Further submissions can be made on all topics except Part 2: District-wide Matters / General District-wide Matters / Light. The topic of Light was separately notified for further submissions on 21 October 2025, with that period closing on 4 November 2025, due to a scheduled hearing in December 2025. No more further submissions on the topic of Light will be accepted.
The following persons may make a further submission, in the prescribed form:
A further submission may only express support or opposition to a matter raised in an original submission on the PDP. It must not raise new submission points. It must follow the format set out in Form 6 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
From 1 December to 5pm on Monday 15 December 2025, you can:
All submissions received on the Proposed Kaipara District Plan (PDP) have now been summarised, and each submission point has been assigned a unique reference number. The Summary of Submissions are organised by submitter number.
This table shows which volume of the Summary of Submissions contains respective original submissions.
Below are Summaries of Submissions by Topic and each summary is sorted by Provision not Submitter Number. If a topic is not showing in this list, it is because no submissions were received on that topic.
Coastal Environment (pdf 678kb)
Commercial Zone (pdf 338kb)
Contaminated Land (pdf 329kb)
Cross Boundary Matters (pdf 262kb)
Definitions (pdf 1,088kb)
Description of the District (pdf 271kb)
Earthworks (pdf 529kb)
Ecosystems and Indigenous Biodiversity (pdf 623kb)
Estuary Estates (Mangawhai Central) (pdf 333kb)
Financial Contributions (pdf 355kb)
Foreword (pdf 270kb)
General Approach (pdf 303kb)
General Residential Zone (pdf 643kb)
General Rural Zone (pdf 732kb)
Hazardous Substances (pdf 451kb)
Heavy Industrial Zone (pdf 351kb)
Historic Heritage (pdf 335kb)
Historic Heritage (Strategic Direction) (pdf 272kb)
Hospital Zone (pdf 306kb)
Infrastructure (pdf 830kb)
Light Industrial Zone (pdf 258kb)
Mangawhai Hills Special Purpose Zone (pdf 311kb)
Māori Purpose Zone (pdf 115kb)
National Environmental Standards (pdf 259kb)
Natural Character (pdf 537kb)
Natural Environment (Strategic Direction) (pdf 328kb)
Natural Features and Landscapes (pdf 860kb)
Natural Hazards (pdf 800kb)
Natural Hazards and Resilience (Strategic Direction) (pdf 306kb)
Natural Open Space (pdf 291kb)
Noise (pdf 485kb)
Notable Trees (pdf 322kb)
Open Space Zone (pdf 290kb)
Public Access (pdf 321kb)
Purpose (pdf 270kb)
Relationship between Spatial Layers (pdf 302kb)
Renewable Electricity Generation (pdf 538kb)
Rural Lifestyle Zone (pdf 416kb)
Signs (pdf 295kb)
Sites and Areas of Significance to Maori (pdf 358kb)
Sport and Active Recreation Zone (pdf 278kb)
Statutory Context (pdf 273kb)
Strategic Direction (pdf 340kb)
Subdivision (pdf 1,449kb)
Tangata Whenua - Mana Whenua (Strategic Direction) (pdf 273kb)
Tangata Whenua - Mana Whenua Chapter (pdf 276kb)
Temporary Activities (pdf 307kb)
Transport (pdf 620kb)
Trifecta Special Purpose Zone (pdf 273kb)
Urban Form and Development (Strategic Direction) (pdf 460kb)
Vision for Kaipara (Strategic Direction) (pdf 430kb)
Submission Mapping Tool
A large number of submitter's sought to rezone or modify Council's proposed zones or overlays shown in the Proposed District Plan. The Submission Map Tool provides an overview of most of these submissions, so that you can look to see if anyone has submitted on your property or nearby properties.
On Tuesday 21 October 2025, we notified a Summary of Submissions in relation to Part 2 – District-wide matters / General District-wide Matters / Light. The further submission period closed on 4 November 2025.
The Summary of Submissions relating to the Light topic is being notified ahead of all other submissions because a hearing on this topic is being held in December 2025.
View the public notice for Further Submissions Light
Council received four further submissions on Light as follows: