Changes to the Taupō District Plan

Plan changes are amendments made to the Taupō District Plan. The scope and reasons for these amendments differ for all plan changes, but all plan changes need to follow the same procedure established under the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.

To see which plan changes are currently notified for submissions or further submissions  here.
This process is simplified and shown in the Plan Change Flow Chart.

Taupō Town Centre, Taupō and Centenial Industrial, Residential and Spa Road Plan Changes 28-33.

As part of a schedule of work kicked off by the Taupō Urban Commercial and Industrial Structure Plan, the Plan Changes propose a number of amendments to the Taupō District Plan. These Plan Changes have now been notified and the public are encouraged to make a submission. For more information click here

Landscape and Natural Values Plan Change (under appeal)

The purpose of this project is to review the landscape values and natural values provisions of the District Plan. The natural values section addresses issues associated with the Taupō District's significant natural areas including indigenous bush and native ecosytems, while the landscape value section addresses issues associated with the District's important and unique landscapes and features. Although landscape and natural values are addressed in separate parts of the District Plan, they are closely related therefore development of the plan changes will occur concurrently.

Taupō District Council has a requirement under the Resource Management Act 1991 [RMA] to identify areas of important landscape and significant natural value in the Taupō District, and protect them from inappropriate development. Council is currently working on identifying these areas, and will soon begin developing plan changes to meet this RMA requirement.

More information about Landscape and Natural Values Plan Changes here.

Plan Change 20 - Taupō District 2050 (under appeal)

The adoption of Taupō District 2050 (the Growth Management Strategy), by Council on 27 June 2006, was a landmark achievement for the District allowing the Council and the Community to move forward with more proactive growth management and leadership on the nature and location of future growth. To begin the implementation of the Strategy, the Council is to undertake a series of changes to the Taupō District Plan to achieve a number of the outcomes which were signalled within Taupo District 2050.

More information about Plan Change 20 here.

Any queries regarding these plan changes or other District Plan matters here.