Decisions Version – Proposed Waitomo District Plan

Waitomo District Council notified its decisions on the Proposed Waitomo District Plan on Thursday, 19 June 2025.

The decisions come after the PDP was publicly notified on 20 October 2022. Council received 58 submissions, covering 1000s of individual submission points.  Hearings were held on 16 and 17 July 2024 and 27 and 28 November 2024.

The independent commissioners prepared their decisions which have now been formally notified. The appeals period closes 30 working days after decisions were notified.

The decisions version of the Proposed District Plan is set out below:

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL

PROVISIONS INTRODUCTION

1. Mihi (PDF 129 KB)
2. Contents (PDF 205 KB)
3. Purpose (PDF 154 KB)
4. Description of the district (PDF 132 KB)

HOW THE PLAN WORKS

5. Statutory context (PDF 381 KB)
6. General approach (PDF 376 KB)
7. Cross boundary matters (PDF 188 KB)
8. Relationships between spatial layers (PDF 113 KB)

INTERPRETATION

9. Definitions (PDF 735 KB)
10. Abbreviations
11. Glossary (PDF 208 KB)

NATIONAL DIRECTION INSTRUMENTS

12. National policy statements and New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement (PDF 131 KB)
13. National environmental standards (PDF 146 KB)
14. Regulations (PDF 136 KB)

MANA WHENUA

15. Mana whenua (PDF 216 KB)

PART 2 – DISTRICT-WIDE MATTERS

STRATEGIC DIRECTION

16. Strategic direction, urban form and development - SD (PDF 203 KB)

ENERGY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT

17. Energy - ENGY (PDF 413 KB)
18. National Electricity and Gas Transmission - NEGT (PDF 354 KB)
19. Network Utilities - NU (PDF 1.04 MB)
20. Transport – TRAN (PDF 698 KB)

HAZARDS AND RISKS

21. Contaminated land - CL (PDF 167 KB)
22. Hazardous substances - HS (PDF 265 KB)
23. Natural hazards - NH (PDF 381 KB)

HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL VALUES

24. Historic heritage - HH (PDF 436 KB)
25. Sites and areas of significance to Māori - SASM (PDF 486 KB)

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT VALUES

26. Ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity - ECO (PDF 357 KB)
27. Natural character - NATC (PDF 283 KB)
28. Natural features and landscapes - NFL (PDF 566 KB)

SUBDIVISION

29. Subdivision - SUB (PDF 539 KB)

GENERAL DISTRICT-WIDE MATTERS

30. Activities on the surface of water - ASW (PDF 238 KB)
31. Amateur radio - AR (PDF 269 KB)
32. Coastal environment - CE (PDF 654 KB)
33. Earthworks - EW (PDF 244 KB)
34. Financial contributions - FC (PDF 323 KB)
35. Hapori whānui (Provisions for community wellbeing, safety and amenity) - HW (PDF 253 KB)
36. Light - LIGHT (PDF 179 KB)
37. Noise - NOISE (PDF 394 KB)
38. Relocated buildings and shipping containers - RLB (PDF 335 KB)
39. Signs - SIGN (PDF 371 KB)
40. Temporary activities - TEMP (PDF 319 KB)

PART 3 – AREA-SPECIFIC MATTERS

ZONES PRECINCTS

Residential

41. Residential zone - RESZ (PDF 537 KB)
     Railway Cottage Cluster Precinct – PREC1
     Te Kumi Commercial Precinct – PREC2

Rural

42. General rural zone - GRUZ (PDF 702 KB)
     Aerodrome Precinct – PREC3
43. Rural production zone - RPROZ (PDF 401 KB)
44. Rural lifestyle zone - RLZ (PDF 396 KB)
45. Settlement zone - SETZ (PDF 549 KB)
     Mokau Commercial Precinct – PREC4

Commerce

46. Commercial zone - COMZ (PDF 494 KB)
     Te Kūiti CBD Precinct - PREC5

Industrial

47. Industrial zone - INZ (PDF 342 KB)

Open space and recreation

48. Natural open space zone - NOSZ (PDF 363 KB)
49. Open space zone - OSZ (PDF 321 KB)

Special purpose

50. Future urban zone - FUZ (PDF 224 KB)
51. Māori purpose zone - MPZ (PDF 379 KB)
52. Tourism zone - TOUZ (PDF 394 KB)

Multi-zone precincts

53. Amenity Precinct – PREC6 (PDF 172 KB)
54. Te Maika Precinct – PREC7 (PDF 373 KB)

55. DESIGNATIONS (PDF 1.03 MB)

CNZ Chorus NZ Ltd
FGL First Gas Limited
KRH KiwiRail Holdings Ltd
MSNZ Meteorological Service of New Zealand
MCOR Minister of Corrections
MEDU Minister of Education
MJUS Minister of Justice
MPOL Minister of Police / NZ Police
NZTA New Zealand Transport Agency
SPK Spark New Zealand Trading Ltd
TLC The Lines Company Ltd
TPR Transpower New Zealand Ltd
WNL Waipa Networks Ltd
WDC Waitomo District Council

PART 4 – APPENDICES AND MAPS

SCHEDULES

SCHED1 Heritage buildings and structures (PDF 343 KB)
SCHED2 Significant archaeological sites (PDF 140 KB)
SCHED3 Sites and areas of significance to Māori (PDF 537 KB)
SCHED4 Sites and areas of significance to Māori - wāhi tapu sites (PDF 147 KB)
SCHED5 Sites and areas of significance to Māori - cultural alert layer (PDF 262 KB)
SCHED6 Significant natural areas (PDF 449 KB)
SCHED7 Outstanding natural landscapes (PDF 278 KB)
SCHED8 Outstanding natural features (PDF 329 KB)
SCHED9 Landscapes of high amenity value (PDF 286 KB)
SCHED10 Areas of outstanding natural character (PDF 109 KB)
SCHED11 Areas of high/very high natural character (PDF 109 KB)
SCHED12 Karst overlay (PDF 208 KB)
SCHED13 Coastal environment overlay (PDF 126 KB)

APPENDICES

APP1 Information requirements for resource consent applications (PDF 249 KB)
APP2 Cultural impact assessment process (PDF 185 KB)
APP3 ICOMOS New Zealand Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value (PDF 347 KB)
APP4 Biodiversity offsetting framework (PDF 172 KB)
APP5 Structure plan requirements (PDF 152 KB)
APP6 Statutory Acknowledgement Areas – Maraeroa A and B Blocks (PDF 803 KB)
APP7 Statutory Acknowledgement Areas – Ngati Tūwharetoa (PDF 789 KB)
APP8 Statutory Acknowledgement Areas – Raukawa (PDF 418 KB)
APP9 Statutory Acknowledgement Areas – Ngati Maniapoto  (PDF 2.3 MB)

MAPS

Decisions - Proposed Waitomo District Plan Online Maps