District Plan

The Southland District Plan is the primary document that manages land use and development within the Southland District. The Plan was made fully operative on 27 June, 2001 and is now being reviewed.

To see District Plan changes, please follow this link.

Council is in the process of reviewing its District Plan, while Environment Southland is also reviewing its Regional Policy Statement. Both Councils have decided to work together in the initial consultation stages of the two Plan reviews. 

This collaborative approach has resulted in a series of 13 Issues and Options papers.

These papers are available online. Consultation on them was completed on July 31 2009. A Community Debrief paper is being worked on at the moment and will be available to the public in October. This initial consultation phase is the first opportunity for both Southland District Council and Environment Southland to engage with the wider community and stakeholders on resource management issues, and explore how second generation planning documents may address these issues.

Full papers, summaries and report cards can be downloaded from the link below. Papers are also available in hard copy and if requested can be obtained on CD. Please contact either Council.

http://www.es.govt.nz/plans/policies/regional-policy-statement-and-sdc-plan-review.aspx

Southland District Plan

Contents
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Description	File Size
Section 1 - The Resources	301 KB
Section 2 - Statutory Background	98 KB
Section 3 and 3.1 - General Objectives, Policies, Methods and Rules and Manawhenua Issues	234 KB
Section 3.2 - Transportation	313 KB
Section 3.3 - Energy and Minerals	271 KB
Section 3.4 - Heritage	290 KB
Section 3.5 - Water	272 KB
Section 3.6 - Subdivision	347 KB
Section 3.7 - Financial Contributions and Reserve Requirements	302 KB
Section 3.8 - Natural Hazards	205 KB
Section 3.9 - Waste	318 KB
Section 3.10 -Amenity Protection	264 KB
Section 3.11 - Signs	267 KB
Section 3.12 - Noise	198 KB
Section 3.13 - Public Works and Network Utilities	282 KB
Section 4.1 - Plains Rural Resource Area	361 KB
Section 4.2 - Transitional Resource Area	261 KB
Section 4.3 - Fiordland	204 KB
Section 4.4 - Stewart Island/Rakiura Urban Resource Area	391 KB
Section 4.5 - Scenic Resource Area	103 KB
Section 4.6 - Coastal Resource Area	254 KB
Section 4.7 - Urban Resource Area	414 KB
Section 5 - Definitions	71 KB
Section 6 - Schedules	43 KB
Section 6.1- Designations and Requirements	272 KB
Section 6.2 - Reserves	206 KB
Section 6.3 - Rivers and Streams Requiring Esplanade Mechanisms	62 KB
Section 6.4 and 6.5 - Road Hierarchy and Design Vehicles	422 KB
Section 6.6 - Parking and Access Layouts	275 KB
Section 6.7 - Vehicle Parking Requirements	33 KB
Section 6.8 - Archaeological Sites	440 KB
Section 6.9 - Registered Historic Buildings, Place and Sites	141 KB
Section 6.10 - Local Historic Significance (Unregistered)	116 KB
Section 6.11 - Sites of Natural or Unique Significance	118 KB
Section 6.12 - Significant Tree and Bush Stands	144 KB
Section 6.13 - Significant Geological Sites and Landforms	130 KB
Section 6.14 - Significant Wetland and Wildlife Habitats	102 KB
Section 6.15 - Significant Wetlands	27 KB
Section 6.16 - Information Requirements for Resource Consent Applications	120 KB
Section 6.17 - Guidelines for Signs	282 KB
Section 6.18 - Airport Approval Vectors	231 KB
Section 6.19 - Waterbody Speed Limits and Reserved Area	119 KB
Section 6.20 - Reserve Development Programme	38 KB
Section 6.21 - Railway Sight Line	167 KB
Section 6.22 - Edendale Dairy Plant Development Concept Plan	138 KB
Section 6.23 - Stewart Island Industrial Area Concept Plan	124 KB
Section 6.24 - Wilding Tree Maps	3.2 MB

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