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Hearings for the Kaipara Proposed District Plan begin Monday 25 August.
- August 21, 2025
Proposed District Plan hearings set to start next week
Kaipara District Council will begin hearings for the Proposed District Plan on Monday 25 August.
The District Plan is the ‘rule book’ for the district, managing subdivision use and development activities as well as Kaipara's natural environment. The Proposed District Plan looks to replace the current operative District Plan, which is more than 12 years old and no longer meets the needs of the growing district. Developed over five years across two council terms, the Proposed District Plan reflects a simpler and more enabling approach to development. It opens up significant new areas for housing, business, rural lifestyle opportunities, and aligns with national planning direction.
The Proposed District Plan was publicly notified on Monday 28 April 2025 and submissions closed on 30 June 2025, with 365 submissions received. Staff are currently summarising submissions, with a summary to be released shortly for further submissions to be received. The 25 August hearing will commence the hearings process, with further 'topic based' hearings to be arranged following the initial hearing. Independent Commissioner Mark Farnsworth was appointed by Council on 14 August to chair the hearings process, with the remaining panel to be appointed following the elections.
At the hearing, staff will “set the scene” for the hearings process and any procedural matters. The panel chair will also make decisions on how to proceed with late submissions.
View the full list of submissions on the Kaipara District Council website.
- April 27, 2025
Replacement corridor for the Brynderwyn Hills section of State Highway 1, announced.
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- March 27, 2025
At the 26 March 2025 council meeting, elected members approved the Proposed Kaipara District Plan, paving the way for it to proceed to public notification in late April.
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- October 31, 2024
Kaipara District Council has agreed to incorporate Private Plan Change 83 (PPC83), Cove Road North Precinct (The Rise) into the Operative Kaipara District Plan.
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Dargaville
District Plan
Planning and Building
Final stage for Private Plan Change 81 Dargaville Racecourse
- August 30, 2024
Kaipara District Council has agreed to incorporate Private Plan Change 81 Trifecta Development Area (PPC81) into the Operative Kaipara District Plan.
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- August 30, 2024
Kaipara District Council adopted the recommendations of the Hearing Panel for Private Plan Change 84 Mangawhai Hills Development Area (PPC84) at its 28 August meeting.
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- May 30, 2024
Additional residential land has opened up in Dargaville after Kaipara District Council gave final approval to a Plan Change request to rezone 39 hectares of rural land into residential land.
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Council business
District Plan
Planning and Building
Working party formed to nail down Kaipara District Council Engineering Standards
- September 28, 2023
A new working party, made up of elected members, Kaipara District Council (KDC) staff and input from external expert advice has been appointed to work on the new Engineering Standards for the district.
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- September 05, 2023
The ‘Trifecta Development Area’ planned on the outskirts of Dargaville moved to the next phase after Kaipara District Council accepted the recommendations of the Hearings Panel on 30 August 2023.
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- June 02, 2023
Kaipara District Council has introduced a working party to work with staff to finalise development of the Proposed District Plan.
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Community
District Plan
Planning and Building
Summary of feedback on the Exposure Draft District Plan
- November 24, 2022
Thank you to everyone who submitted feedback on the Exposure Draft District Plan. A summary of the feedback received is now available to view.
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- July 28, 2022
Kaipara District Council has approved the Exposure Draft District Plan for release, inviting the public to provide feedback.
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Dargaville
District Plan
Planning and Building
Council decision on Private Plan Change 81 triggers formal RMA process
- July 27, 2022
At the July Council Meeting, Kaipara District Council Elected Members unanimously accepted the Private Plan Change 81 (PPC81) request from the Dargaville Racing Club inc.
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- July 01, 2022
Kaipara District Council has completed the final step to adopt Private Plan Change 78 (PP78), which amends the planning rules that apply to the Mangawhai Central Development.
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- May 25, 2022
Elected members have voted to pause planned informal consultation on the Kaipara District Plan while they hold a further briefing on some topics.
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District Plan
Mangawhai
Planning and Building
Wastewater
Environment Court issues decision on Appeals against Mangawhai Central Private Plan Change
- April 07, 2022
The Environment Court has given the green light to Mangawhai Central’s Private Plan Change 78 (PPC 78) to the Kaipara District Plan.
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- January 18, 2022
‘A breath of fresh air’ is how one industry professional describes the Kaipara District Resource Consents team since the Council made substantial improvements to their resource consent service.
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- October 28, 2021
Kaipara communities are to have a say on whether the Norfolk Pines in Pahi should remain protected or whether they can be removed, as part of the District Plan review process.
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- September 29, 2021
The public feedback period for the Discussion Documents as part of our District Plan review process has closed.
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- August 25, 2021
A reminder to Have Your Say on our Discussion Documents, and some changes to our plans because of COVID-19.
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- August 16, 2021
As part of the District Plan Review, Discussion Documents are now out for comment.
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- July 28, 2021
Kaipara District Council is calling on those who feel strongly about our current District Plan, and those who have an interest in how their district develops, to get involved in developing a new one.
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