and Township Volumes of the current District Plan:
Key current rules can be summarised as:
- maintenance work of any listed heritage building, structure or site is permitted without the need for a resource consent.
- any work not covered by maintenance has a restricted discretionary activity status.
- discretionary activity status for removal or demolition of any listed heritage building or structure except where it has a “Category I” listing with Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga (NZPT).
- non-complying activity status for removal or demolition of any listed heritage building or structure that has a “Category I” listing with Heritage NZPT.
Protected trees in the current District Plan
There are trees in our District which are of significance to the district due to their heritage value or the contribution they make to the District’s environmental and amenity values. Currently there are 107 protected trees listed in in our District Plan. There are a range of species of trees of varying sizes, evergreen and deciduous, and in varying condition. See trees currently listed in Appendix 4 of the current Plan:
