Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021

The Kāpiti Coast District Council has an Operative District Plan (the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021). You can view it online through the ePlan or the District Plan PDF documents below.

View the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021 ePlan

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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.

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Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021

The Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021 became operative on 30 June 2021 and is structured in accordance with the National Planning Standards 2019.

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 (RMA) process. These provisions are now located in the Coastal Environment Chapter of the Operative District Plan, under the heading ‘District Plan 1999 Provisions’.

Operative District Plan documents

The Operative District Plan 2021 is published in four parts.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 

Note: For plan changes that have become operative to the Operative District Plan 2021, including their operative dates and Common Seal documents, please see Operative plan changes below.

Part 1: Introduction and general provisions

Introduction

How the plan works

Interpretation

National direction instruments

Tangata Whenua – Mana Whenua

Part 2: District-wide matters

Strategic direction

Energy, infrastructure and transport

Hazards and risks

Historical and cultural values

Natural environment values

Subdivision

General district-wide matters

Part 3: Area-specific matters

Zones

Precincts (multi-zone)

Development areas

Designations

Part 4: Appendices and maps

Appendices

Schedules

Maps

Operative plan changes

The following plan changes have become operative to the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021. The operative dates and Common Seal for each plan change can be found listed below in chronological order of the plan change becoming operative:

Plan Change 1B: Managing Liquefaction Risk for New Buildings    
Operative from 31 October 2022
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1B [PDF 109 KB]
Plan Change 2: Intensification    
Operative from 1 September 2023
Common Seal for District Plan Change 2 [PDF 1.16 MB]
Plan Change 2: Intensification – Minister's decision   
Operative from 1 November 2023
Common Seal for District Plan Change 2 – Minister's decision [PDF 1021 KB]
Plan Change 1A: Accessible car parking provisions    
Operative from 1 August 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1A [PDF 132 KB]
Plan Change 1C: Cycle parking provisions    
Operative from 1 August 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1C [PDF 115 KB]
Plan Change 1D: Reclassification of Arawhata Road, Tutanekai Street and Ventnor Drive  
Operative from 1 October 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1D [PDF 1.04 MB]
Plan Change 1F: Modification of Indigenous Vegetation and Update to Key Idigenous Tree Species List    
Operative from 1 October 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1F [PDF 1.07 MB]
Plan Change 1K: Electoral Signage    
Operative from 1 October 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1K [PDF 1.02 MB]
Plan Change 1L: Council Site Rezonings    
Operative from 1 October 2024
Common Seal for District Plan Change 1L [PDF 1.02 MB]
Plan Change (Private) 4: Welhom Developments Ltd (65 and 73 Ratanui Road)    
Operative from 1 September 2026
Common Seal for District Plan Change 4  [PDF 301 KB]

For other changes to the District Plan, including plan changes underway and other amendments to the Plan, go to District Plan.