Hauraki District Council has been administering the Hauraki District Plan and the Franklin District Plan side by side from 1 November 2010. There are no plans to unify the two District Plans into one at this stage.
What this means on a practical level is that anyone who lives or operates in the Franklin area that is now part of the Hauraki District, for example landowners, developers, and builders, will continue to be bound by the Franklin District Plan rules after 1 November 2010.
The Franklin District Plan rules will remain the same and will be enforced by the Hauraki District Council.
Franklin's District Plan is a legal document required under the Resource Management Act 1991. Franklin's District Plan became operative on 29 February 2000. The District Plan helps us as a District to manage our natural and built resources.
The District Plan provides a single set of resource management provisions that apply to all rural and urban areas in the Kaiaua area of the District. Some of the provisions may affect you if you are wanting to build, subdivide or change the use of your land.
Note only some parts of the Franklin District Plan are relevant to the Kaiaua area. e.g. not all zones occur in the Kaiaua area.
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Franklin District Plan
The Franklin District Plan is set out in parts detailing policies and rules for activities and development. - Last updated October 2013
- Franklin District Plan Maps
- Plan Change Record (15KB)
- Record of District Plan Updates since February 2000 (55KB)
- Introduction (154KB)
- Contents (14KB)
Section One - Introduction
- Part 1 - Franklin District (20KB)
- Part 2 - Managing the District's Resources (58KB)
- Part 3 - Principal Resource Management Issues (64KB)
- Part 4 - Partnership with Tangata Whenua (23KB)
Section Two - District-Wide Matters
- Part 5 - Conservation of Natural Features (205KB)
- Part 6 - The Waikato River (71KB)
- Part 7 - Natural Hazards (49KB)
- Part 8 - Cultural Heritage (3.09MB)
- Part 9 - Transportation (116KB)
- Part 10 - Financial Contributions (160KB)
- Part 11 - Recreation and Reserves (38KB)
- Part 12 - Designations and Requirements (79KB)
- Part 13 - Monitoring and Information (91KB)
- Part 14 - General Duty regarding Adverse Effects (73KB)
- Part 15 - Activities Throughout the District (131KB)
Section Three - Issues and Objectives
- Part 16 - Rural Issues (90KB)
- Part 17-17E - Rural and Coastal Objectives, Policies and Methods (207KB)
- Part 18 - Urban Issues (46KB)
- Part 19 - Objectives, Policies and Methods: Urban (266KB)
- Part 20 - Other Issues (53KB)
- Part 21 - Objectives, Policies and Methods: Other (58KB)
Section Four - Rules: Subdivision and Zones
- Part 22, 22A, 22B - Rule 22 - Subdivision: Rural (510KB)
- Part 22B - Identified Significant Natural Features (75KB)
- Part 22C - Runciman Rural Countryside Living Zone Subdivision (10KB)
- Part 22D - Village Zone Subdivision (125KB)
- Part 23A - Rule 23 - Rural Zone (129KB)
- Part 23B - Rule 23B - Coastal Zone (105KB)
- Part 23C - Rule 23C - Village Zone (97KB)
- Part 24 - Rule 24 - Wetland Conservation Zone (24KB)
- Part 25 - Rule 25 - Forest Conservation Zone (27KB)
- Part 26 - Rule 26 - Subdivision: Urban (84KB)
- Part 27 - Rule 27 - Residential Zone (72KB)
- Part 27A - Rule 27A - Residential 2 Zone (70KB)
- Part 27B - Rule 27B - Medium Density Housing (33KB)
- Part 27B.1 - Appendix - Medium Density Housing Design Assessment (33KB)
- Part 28 - Rule 28 - Rural-Residential Zone (79KB)
- Part 29 - Rule 29 - Business Zone (579KB)
- Part 29.2 - Appendix - Business Zone Pokeno (606KB)
- Part 29A - Village Business Zone (45KB)
- Part 29B - Rule 29B - Industrial 2 Zone (63KB)
- Part 29C - Rule 29C - Light Industrial Zone (61KB)
- Part 29D - Rule 29D - Neighbourhood Centre (22KB)
- Appendix 29D.1 - Neighbourhood Centre Design (905KB)
- Part 30 - Rule 30 - Maioro Mining Zone (Waikato North Head) (82KB)
- Part 31 - Rule 31 - Timber Processing Zone (49KB)
- Part 32 - Rule 32 - Iron and Steel Production Zone (78KB)
- Part 33 - Rule 33 - Motorway Service Zone (31KB)
- Part 34 - Rule 34 - Recreation Zone (24KB)
- Part 35 - Rule 35 - Aggregate Extraction and Processing Zone (38KB)
- Part 36 - Rule 36 - Kingseat Special Zone (63KB)
- Part 37 - Waiuku Industrial Services Zone (55KB)
- Part 38 - Waiuku Industrial Services Zone: Subdivision Provisions (75KB)
- Part 39 - Waiuku Industrial Services Zone: Land Use Provisions (198KB)
- Part 40 - Waiuku Industrial Zone (59KB)
- Part 41 - Waiuku Industrial Zone: Subdivision Provisions (76KB)
- Part 42 - Waiuku Industrial Zone: Land Use Provisions (202KB)
- Part 37A - Tuakau Industrial Services Zone (48KB)
- Part 38A - Tuakau Industrial Services Zone: Subdivision Provisions(78KB)
- Part 39A - Tuakau Industrial Services Zone: Land Use Provisions (240KB)
- Part 40A - Tuakau Industrial Zone (50KB)
- Part 41A - Tuakau Industrial Zone: Subdivision Provisions (72KB)
- Part 42A - Tuakau Industrial Zone: Land Use Provisions (161KB)
- Part 43 - Rule 43 - Queen's Redoubt Heritage Zone (39KB)
- Part 44 - 49 [Intentionally blank] (19KB)
- Part 50 - Rule 50 - Definitions (2.72MB)
- Part 51 - Rule 51 - Parking, Loading and Access (186KB)
- Part 52 - Rule 52 - Information Requirements for Resource Consent Applications (55KB)
- Part 53 - Rule 53 - Assessment Criteria for Resource Consent Applications (15KB)
Structure plans
- Part 54.1 - 54.6 - Structure Plans and Pukekohe North East Structure Plan Area (387KB)
- Part 54.7 - East Fields Structure Plan Area (103KB)
- Part 54.8 - North Pukekohe Hill Structure Plan Area (560KB)
- Part 54.9 - Patumahoe Structure Plan Area (58KB)
- Part 54.10 - Pukekohe North Structure Plan (Beatty Road) (120KB)
- Part 54.10 - Diagrams (4.27MB)
- Part 54.11 - Whangarata Business Park Structure Plan (184KB)
- Part 54.11 - Combined Maps and Diagrams (2.1MB)
- Part 54.12 - Fernleigh Business Park Structure Plan (116.KB)
- Part 54.12 - Fernleigh Business Park Diagrams and Maps (3.95MB)
- Parts 54.13 - 54.14 [INTENTIONALLY BLANK]
- Part 54.15 - Pokeno Structure Plan Area (86KB)
- Appendix 54.15A - Map of Pokeno Structure Plan Area (266KB)
- Appendix 54.15B - Subdivision Design Assessment Criteria (893KB)
- Appendix 54.15C - Subdivision Design Assessment Criteria (272KB)
- Part 54.17 - Kingseat Village Structure Plan Area (18KB)
- Part 55 - Rule 55 - Village Overlay Plans (2.11MB)
Section Five - Appendices
- Appendix One - Explanation of Activity Types (67KB)
- Appendix Two - Inventory of Historic Buildings, Structures, Trees and Areas (326KB)
- Appendix Three - Other Plans and Documents (15KB)
- Appendix Four - Road Widening (320KB)
Section Six - Schedule of designations
Printed Copies and CDs
To purchase a copy of the Franklin District Plan you may call into one of our Council Offices or contact info@hauraki-dc.govt.nz
The cost for purchasing the Franklin District Plan including GST is –
Printed Copy
Text & Maps – printed $215.00 (comes in 2 PVC ringbinders)
Postage $10.00
CD $20.00 (postage included)
