Tauranga City Council has prepared Variation 1 (Tauriko West Urban Growth Area) to proposed Plan Change 33 to the Tauranga City Plan. Plan Change 33 is an intensification planning instrument being prepared using the process in Part 6 of Schedule 1 to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). Variation 1 proposes to alter Plan Change 33 by rezoning the Tauriko West Urban Growth Area and introducing supporting and consequential provisions to enable the delivery of urban development within the urban growth area.
Further Information
Proposed Variation 1 to Plan Change 33 may be inspected or obtained during office hours at the following locations:
Anyone, or their organisation, may make a submission on Variation 1 but, if the submitter could gain an advantage in trade competition through the submission, they may do so only if directly affected by an effect of the proposal that: adversely affects the environment; and does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition. Submissions may be made by sending a written submission no later than 5.00pm on 9 April 2024 either via the online submission form on Council’s website, via email to variation1@tauranga.govt.nz or via post addressed to:
Manager: City Planning and Growth
Tauranga City Council
Freepost Authority Number 370
Private Bag 12022
Tauranga 3143
Submissions should be in the format of Form 5 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees and Procedure) Regulations 2003. Submission forms are available from Customer Service Centre, libraries and the Council website.
Following the closing date for submissions, public notification will be given of the availability to view a summary of all submissions and where both the summary and full submissions can be inspected. Further submissions in support of, or in opposition to, any submission received will then be able to be made by any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest or who has an interest in the proposal greater than the general public.
The Council will then arrange the hearing of all submissions received by an independent hearings panel and will publicly notify the dates, times and places of the hearing. The independent hearing panel will make recommendations to the Council. In accordance with sections 80L and 80M of the RMA, the Minister for the Environment has directed the Council to notify decisions on the independent hearings panel’s recommendations by 31 December 2025.