Policy and Strategy
The Kāpiti Coast District Council has a number of policy and strategy documents that guide how the Council operates or put in place long term strategies in partnership with the community.
A copy of full, printed documents can also be obtained by calling (04) 296 4700.
The Kāpiti Coast District Council adheres to a number of policies to ensure a consist framework and principals are provided for all interested parties.
The Kāpiti Coast District Coucil has initated a number strategies to guide long-term vision for the District and its resources.
- Coastal Management Strategy (PDF, 88 pages, 2Mb)
The Coastal Strategy has been developed to guide management of the coastal environment over the next 20 years. The wider issues of the quality and nature of intervention along the coast have been considered against the wider community vision and outcomes for the whole coast. The Coastal Strategy will determine the management of coastal activities, access, recreation, harvesting, the natural and built environments, and coastal hazards.
- Cycleways, Walkways and Bridleways Strategy (PDF, 23 pages, 825Kb)
This Strategy sets a long-term vision for cycling, walking and horse-riding.
- Development Management Strategy (PDF, 90 pages, 4Mb)
This document sets out Kāpiti Coast District Council’s strategy for the management of development and settlement patterns on the Kāpiti Coast.
- Environmental Monitoring Strategy (PDF, 79 pages, 2Mb)
The purpose of this Environmental Monitoring Strategy is to establish a feedback mechanism to detect and understand changes in the environment on the Kāpiti Coast.
- Positive Ageing on the Kāpiti Coast, He Tira Kaumātua
(PDF, 16 pages, 379Kb)
This community strategy was developed in partnership with the Council of Elders, social and health providers and the Kāpiti Coast District Council; it provides a foundation for policy, planning and project work that enhances and improves the quality of life for older people living in the District.
- The Streetscape Strategy and Guidelines (PDF, 49 Pages, 2 MB)
The Kāpiti Coast is a rapidly growing area. Increasing traffic, in terms of vehicular, pedestrian, and cycle, is creating an equally increasing need to ensure our streetscapes are safe, high-quality, and desirable for all users.
This document sets out the process and tools that will enable the Council to take a considered, comprehensive and coordinated approach to resolving competing and often conflicting interests in regards to streetscapes.
- Sustainable Transport Strategy (PDF, 64 pages, 1Mb)
The ability of people to move around has an immense impact on their lives. The nature of transport routes and how they link towns, facilities and services can influence an individual’s or family’s access to basic goods and services, health, education and employment opportunities. People can find their ability to move about limited by very constrained transport options, particularly in outer or urban edge suburbs. People may have to move homes around the region in pursuit of employment if transport choices are limited or costs too high.
- Water Matters - Sustainable Water Management Strategy (PDF, 121 pages, 1Mb)
This documents sets out Kāpiti District Council’s vision for water management in the district over the next fifty years.
- Local Governance Statement (PDF, 21 pages, 258Kb)
A local governance statement is a collection of information about the processes through which the Council engages with its community, how the Council makes decisions, and how citizens can influence those processes.
- Significance Policy (PDF, 5 pages, 30Kb)
The Council is required to adopt a policy on significance under section 90 of the Local Government Act 2002. The policy outlines the general approach of the Council to determine the significance of issues, proposals, decisions, and other matters, and includes thresholds, criteria and procedures that Council will use in assessing which issues, proposals, decisions and other matters are deemed to be significant. It also provides a list of assets which Council considers to be strategic assets.
- Governance Structure (PDF, 66 pages, 258Kb)
This Governance structure document gives support and detail to the Local Governance Statement.
- Code of Conduct for Elected Members (PDF, 22 pages, 181Kb)
This Code of Conduct has been adopted by the Kāpiti Coast District Council as a guide to Elected Members (Mayor, Councillors and Community Board Members) on the standards of behaviour expected of them in their conduct of public affairs.
- Choosing Futures - The Community's Vision for the Kāpiti Coast District
The community vision for the future is descibed in the seven community outcomes. These are reviewed every three years.
- Kāpiti Coast Choosing Futures: Community Plan
Every three years the Council must produce a Long Term Council Community Plan, which sets out priorities for the decade ahead to deliver on clear goals that have been agreed between the Council and the community.
- Annual Plan
The Annual Plan is the Council’s plan for the 2010/11 financial year that starts on 1 July. The Annual Plan was adopted on 24 June 2010. It is prepared in accordance with Section 95 of the Local Government Act 2002.
- Annual Report
This Annual Report for the Council covers the period from 1 July 1 to 30 June and reviews the activities, policies and achievement of the organisation over that period.
- District Plan
The purpose of the District Plan is to assist Council to carry out its functions in order to achieve the purposes of the Resource Management Act. The District Plan is the principal means by which Council seeks to ensure the sustainable management of the natural and physical resources of the district.