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02 December 2022, 04:00 PM
Palmerston North City Council gives notice of the availability of a summary of decisions requested by people making submissions to Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth Area.
This notice is published under Clause 7 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991.
The Council has received 107 original submissions on Plan Change G.
The purpose of the plan change is to introduce a new structure plan and changes to the District Plan to provide for additional housing supply in Palmerston North over the medium to long term.
The original submissions and the summary of decisions requested are available on our website and at the following locations during opening hours:
- Palmerston North City Council Customer Service Centre, Te Marae o Hine – 32 The Square
- Any branch of the Palmerston North City Library
- the library at Linton Army Camp
Further submissions can be made until Friday 2 December
Palmerston North City Council is now calling for further submissions in support of, or in opposition to, the submissions lodged to Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth Area. Under clause 8 of the First Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, the following parties may make a further submission either supporting or opposing submissions made on this plan change:
- any person representing a relevant aspect of the public interest
- any person who has an interest in the proposed plan change that is greater than that of the general public
- Palmerston North City Council
Further submissions must be in writing in the form prescribed (Form 6) in the Resource Management (Forms) Regulations 2003 or similar, including submissions via email. Further submissions made online or by email do not require a signature.
Making a further submission
The Council website has an online form for further submissions. Forms are also available at the locations listed above.
Please note, any person making a further submission to Proposed Plan Change G: Aokautere Growth Area must serve a copy of their further submission on the person who made the original submission within 5 working days of lodging their further submission with Council.
The closing date for making further submissions is 4pm, Friday 2 December 2022.
Further submissions to the plan change must be lodged to the Council by one of the following options.
Online form
Email: submission@pncc.govt.nz (put Plan Change G in the subject line)
Post: Democracy and Governance Manager, Palmerston North City Council, Private Bag 11-034, Palmerston North
Delivery: Democracy and Governance Manager, c/o Palmerston North City Council Customer Service Centre, Te Marae o Hine - 32 The Square, Palmerston North
Next steps
Once the closing date for lodging further submissions has passed, the Council will convene hearings to consider submissions and further submissions that have been lodged and issue decisions on the matters raised.
Anyone who has made a submission or further submission and who has indicated that they wish to be heard will have the right to attend the hearings and present their submission.
On receiving notice of a decision on their submission, any person who disagrees with or is dissatisfied with the decisions made may refer the decision to the Environment Court for further consideration.