Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere urban growth
This proposed plan change will guide future growth and urban development in Aokautere.
Tell us what you think about our plans for housing and city growth
We're asking your views as part of consultation on our Long-Term Plan 2024-34, which is open for feedback until 9 May.
Development at Aokautere, Ashhurst and Kākātangiata is subject to Council seeking external funding for new infrastructure required to service growth in these areas.
We encourage you to read about what we're proposing and have your say.
Our plans for housing
Our plans for city growth
Proposed Plan Change G was notified on 8 August 2022. It seeks to rezone a new greenfield growth area in Aokautere for residential development and inserts an accompanying structure plan and provisions (objectives, policies, and rules) into the District Plan.
A hearing for this plan change was held in December 2023.
You can find the hearing agenda and tabled evidence on the hearing page. You can also watch hearing recordings on the page.
Hearing: Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere urban growth
Notice of hearing
Minute 1 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 118KB)
Minute 2 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 92KB)
Minute 3 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 81KB)
Minute 4 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 110KB)
Minute 5 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 71KB)
Minute 6 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 75KB)
Minute 7 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 83KB)
Minute 8 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 79KB)
Minute 9 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 79KB)
Minute 10 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 73KB)
Minute 11 of independent hearing panel(PDF, 128KB)
In September 2023, a series of pre-hearing meetings took place in Palmerston North City Council.
Pre-hearing meeting report - 26 October 2023(PDF, 3MB)
Some rules take immediate effect
On 25 August 2022 the Council made an application to the Environment Court to make rules in Proposed Plan Change G take immediate legal effect, pursuant to section 86D of the Resource Management Act 1991. The Environment Court issued a decision on 25 October 2022 granting the Council's application and ordering the rules to have legal effect from the decision date.
Note, the Operative District Plan has been amended to include the rules that have immediate legal effect.
Environment Court decision(PDF, 334KB)
Notice of amendments to the District Plan
Technical reports
Section 32 technical report: Proposed plan change G(PDF, 1MB)
Appendix 1 – Proposed Plan Change G Amendments to the District Plan: Part 1(PDF, 10MB)
Appendix 1 – Proposed Plan Change G Amendments to the District Plan: Part 2(PDF, 14MB)
Appendix 2: Zoning Maps(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 3: Aokautere All Structure Plans(PDF, 8MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 1(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 2(PDF, 12MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 3(PDF, 21MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 4(PDF, 8MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 5(PDF, 12MB)
Appendix 4: Aokautere Masterplan Report: Part 6(PDF, 1MB)
Appendix 5: Traffic Assessment Aokautere(PDF, 3MB)
Appendix 6: Cultural Impact Assessment(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 7: Ecology Report Addendum(PDF, 14MB)
Appendix 8: Acoustic Assessment(PDF, 298KB)
Appendix 9: Geotechnical Assessment(PDF, 10MB)
Appendix 10: Landscape Character Assessment(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 11: Stormwater Management Strategy(PDF, 9MB)
Appendix 12: Aokautere Centre Retail Report(PDF, 6MB)
Appendix 13: Parks and Reserves Servicing Memorandum(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 14: Urban Design Statement Planning Controls(PDF, 2MB)
Appendix 15: Technical Report Summary(PDF, 98KB)
Section 42A reports
S42A report - Strategic Planning(PDF, 1MB)
S42A report - Urban Design(PDF, 5MB)
S42A report - Stormwater(PDF, 30MB)
Stormwater, Appendix B, Figure 01 - Annotated: Likely Council-led infrastructure(PDF, 9MB)
S42A report - Geotechnical(PDF, 21MB)
S42A report - Transport(PDF, 14MB)
S42A report - Urban-Economics(PDF, 880KB)
S42A report - Feasibility(PDF, 1MB)
S42A report - Ecology(PDF, 42MB)
Ecology, Table 3 - Updated offsetting calculations(PDF, 341KB)
S42A report - Landscape(PDF, 29MB)
S42A report - Acoustics(PDF, 915KB)
S42A report - Parks and Reserves(PDF, 851KB)
S42A report - Planning, Part A(PDF, 16MB)
S42A report - Planning, Part B(PDF, 49MB)
Reply Evidence from section 42A reporting officers
Statement of reply evidence - strategic planning(PDF, 846KB)
Statement of reply evidence - urban design(PDF, 1MB)
Statement of reply evidence - stormwater(PDF, 13MB)
Statement of reply evidence - geotechnical(PDF, 219KB)
Statement of reply evidence - transportation(PDF, 2MB)
Statement of reply evidence - urban economics(PDF, 448KB)
Statement of reply evidence - feasibility(PDF, 205KB)
Statement of reply evidence - ecology(PDF, 148KB)
Statement of reply evidence - landscape(PDF, 186KB)
Statement of reply evidence - parks and reserves(PDF, 710KB)
Statement of reply evidence - planning(PDF, 22MB)
Updated documents
Updated PCG Structure Plans(PDF, 50MB)
Structure Plans - Rectified version - 4 December 2023(PDF, 48MB)
Updated zoning map(PDF, 3MB)
Updated District Plan provisions(PDF, 44MB)
Submissions and further submissions
Submitter and expert evidence
Lay evidence
Submitter 39: submitter's statement, 26 October 2023(PDF, 138KB)
Submitter 43: submitter's statement, 4 November 2023(PDF, 511KB)
Submitter 51: submitter's statement, 3 November 2023(PDF, 641KB)
Submitter 58: submitter's statement, 4 November 2023(PDF, 5MB)
Expert evidence
Submitter 41: statement of evidence, 27 October 2023(PDF, 78KB)
Submitter 45: statement of evidence planning, 27 October 2023(PDF, 26MB)
Submitter 51: statement of evidence stormwater geotech, 1 November 2023(PDF, 218KB)
Submitter 51: statement of evidence planning and master planning / architectural / project management, 3 November 2023(PDF, 2MB)
Submitter 58: statement of evidence planning, 27 October 2023(PDF, 676KB)
Submitter 61: statement of evidence planning, 27 October 2023(PDF, 7MB)
Submitter 63: statement of evidence corporate, 27 October 2023(PDF, 631KB)
Submitter 63: statement of evidence planning, 27 October 2023(PDF, 1008KB)
Submitter 63: statement of evidence transport, 27 October 2023(PDF, 3MB)
Joint witness statement of transportation experts, 14 November 2023(PDF, 173KB)
Joint witness statement of planning experts, 15 and 16 November 2023(PDF, 3MB)