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About PC2

Proposed Plan Change 2 (PC2) to the Operative Kapiti Coast District Plan 2021 (District Plan)[PDF 31.55 MB] responds to Government requirements to change the District Plan to accommodate more residents, businesses and community services in Kāpiti. It is also a significant step towards implementing our Growth Strategy, Te Tupu Pai – Growing Well.

PC2 was publicly notified on 18 August 2022. There was a high level of interest, and we received over 200 submissions. Further submissions were publicly notified on 10 November 2022, and nearly 100 further submissions were received.

You can see submissions and further submissions at Submissions and further submissions received.

About this plan change | Timeline | Accessing Proposed Plan Change 2 | Summary of Proposed Plan Change 2 by area | Maps showing submitter requested rezoning | Government requirement for this change | Legal advice on scope of Plan Change 2 | Increased development in and around our centres and train stations | Consents for development | Previous consultation | Notification documents | Supporting documents for notification – incorporated by reference | Supporting documents for notification | Related links

About this plan change

In summary, this plan change:

  • incorporates the Government’s Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) into our District Plan, allowing the construction of up to three three-storey residential units on most sites in the General Residential Zone as a permitted activity where all the MDRS are complied with
  • enables increased levels of development in and around Kāpiti’s centres and around the train stations at Paekākāriki, Paraparaumu and Waikanae
  • rezones some areas to General Residential Zone
  • proposes new design guides to encourage high-quality design of residential and mixed use development
  • replaces all references to the Council’s Subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements 2012 document with references to the Land Development Minimum Requirements April 2022 document
  • provides for qualifying matter areas where development is less enabled, including areas already identified in the District Plan, plus new areas including a Coastal Qualifying Matter Precinct, a Marae Takiwā Precinct, and Kārewarewa Urupā in Waikanae Beach.

Plan Change 2 also proposes:

  • providing for tangata whenua to develop papakāinga housing developments
  • making improvements to the District Plan’s financial contributions provisions.

Timeline

Date

Action

Thursday 18 August 2022

Public notification of PC2

Thursday 15 September 2022

Original deadline for the close of submissions

5pm, Tuesday 27 September 2022

Extended deadline for the close of submissions

Thursday 10 November 2022

Public notice inviting further submissions on PC2

5pm, Thursday 24 November 2022

Further submissions close

by 5pm, Friday 3 March 2023

Council's planning and other expert evidence to be available online

by 12 noon, Friday 10 March 2023

Submitters wishing to present expert evidence must provide it to the Hearing Administrator.
Send to [email protected].

by 5pm, Monday 13 March 2023

Submitters expert evidence available on Council's website

by 12 noon, Wednesday 15 March 2023

The Hearing Panel encourages parties to pre-circulate any opening legal submissions, preferably no later than midday.
Send to the Hearing Administrator at [email protected].

20–24 and 27–31 March 2023

Independent Hearings Panel (IHP) conducts a hearing of submitters who wish to be heard.

Hearing dates and other details can be seen on our Hearing page.

Following the hearing, the IHP will consider PC2 and any submissions received on it and make recommendations on the plan change to Council.

July/August 2023 (TBC)

Council decides whether to accept or reject the IHP’s recommendations on PC2. This decision is publicly notified.

These steps must be completed by 20 August 2023.

Notes:

  • The Intensification Streamlined Planning Process does not allow for appeals to be made on Council’s decision.
  • If Council accepts all the IHP’s recommendations, then PC2, as modified by the recommendations of the IHP, becomes operative from the date that Council’s decision is publicly notified.
  • If Council rejects any or all recommendations made by the IHP, then the rejected recommendations are sent to the Minister for the Environment, who makes the decision. Once the Minister notifies their decision, PC2 (as altered by the recommendations accepted by the Minister) becomes operative. There is no deadline for the Minister to make their decision.

Accessing Proposed Plan Change 2

You can download the notification documents for Proposed Plan Change 2 from our Documents section. We’ve also prepared an e-Plan version of Proposed Plan Change 2.

Note: The official version of Plan Change 2 is the Proposed Plan Change 2 – Intensification (Intensification Planning Instrument)[PDF 31.55 MB] document. While the ePlan version of Plan Change 2 has been prepared with skill and care, if there are any discrepancies then the PDF document will prevail over the ePlan.

The ePlan can also be used to see how Plan Change 2 might affect a property. The ePlan guide[PDF 3.91 MB] walks you through the steps on how to turn the map layers in order to see the zone, precinct, proposed new precinct (if applicable) and any qualifying matter areas that the property is within. This can be used to see which elements of the plan change might be particularly relevant to you.


Summary of proposed Plan Change 2 by area

If you're interested in seeing how Plan Change 2 might be relevant to your area, see our Ward by Ward Summary of Plan Change 2 – Intensification[PDF 322 KB].

Note: This summary contains general information about PC2. It's not comprehensive, and doesn't describe every aspect of the plan change that may be relevant to you. If you wish to make a submission on PC2, you must make the submission on the Proposed Plan Change 2 – Intensification (Intensification Planning Instrument[PDF 31.55 MB]) itself, and not this summary.


Maps showing submitter requested rezoning

Several submitters requested that PC2 rezone additional areas of land. Maps[PDF 5 MB] have been created showing the locations of these rezoning requests.

Notes and disclaimers:

  1. These maps are intended to illustrate the location and extent of rezoning requested by submitters through their submissions on notified PC2. This map does not supersede the relief sought through submissions.
  2. These maps only show rezonings requested by submitters where the spatial extent can be clearly understood or reasonably inferred from the submission.
  3. In relation to submissions on areas to be rezoned as part of notified PC2, this map only illustrates submissions that request changes to the spatial extent of these areas. These maps do not illustrate submissions that support or oppose notified rezonings, but do not request a change in extent.
  4. These maps do not illustrate submissions that request changes to the spatial extent of precincts (except where this is requested as part of the rezoning).
  5. These maps do not constitute a recommendation or determination on whether submissions are in scope.
  6. These maps do not show the rezoning of the General Residential Zone to Medium and High Density Zone sought by Kāinga Ora [S122]. Refer to the maps contained in Appendix 4 to submission S122 for the extent of rezoning sought by this submission.

Government requirement for this change

The Government passed the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 in December 2021. This law requires the Council to change the District Plan to:

  • incorporate the Government’s MDRS into the District Plan
  • give effect to policies 3 and 4 of the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD).

Under this law, Council can also make the following changes to the District Plan:

  • changes to enable papakāinga housing
  • changes to financial contributions provisions
  • other changes that support or are consequential on incorporating the MDRS or giving effect to policies 3 and 4 of the NPS-UD.

The plan change is not allowed to include anything else.

The Ministry for the Environment has published guidance for the public on this legislation in Understanding the RMA (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021: General Overview (Ministry for the Environment).


Legal advice on scope of Plan Change 2

Council decided to release an additional document, Advice letter – implementing the Enabling Housing Amendment Act[PDF 437 KB], which provides legal advice on the scope of the proposed plan change. This advice informed the Section 32 Evaluation Report, which assesses how the provisions of Plan Change 2 meets the objectives of the RMA.

You can read more about this in our media release at Council extends deadline for intensification plan change submissions (15 Sept 2022).


Increased development in and around our centres and train stations

Policy 3 of the NPS-UD requires our District Plan to enable:

  • in metropolitan centre zones, that building heights and density of urban form reflect demand for housing and business use in those locations, and in all cases building heights of at least six storeys
  • building heights of at least six storeys in at least a walkable catchment of:
    • existing and planned rapid transit stops
    • the edge of metropolitan centre zones
  • within and adjacent to neighbourhood centre zones, local centre zones, and town centre zones, that building heights and densities of urban form are commensurate with the level of commercial activity and community services.

This means the District Plan is required to enable increased building heights within the:

  • Metropolitan Centre Zone at Paraparaumu
  • Town Centre Zones at Ōtaki, Waikanae, Paraparaumu Beach and Raumati Beach
  • Local Centre Zones at Waikanae Beach, Kena Kena, Mazengarb Road, Meadows, Raumati South and Paekākāriki.

We’re also required to enable increased building heights within walkable catchments (or walkable distances) of these zones, and the train stations at Waikanae, Paraparaumu and Paekākāriki (rapid transit stops). This is explained further in section 5.2.4 of the Council’s Section 32 Evaluation Report[PDF 2.82 MB].

The proposed changes to the District Plan maps, in Appendix A of the Proposed Plan Change 2 – Intensification (Intensification Planning Instrument)[PDF 31.55 MB] document, show the location of each of the Metropolitan, Town and Local Centre Zones, where increased heights are proposed to be enabled. They also show the location and extent of proposed Residential Intensification Precincts, which are areas within walkable catchments of these zones and the train stations at Waikanae, Paraparaumu and Paekākāriki, where the increased heights are also proposed to be enabled.


Consents for development

There are many instances where you may still need a resource consent from the Kāpiti Coast District Council or the Greater Wellington Regional Council before undertaking development. For more information, see our Resource consents section.

New development is also likely to require a building consent from Council before any work can be started.


Previous consultation

Previous consultations included:

  • In April 2022, we sought public feedback on a draft version of this plan change. We received feedback from over 200 individuals and organisations, and this led to some useful improvements to the “proposed” version of the plan change that’s now being publicly notified. You can read a summary of that feedback and responses in Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix B – Summary of Public Feedback on Draft PC2[PDF 1.15 MB].
  • In 2021 Council also consulted widely during development of our Growth Strategy, Te Tupu Pai – Growing Well. Among other things, this consultation covered a proposed approach to intensification across the General Residential Zone, in and around the District’s centres and around the train stations at Paekākāriki, Paraparaumu and Waikanae. Proposed Plan Change 2 is consistent with the approach to intensification in the Growth Strategy. The Growth Strategy was adopted by Council in February 2022. You can read more at Growth Strategy, Te Tupu Pai – Growing Well.

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Notification documents
  • Proposed Plan Change 2 – Intensification (Intensification Planning Instrument)[PDF 31.55 MB]

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Supporting documents for notification – incorporated by reference
  • Proposed document to be incorporated by reference: Land Development Minimum Requirements, April 2022[PDF 7.23 MB]

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Supporting documents for notification
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report[PDF 2.82 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix A – Written feedback received from iwi authorities on Draft PC2[PDF 1.02 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix B – Summary of Public Feedback on Draft PC2[PDF 1.15 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix C – Summary of Proposed Amendments to the District Plan[PDF 389 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix D – Schedule of Existing Qualifying Matters[PDF 386 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix E – Spatial Application of NPS-UD Intensification Policies (Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 27.24 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix F – Kāpiti Coast Intensification Evaluation: Bulk and location analysis (Boffa Miskell, 2021)[PDF 31.03 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix G – Beach Residential Precincts – Paekākāriki: Character Assessment Update (Urban Perspectives in association with Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 4.37 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix H – Beach Residential Precincts – Raumati: Character Assessment Update (Urban Perspectives in association with Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 9.14 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix I – Beach Residential Precincts – Waikanae Beach: Character Assessment Update (Urban Perspectives in association with Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 4.51 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix J – Beach Residential Precincts – Ōtaki: Character Assessment Update (Urban Perspectives in association with Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 6.65 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix K – Waikanae Garden Precinct: Character Assessment (Urban Perspectives in association with Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 6.33 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix L – Kāpiti Coast Urban Development Intensification Assessment (Boffa Miskell, 2022) Part 1[PDF 37.38 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix L – Kāpiti Coast Urban Development Intensification Assessment (Boffa Miskell, 2022) Part 2[PDF 35.31 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix M – Assessment of Kāpiti Coast Residential Intensification Area Feasibilities (Property Economics, 2022)[PDF 2.18 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix N – Kāpiti Coast Urban Development Greenfield Assessment (Boffa Miskell, 2022) Part 1[PDF 39.32 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix N – Kāpiti Coast Urban Development Greenfield Assessment (Boffa Miskell, 2022) Part 2[PDF 41.49 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix O – Waikanae Future Urban Zone High-level Issues Analysis (Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 13.65 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix P – Kāpiti Coast District Council – Intensification Plan Change Infrastructure Input – Stormwater (Memo) (Awa Environmental, 2022)[PDF 10.29 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix Q – Paekākāriki, Peka Peka and Te Horo Wastewater Servicing Assessment (Aecom, 2022)[PDF 2.01 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix R – The Kārewarewa Urupā Report (Waitangi Tribunal, 2020)[PDF 4.47 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix S – Kāpiti Coast Papakāinga Commercial Land Use Economic Memorandum (Property Economics, 2022)[PDF 675 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix T – Marae Takiwā Precinct Studies (Boffa Miskell, 2022)[PDF 23.58 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix U – Alternative Sources of Information Considered for the Coastal Qualifying Matter Precinct[PDF 148 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix V – Schedule of proposed new areas of General Residential Zone[PDF 1.51 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix W – Spatial extent of proposed additions to Schedule 9 of the District Plan (Wāhi tapu)[PDF 904 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix X – Proposed document to be incorporated by reference: Land Development Minimum Requirements, April 2022[PDF 7.23 MB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix Y – Record of changes made to the Subdivision and Development Principles and Requirements, 2012, through the Land Development Minimum Requirements, April 2022[PDF 657 KB]
  • Section 32 Evaluation Report: Appendix Z – Alternatives considered to including the Land Development Minimum Requirements, April 2022 as a document incorporated by reference[PDF 168 KB]

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Related links
  • Have your say – Proposed Plan Change 2; Intensification
  • Proposed Plan Change 2 – ePlan version
  • ePlan Guide[PDF 3.91 MB]
  • Growth strategy – Growing well, Te tupu pai
  • Understanding the RMA (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021: General Overview (Ministry for the Environment)
  • National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020
  • Media release: Council extends deadline for intensification plan change submissions (15 Sept 2022)

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