Operative District Plan 2021
The Kāpiti Coast District has a newly operative district plan (the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021, also known as the Operative District Plan 2021), which also gives effect to the National Planning Standards.
View the Operative District Plan 2021 ePlan
See our guide on how to use the ePlan [PDF 1.33 MB].
The Proposed Kapiti Coast District Plan 2018 is now only relevant for consent applications or notices of requirement lodged with Council before 30 June 2021. For more information, email our District Planning team.
Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021
The Proposed Kapiti Coast District Plan became the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan on 30 June 2021. National planning standards amendments also apply from 30 June 2021.
Note: Because of the withdrawal of coastal hazard provisions from the Proposed District Plan in 2014 and 2017, there are specific coastal hazard provisions in the District Plan 1999 that remain operative and in force until they are replaced through a Schedule 1 Resource Management Act 1991 process. These provisions are now located in the Coastal Environment Chapter of the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021, under the heading ‘District Plan 1999 Provisions’.
The Operative District Plan 2021 is published in four parts.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
- The Common Seal of the Kapiti Coast District Council [PDF 349 KB]
Part 1: Introduction and general provisions
Introduction
- Contents [PDF 83 KB]
How the plan works
- General approach [PDF 152 KB]
- Cross boundary matters [PDF 81 KB]
- Relationships between spatial layers [PDF 92 KB]
Interpretation
- Definitions [PDF 491 KB]
- Abbreviations [PDF 64 KB]
National direction instruments
- National Policy Statements and the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement [PDF 75 KB]
- National Environmental Standards [PDF 75 KB]
- Regulations [PDF 71 KB]
Tangata Whenua – Mana Whenua
- Tangata Whenua – Mana Whenua [PDF 57 KB]
Part 2: District-wide matters
Strategic direction
- District objectives [PDF 294 KB]
- Business activities [PDF 88 KB]
- Natural environment [PDF 86 KB]
- Urban and environmental design and incentives [PDF 79 KB]
- Urban form and development [PDF 109 KB]
Energy, infrastructure and transport
- Energy [PDF 148 KB]
- Infrastructure [PDF 274 KB]
- Transport [PDF 912 KB]
Hazards and risks
- Contaminated land [PDF 99 KB]
- Natural hazards [PDF 234 KB]
Historical and cultural values
- Historical heritage [PDF 143 KB]
- Notable trees [PDF 123 KB]
- Sites and areas of significance to Māori [PDF 148 KB]
Natural environment values
- Ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity [PDF 211 KB]
- Natural features and landscapes [PDF 122 KB]
Subdivision
- Districtwide subdivision matters [PDF 226 KB]
- Subdivision in residential zones [PDF 185 KB]
- Subdivision in working zones [PDF 203 KB]
- Subdivision in rural zones [PDF 146 KB]
- Subdivision in open space zones [PDF 119 KB]
- Subdivision in the Ngārara Development Area [PDF 125 KB]
- Subdivision in the Waikanae North Development Area [PDF 134 KB]
General district-wide matters
- Coastal environment [PDF 355 KB]
- Community facilities [PDF 133 KB]
- Domestic satellite dishes and amateur radio configurations [PDF 145 KB]
- Earthworks [PDF 175 KB]
- Financial contributions [PDF 173 KB]
- Noise [PDF 234 KB]
- Papakāinga [PDF 112 KB]
- Signs [PDF 264 KB]
- Temporary events [PDF 127 KB]
Part 3: Area-specific matters
Zones
- Residential zones
- General residential zone [PDF 375 KB]
- High density residential zone [PDF 293 KB]
- Rural zones
- General rural zone [PDF 260 KB]
- Rural production zone [PDF 217 KB]
- Rural lifestyle zone [PDF 218 KB]
- Commercial and mixed use zones
- Local centre zone [PDF 343 KB]
- Mixed use zone [PDF 299 KB]
- Town centre zone [PDF 337 KB]
- Metropolitan centre zone [PDF 321 KB]
- Industrial zones
- General industrial zone [PDF 217 KB]
- Open space and recreation zone
- Natural open space zone [PDF 211 KB]
- Open space zone [PDF 216 KB]
- Special purpose zones
- Airport zone [PDF 244 KB]
- Future urban zone [PDF 217 KB]
- Hospital zone [PDF 167 KB]
Precincts (multi-zone)
- Ōtaki South Precinct [PDF 124 KB]
Development areas
- Ngārara Development Area [PDF 244 KB]
- Waikanae North Development Area [PDF 227 KB]
Designations
- Chorus NZ Ltd [PDF 75 KB]
- Kāpiti Coast Airport Holdings Ltd [PDF 465 KB]
- Kāpiti Coast District Council [PDF 120 KB]
- KiwiRail Holdings Ltd [PDF 60 KB]
- Tilley Road conditions [PDF 8.36 MB]
- Acceptance letter of NOR recommendation (Tilley Road) [PDF 177 KB]
- Meteorological Service of New Zealand [PDF 62 KB]
- Minister of Education [PDF 94 KB]
- Waikanae North School and ECE centre designations with conditions [PDF 2.31 MB]
- Confirmation of designations [PDF 415 KB]
- Minister of Police/NZ Police [PDF 61 KB]
- New Zealand Transport Agency [PDF 80 KB]
- Transmission Gully main alignment conditions [PDF 3.93 MB]
- MacKays Crossing consent order [PDF 170 KB]
- MacKays Crossing conditions [PDF 7.16 MB]
- Ventnor Drive underpass conditions [PDF 1.56 MB]
- MacKays to Peka Peka M2PP conditions [PDF 1.76 MB]
- Peka Peka to Ōtaki Expressway conditions [PDF 1.19 MB]
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd [PDF 67 KB]
- Paraparaumu 200kV transmission lines conditions [PDF 2.3 MB]
- Wellington Regional Council [PDF 78 KB]
- Chrystalls extended stopbank conditions [PDF 2.52 MB]
Part 4: Appendices and maps
Appendices
- Appendix 1 – Development incentives guidelines [PDF 138 KB]
- Appendix 2 – Medium density housing design guide (deleted) [PDF 30 KB]
- Appendix 3 – Ōtaki Beach, Waikanae Beach, Raumati, Paekākāriki Special Character Areas: Design Guidelines (deleted) [PDF 33 KB]
- Appendix 4 – Ferndale area structure plan and notations (deleted) [PDF 29 KB]
- Appendix 5 – Pekawy developments structure plan and notations (deleted) [PDF 29 KB]
- Appendix 6 – Crime prevention through environmental design guidelines [PDF 405 KB]
- Appendix 7 – Ngārara Precinct area structure plan [PDF 889 KB]
- Appendix 8 – Ngārara management principles [PDF 637 KB]
- Appendix 9 – Waikanae North design guide [PDF 4.84 MB]
- Appendix 10 – Ngārara Precinct structure plan [PDF 495 KB]
- Appendix 11 – Ngārara Precinct management principles [PDF 667 KB]
- Appendix 12 – Waikanae North eco-hamlet zone structure plan [PDF 275 KB]
- Appendix 13 – Ōtaki North eco-hamlet zone structure plan [PDF 302 KB]
- Appendix 14 – Peka Peka North rural residential development area [PDF 175 KB]
- Appendix 15 – Paekākāriki Village centre design guide (deleted) [PDF 30 KB]
- Appendix 16 – Meadows Precinct design guidelines [PDF 174 KB]
- Appendix 17 – Meadows structure plan [PDF 129 KB]
- Appendix 18 – Structure plan for Milne Drive development [PDF 152 KB]
- Appendix 19 – Metropolitan Centre zone structure plan [PDF 209 KB]
- Appendix 20 – Centres design principles [PDF 100 KB]
- Appendix 21 – Concept plan for industrial land at Paraparaumu Quarry [PDF 109 KB]
- Appendix 22 – Design guide for the airport zone [PDF 194 KB]
- Appendix 23 – Ōtaki South precinct structure plan [PDF 109 KB]
- Appendix 24 – Residential design guide [PDF 2.66 MB]
- Appendix 25 – Centres design guide [PDF 3.21 MB]
Schedules
- Schedule 1 – Ecological sites [PDF 406 KB]
- Schedule 2 – Key indigenous trees [PDF 569 KB]
- Schedule 3 – Rare and threatened vegetation species [PDF 228 KB]
- Schedule 4 – Outstanding natural features and landscapes [PDF 224 KB]
- Schedule 5 – Special amenity landscapes [PDF 278 KB]
- Schedule 6 – Geological features [PDF 67 KB]
- Schedule 7 – Schedule of historical heritage [PDF 209 KB]
- Schedule 8 – Notable trees [PDF 134 KB]
- Schedule 9 – Sites and areas of significance to Māori [PDF 118 KB]
- Schedule 10 – Existing quarries [PDF 83 KB]
Maps
- Zones and precincts [PDF 8.06 MB]
- Historical, cultural, infrastructure and districtwide [PDF 5 MB]
- Designations and miscellaneous [PDF 3.71 MB]
- Natural features [PDF 6.68 MB]
- Natural hazards [PDF 6.5 MB]
- Airport plan and surfaces [PDF 3.64 MB]
- Kāpiti Coast Airport aerodrome designation [PDF 960 KB]
- Metropolitan Centre Zone structure plan area [PDF 3.29 MB]
About the National Planning Standards
The National Planning Standards set out a series of requirements for the structure, format and language of the District Plan. National Planning Standard amendments do not change the way the District Plan manages subdivision, land use and development.
Under section 58I of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), amendments to give effect to National Planning Standards must be made ‘without formality’, or without a Schedule 1 consultation process.
More information can be found at National Planning Standards on the Ministry for the Environment’s website.
Operative plan changes
The following changes to the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021 have become operative on the indicated dates:
- Plan Change 1B (Managing Liquefaction Risk for New Buildings) – Common Seal for District Plan – 1B Operative [PDF 109 KB] – operative date 31 October 2022
- Plan Change 2 (Intensification) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 2, 1 September 2023 [PDF 1.16 MB]
- Plan Change 2 (Intensification) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 2 Minister's Decision, 1 November 2023 [PDF 1021 KB]
- Plan Change 1A (Accessible car parking provisions) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1A, 1 August 2024 [PDF 132 KB]
- Plan Change 1C (Cycle parking provisions) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1C, 1 August 2024 [PDF 115 KB].
- Plan Change 1D (Reclassification of Arawhata Road, Tutakekai Street, and Ventnor Drive) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1D, 1 October 2024 [PDF 1.04 MB]
- Plan Change 1F (Modification of Indigenous Vegetation and Update to Key Indigenous Tree Species List) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1F, 1 October 2024 [PDF 1.07 MB]
- Plan Change 1K (Electoral Signage) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1K, 1 October 2024 [PDF 1.02 MB]
- Plan Change 1L (Council Site Rezonings) Common Seal for District Plan – Plan Change 1L, 1 October 2024 [PDF 1.02 MB]
Other changes to the District Plan are at earlier stages of development. You can read more about our plan changes at District Plan.