District Plan
The District Plan explains how Council will manage land use in the Southland District. It outlines what activities you can do as of right, what activities you need resource consent for, and how certain activities may be carried out. It covers things like the location and height of buildings, gravel extraction, subdividing land and removal of indigenous vegetation.
The District Plan was made operative on 22 January 2018.
The District Plan is subject to regular changes and updates, the tables below provide details of updates to the plan along with any Plan Changes that are currently being processed.
Date of revision |
Amendement |
Approved by |
Approval date |
November 2018 |
National Environmental Standard for Plantation Forestry Regulations 2017 - Allignment Record of Changes to the Operative Southland District Plan 2018 [PDF, 476 KB] |
Regulatory and Consents Committee |
Regulation came into force 1 May 2018 Committee meeting 10 May 2018 |
December 2020 |
Plan change 1 - Dark skies |
Regulatory and Consents Committee and Council |
18 December 2020 |
You can access the individual sections of the district plan by clicking on the links below. The files will download as PDFs.
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