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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 e-Plan
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, contact the District Planning team at [email protected]
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
How the plan works
- General approach [PDF 145 KB]
- Cross boundary matters [PDF 79 KB]
- Relationships between spatial layers [PDF 62 KB]
Interpretation
National direction instruments
- National Policy Statements and the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement [PDF 60 KB]
- National Environmental Standards [PDF 60 KB]
- Regulations [PDF 58 KB]
Tangata Whenua – Mana Whenua
Part 2: District-wide matters
Strategic direction
- District objectives [PDF 330 KB]
- Business activities [PDF 88 KB]
- Natural environment [PDF 85 KB]
- Urban and environmental design and incentives [PDF 78 KB]
- Urban form and development [PDF 4.78 MB]
Energy, infrastructure and transport
Hazards and risks
Historic and cultural values
- Historic heritage [PDF 139 KB]
- Notable trees [PDF 121 KB]
- Sites and areas of significance to Māori [PDF 147 KB]
Natural environment values
Subdivision
- Districtwide subdivision matters [PDF 210 KB]
- Subdivision in residential zones [PDF 155 KB]
- Subdivision in working zones [PDF 192 KB]
- Subdivision in rural zones [PDF 142 KB]
- Subdivision in open space zones [PDF 1.82 MB]
- Subdivision in the Ngārara Development Area [PDF 121 KB]
- Subdivision in the Waikanae North Development Area [PDF 2.55 MB]
General district-wide matters
Part 3: Area-specific matters
Residential zones
Rural zones
- General rural zone [PDF 6.26 MB]
- Rural production zone [PDF 211 KB]
- Rural lifestyle zone [PDF 211 KB]
Commercial and mixed use zones
- Local centre zone [PDF 5.65 MB]
- Mixed use zone [PDF 282 KB]
- Town centre zone [PDF 277 KB]
- Metropolitan centre zone [PDF 308 KB]
Industrial zones
Open space and recreation zone
Special purpose zones
Precincts (multi-zone)
Development areas
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 136 KB]
- Meteorological Service of New Zealand [PDF 62 KB]
- Minister of Education [PDF 575 KB]
- New Zealand Transport Agency [PDF 319 KB]
- Minister of Police/NZ Police [PDF 61 KB]
- Transpower New Zealand Ltd [PDF 213 KB]
- Wellington Regional Council [PDF 345 KB]
Part 4: Appendices and maps
Schedules
- Schedule 1 – Ecological sites [PDF 407 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 5.49 MB]
- Schedule 6 – Geological features [PDF 67 KB]
- Schedule 7 – Schedule of historic heritage [PDF 209 KB]
- Schedule 8 – Notable trees [PDF 135 KB]
- Schedule 9 – Sites and areas of significance to Māori [PDF 99 KB]
- Schedule 10 – Existing quarries [PDF 83 KB]
Appendices
- Appendix 1 – Development incentives guidelines [PDF 135 KB]
- Appendix 2 – Medium density housing design guide [PDF 3.96 MB]
- Appendix 3 – Ōtaki Beach, Waikanae Beach, Raumati, Paekākāriki Special Character Areas: Design Guidelines [PDF 1.92 MB]
- Appendix 4 – Ferndale area structure plan and notations [PDF 511 KB]
- Appendix 5 – Pekawy developments structure plan and notations [PDF 303 KB]
- Appendix 6 – Crime prevention through environmental design guidelines [PDF 239 KB]
- Appendix 7 – Ngārara Precinct structure plan [PDF 6.47 MB]
- Appendix 8 – Ngārara management principles [PDF 6.07 MB]
- Appendix 9 – Waikanae North design guide [PDF 4.83 MB]
- Appendix 10 – Ngārara Precinct structure guide [PDF 490 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 159 KB]
- Appendix 15 – Paekākāriki Village centre design guide [PDF 2.14 MB]
- Appendix 16 – Meadows Precinct design guidelines [PDF 174 KB]
- Appendix 17 – Meadows structure plan [PDF 155 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 99 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]
Maps
- Zones and precincts [PDF 14.25 MB]
- Historical, cultural, infrastructure and districtwide [PDF 5.11 MB]
- Designations and miscellaneous [PDF 4.23 MB]
- Natural features [PDF 7.69 MB]
- Natural hazards [PDF 17.65 MB]
- Airport plan and surfaces [PDF 3.61 MB]
- Kāpiti Coast Airport aerodrome designation [PDF 826 KB]
- Metropolitan Centre Zone structure plan area [PDF 1.76 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.