Appeals
Eighteen Appeals have been lodged with the Environment Court to the Proposed Kaipara District Plan.
Council is currently working out the Appeals Version District Plan. This will show which parts of the Proposed Plan are now operative, because no appeals have been lodged against them. These provisions will replace the equivalent provisions in the current Operative District Plan. The Appeal Version Plan will also show which provisions are subject to an appeal. This means they will be given little weight and the equivalent provision in the currently Operative Plan will be relied upon.
It is estimated that the Appeals Version District Plan will be ready by February 2012. In the meantime, please refer to the Appeals themselves for guidance.
Revised Engineering Standards
Council's Engineering Standards are a reference document to the Kaipara District Plan. The District Plan in one of the main 'triggers' for when the Engineering Standards must be complied with. The Engineering Standards 2009 were reviewed as a result of submissions to the Proposed District Plan. One aspect of that review was to reconsider how the two documents, the Standards and the Plan, relate and refer to each other. It was decided that
most engineering matters would be retained as a reference to Council's Engineering Standards in the Matters of Assessment within the District Plan, rather than incorporated within the rule itself. However, for those aspects of the Standards that are relevant to efforts on the environment, then they would be incorporated within the rule itself, for example vehicle crossings. The updated Engineering Standards 2011 and the Decisions version District Plan both reflect these changes.
