Franklin District Plan Changes Affecting the Kaiaua Area 

Public Notice
Withdrawal of Proposed Plan Change 35 and Variation 11 to Plan Change 14 to the Operative Franklin District Plan

(Clause 8D of Schedule 1, Resource Management Act 1991)

Hauraki District Council, as successor Council to Franklin District Council, hereby gives notice that on 27 April 2011 it resolved to withdraw Proposed Plan Change 35, and on 25 May 2011 it resolved to withdraw Variation 11 to Plan Change 14 to the Operative Franklin District Plan, on the grounds of procedural deficiencies in the preparation of the Proposed Plan Change and Variation to the Plan Change.

Signed: Langley Cavers
On behalf of Hauraki District Council

Dated: 10 June 2011

The above Plan Change and Variation were publicly notified by the Franklin District Council on 28 September 2010. Proposed Plan Change 35 involved amendments to the zoning of specific properties located in the Hauraki District (as from 1 November 2010) in the Kaiaua area. Some of the identified properties are subject to Rural Plan Change 14, therefore it was also necessary to effect Variation 11 to Plan Change 14.

One of the properties involved is privately owned, and was proposed to be rezoned to Village zone. Two of the properties are owned by Hauraki District Council and three by Department of Conservation; these were proposed to be rezoned from Coastal to Recreation.

Submissions closed on 10 November 2010, and 15 submissions were received. Hauraki District Council considered the submissions, and upon reviewing the process found that there were procedural deficiencies in the preparation of the Proposed Plan Change, particularly with
regard to consultation. On these grounds Council resolved to withdraw the Plan Change and Variation.

For any queries relating to this Plan Change and Variation, please contact Marina van Steenbergen (District Planner) on 0800 734 834 (from within the District) or 07 862 8609.